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ROBINSON CRUSOE. 359

Will Atkins laughed a little at her expression of God not
making her country.

Wife—No laugh ; why laugh me? This nothing to laugh.

He was justly reproved by his wife, for she was more seri-
ous than he at first.

WW, A.—That’s true, indeed ; I will not laugh any more, my

dear.

Wife.—Why, you say you God makee all?

W. A.—Yes, child, our God made the whole world, and you,
and me, and all things ; for he is the only true God, and there
is no God but him ; he lives forever in heaven.

Wife.—Why you no tell me long ago ?

W. A.—That’s true, indeed ; but I have been a wicked
wretch, and have not only forgotten to acquaint thee with any-
thing before, but have lived without God in the world myself.

Wife-—What, have you a great God in your country, youno
know him? No say O to him? No do good thing for him?
That no possible.

W. A.—It is true ; though, for all that, we live as if there
was no God in heaven, or that he had’no power on earth,

Wife-—But why God let you doso? Why he nomakee you
good live?

W. A.—It is all our own fault. ,

Wife.—But you say me he is great, much great, have much
great power, can makee kill when he will ; why he no makee
kill when you no serve him? No say Oto him? No be good
mans?

W. A.—That is true; he might strike me dead; and I
ought to expect it, for I have been a wicked wretch, that is
true ; but God is merciful, and does not deal with us as we
deserve.

Wife—But then you do not tell God thankee for that too?

W. A.—No, indeed, I have not thanked God for his mercy,

‘any more than I have feared God for his power.

Wife-—Then your God no God ; me no think believe he be
such one, great much power strong: no makee kill you, though
you makee him much angry.

W. A.—What, will my wicked life hinder you from believ-
ing in God? What a dreadful creature am I! and what a sad
truth is it, that the horrid lives of Christians hinder the conver-
sion of heathens!

]ife.—Hlow me think you have great much God up there
{she points up to oe and yet no do well, no do good
thing? Can he tell? Sure he no tell what you do.