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“They go to hell;” was my ready and orthodox answer。

“And what is hell? Can you tell me that?”

“A pit full of fire。”

“And should you like to fall into that pit; and to be burning there for ever?”

“No; sir。”

“What must you do to avoid it?”

I deliberated a moment; my answer; when it did e; was objectionable: “I must keep in good health; and not die。”

“How can you keep in good health? Children younger than you die daily。 I buried a little child of five years old only a day or two since;—a good little child; whose soul is now in heaven。 It is to be feared the same could not be said of you were you to be called hence。”

Not being in a condition to remove his doubt; I only cast my eyes down on the two large feet planted on the rug; and sighed; wishing myself far enough away。

“I hope that sigh is from the heart; and that you repent of ever having been the occasion of disfort to your excellent benefactress。”

“Benefactress! benefactress!” said I inwardly: “they all call Mrs。 Reed my benefactress; if so; a benefactress is a disagreeable thing。”

“Do you say your prayers night and morning?” continued my interrogator。

“Yes; sir。”

“Do you read your Bible?”

“Sometimes。”

“With pleasure? Are you fond of it?”

“I like Revelations; and the book of Daniel; and Genesis and Samuel; and a little bit of Exodus; and some parts of Kings and Chronicles; and Job and Jonah。”

“And the Psalms? I hope you like them?”

“No; sir。”

“No? oh; shocking! I have a little boy; younger than you; who knows six Psalms by heart: and when you ask him which he would rather have; a gingerbread…nut to eat or a verse of a Psalm to learn; he says: ‘Oh! the verse of a Psalm! angels sing Psalms;’ says he; ‘I wish to be a little angel here below;’ he then gets two nuts in repense for his infant piety。”

“Psalms are not interesting;” I remarked。

“That proves you have a wicked heart; and you must pray to God to change it: to give you a new and clean one: to take away your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh。”

I was abou

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