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"Oh, He is very good to say that!" sobbed the penitent boy. "But won't you
ask Him to forgive me, Grandma Elsie?"
"Yes, Max, but you must pray, too, for yourself; confess your sins to Him,
and ask Him to blot them out and remember them no more against you,
because Jesus has suffered their penalty in your stead. Shall we kneel
down now and ask Him?"
She stayed with him some time longer, talking in tender, motherly fashion;
not extenuating his guilt, but speaking of the blood that cleanseth from
all sin, the love and tender compassion of Jesus, His willingness and
ability to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him.
Warning him, too, of the danger from evil associates and from indulgence
in the vice of gambling.
Then she told him he was not too young to begin to lead a Christian life,
and urged him to do so without a moment's delay.
"I think I do want to be a Christian, Grandma Elsie," he said, "if I only
knew just how."
"It is to leave the service of Satan for that of the Lord Jesus Christ,"
she said. "It is to give yourself body and soul, at once and forever, to
Jesus, trusting in Him alone for salvation from sin and eternal death.
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