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 sinner. And must all great sinners go to hell? They all deserve it, and I am sure I do.

But is there no way of escape? Is there no way for a great sinner to be saved? Yes, sir; Christ is the Saviour.

And whom does he save? All believers.

I do not know, sir; I wish I did; but I feel that I love him.

What do you love him for?

Because he is good to poor children's souls, like mine.

What has he done for you?

He died for me, sir; and what could be do more?

And what do you hope to gain by his death? A good place when I die, if I believe in him, and love him.

Have you felt any uneasiness on account of your soul?

O! yes, sir, a great deal. When you used to talk to us children on Saturdays, I often felt as if I could hardly bear it, and wondered that others of them could seem so careless, I thought I was not fit to die. I thought of all the bad things I had ever done and said, and believed God must be very angry with me; for you often told us, that God wonld not be mocked, and that if we were not converted we could not go to heaven. Sometimes I thought I was so young, it did not signify and then again it seemed to me a great sin to think so; for I knew I was old enough to see what wa right and what was wrong; and so God had a jus right to be angry, when I did wrong. Besides I could see that my heart was not right; and how could such a heart be fit for heaven? Indeed sir, I used to feel very miserable.