Sinopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 Excerpt: ...do with that. Everybody that really wants to be saved is saved. For if a person doesn't become a Christian he very plainly shows that he doesn't want to." "I believe I do want to," said Ellen, half under her breath. "You must tell Christ that, my child." After that, they walked on a few minutes in silence. "There's one thing more," said Ellen, breaking it, " I didn't understand about the hymn." "What hymn?" "That one we sung on Sunday; and it is pretty, too. About ' doing is a deadly thing; doing ends in death.' And then it says, there isn't anything. cither great or small, to do. I don't see exactly, Why, if I don't do anything, I am as cross as a bear, and disagreeable and selfish and all. I have to try." "Of course you do. And you have to do more than try; you have to be pleasant, and be patient, and be generous, if you want to please God. But then, you see, if you tried to go to heaven on that, you would make a very miserable failure of it. Without Christ, the best you can do is worth nothing. If he had not lived for you, and died for you, you would not save yourself if you tried a hundred years. That is what the hymn means, and that is all that it means, I think. Perhaps I can put it in a few simple words, that you can remember. It is something like this: if we think we are very good, it is a pretty sure sign that we are not good at all. If we do the best we can to please Christ, and are willing to let him have the credit of it, why, that is like a Christian. Do you understand 1" "Yes, sir," said Ellen; and she thought she did. She remembered, just then, those few days when she had been anxious to have the children say that Ellen Howe was converted; well contented with...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 Excerpt: ...do with that. Everybody that really wants to be saved is saved. For if a person doesn't become a Christian he very plainly shows that he doesn't want to." "I believe I do want to," said Ellen, half under her breath. "You must tell Christ that, my child." After that, they walked on a few minutes in silence. "There's one thing more," said Ellen, breaking it, " I didn't understand about the hymn." "What hymn?" "That one we sung on Sunday; and it is pretty, too. About ' doing is a deadly thing; doing ends in death.' And then it says, there isn't anything. cither great or small, to do. I don't see exactly, Why, if I don't do anything, I am as cross as a bear, and disagreeable and selfish and all. I have to try." "Of course you do. And you have to do more than try; you have to be pleasant, and be patient, and be generous, if you want to please God. But then, you see, if you tried to go to heaven on that, you would make a very miserable failure of it. Without Christ, the best you can do is worth nothing. If he had not lived for you, and died for you, you would not save yourself if you tried a hundred years. That is what the hymn means, and that is all that it means, I think. Perhaps I can put it in a few simple words, that you can remember. It is something like this: if we think we are very good, it is a pretty sure sign that we are not good at all. If we do the best we can to please Christ, and are willing to let him have the credit of it, why, that is like a Christian. Do you understand 1" "Yes, sir," said Ellen; and she thought she did. She remembered, just then, those few days when she had been anxious to have the children say that Ellen Howe was converted; well contented with...
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