26 THE HISTORY OF

ing this little girl from her present state of sin
and ignorance, and will humbly wait God's
blessing upon our endeavours.”

Then sitting down, and taking my hand as J
stood before her, “Little Susan,” she said,
“you cannot be so ignorant as not to know that
there are two places ordained for men after
death: the one hell, to which men have doomed
themselves by their disobedience; and the
other heaven, the way to which is opened for
sinners by God the Son, who himself bore our
sins upon the cross... Are you willing to learn
this holy way—to forsake your late sinful prac-
tices, and to follow your blessed Saviour whi-
thersoever he may lead you? If you are so, I
will place you in a school, where you shall be
taught the will of God; and we will pray for
the divine help, that you may be enabled to
practise it.”

As I made no objection, though I did not
then understand the value of this offer, I was
sent to a day-school, where I was taught to
read my Bible, and to repeat my catechism.
And every Sunday | was allowed to dine at
Mrs. Neale’s, and was taken to church; after
which, Mrs. Neale examined me as to what I
had learned during the week, and explained
the Scriptures to me.

In this manner I continued to live for about
four years; and was, at the end of that time,
able to read with ease to myself, and could do
any kind of plain needle-work, and, by the
help of Mrs. Sarah, knew a good deal of house-
hold business. My aunt was become very in-