32. . WHAT KIND OF HEART

ciple of goodness in it, is yours—and how
great a blessing is that !

But if you discover that you have a bad
aeart, pray set about curing it as soon as
possible. An immortal spirit with a prin-
ciple of badness in it, is surely a thing to be
dreaded; and yet this is your condition, if
you have a bad heart. In such a case, re-
pentance is the first step for you to take.
Sorrow, sincere sorrow, is the condition upon
which past errors are forgiven by God; and
this condition must be complied with.

There is no forgiveness without repent-
ance, because there is no amendment with-
out its. Repentanée implies aversion to sin ;
and it is because the penitent hates sin, that
the record of his offences is blotted out.
While he loves sin, all his crimes, all his
transgressions must stand written down and
remembered against him, because he says
that he likes them,—he vindicates, he ap-
proves of them. Oh take good care, kind
and gentle reader—take good care to blot
out the long account of your errors, before
God, speedily! Do not, by still loving sin,
say to God that you are willing to have those