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CALL. The very recollection of my past life disgusts me, and so does the thought of unhallowed pleasure -

ST. JOHN. There is no harm in that.

CALL. And I repent of my terrible lapse!

ST. JOHN. Well you may, too.

CALL. In such abhorrence do I hold my action that now I love my life no more, and take no pleasure in living, unless I can be reborn in Christ and changed into a better man.

ST. JOHN. I daresay Heaven's grace may yet manifest itself in you.

CALL. In that case please do not wait any longer, do not hesitate to strengthen the weary and raise up the sorrowful by words of comfort. And let it be by your encouragement and your authority that I am converted from heathenism to Christianity and from profligacy to chastity. Then under your guidance I may find the Way of Truth, and live according to the terms of God's promise. ST. JOHN. Blessed be the only-begotten Son of God, who hath verily been a partaker of our frailty, for it is He, my