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 uch a way as I used to do it. How was that? Very carelessly indeed. I never thought about e meaning of the words, and that must be very wrong. Sir, the Catechism is full of good things; wish I understood them better, Well then, my hild, we will talk a little about these good things, hich, as you truly say, are contained in the Cate- hism. Did you ever consider what it is to be a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven? I think, sir, I have ately considered it a good deal; and I want to e such, not only in name, but in deed and in uth. You once told me, sir, that as the branch to the vine, and the stone to the building, and e limb to the body and the head, so is a true eliever to the Lord Jesus Christ. But how am to know that I belong to Christ as a true member, which you said one day in the church, means he same as a limb of the body, such as a leg or arm? Do you love Christ now in a way you ever used to do before? Yes, I think so indeed. Why do you love him? Because he first loved e. How do you know that he first loved you? ecause he sent me instruction, and made me feel e sin of my heart, and taught me to pray for pardon and love his ways. He sent you to teach e, sir, and to shew me the way to be saved; and ow I want to be saved in that way that he pleases. ometimes I feel as if I loved all that he has said nd done so much, that I wish never to think bout any thing else. I know I did not use to el so; and I think if he had not loved me first, y wicked heart would never have cared about m. I once loved any thing better than religion, t now it is every thing to me. Do you believe your heart that Christ is able and willing to