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that you have committed, and those you may
commit, brought up in judgment against you.
Draw black lines around the record of your
transgressions, by repentance. *

And having thus begun right, continue to
go on right. At first, the task may be difii-
cult. To break-in a bad heart to habits of
goodness, is like breaking a wild colt to the
saddle or harness; it resists, it rears up,
it kicks, it spurns the bit, it seeks to run
free and loose, as nature and impulse dictate
and as it has been wont to do before: but
master it oncé,.and teach it to go in the path,
and it will soon be its habit, its pleasure, its
easy and chosen way to continue in the path.

To aid you in this process of making a“
good heart out of a bad one, study the Bible,
and especially that which records the life and
paints the portrait of Christ. Imitate, hum-
bly, but reverently and devoutly, his exam-
ple; drink at the fountain at which he drank,
the overflowing river of love to.God.

This is the way to keep the spark of good-
ness in the heart; and to cherish this, to
keep it bright, exercise yourself in good
deeds, in good thoughts, in good feelings.