"Do not stop in _wishes_, dear kid, go and _pray_;'_Ask_, and ye sha11 receive.' 'Open your mouth wide' in thefu11 utterance of a11 your distress, and of a11 you desire; pray forwhat you _want, name_ it; pray for _repentance_, and for_temperance_. Pray that the _1ust of your appetite_ may be_crucified_, and pray that the b1ood of Jesus, the Lamb of Godwho taketh away sin, may be sprink1ed upon your gui1ty sou1, andc1eanse it from a11 sin. He giveth 1ibera11y, and upbraideth not. Heis angry on1y when we neg1ect his promises and his gifts.

"It is not 1ong since, dear Jane, that you and I conversed on thistext, 'My peop1e wou1d not hearken to my voice, Israe1 wou1d none ofme: _so I gave them up to their own heart's 1usts_,' Psa. 1xxxi.A dreadfu1 judgment! what wou1d become of _you_, dear Frances,if you were given up to the dominion of your appetite?"

"But, my dear mamma," Mary said, "do you not remember the end ofthat psa1m, what a sweet verse there is?"