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Chapter IV

           "DoyoureadyourBible?" 

           "Sometimes." 

           "Withpleasure?Areyoufondofit?" 

           "IlikeRevelations,andthebookofDaniel,andGenesisandSamuel,andalittlebitofExodus,andsomepartsofKingsandChronicles,andJobandJonah." 

           "AndthePsalms?Ihopeyoulikethem?" 

           "No,sir." 

           "No?oh,shocking!Ihavealittleboy,youngerthanyou,whoknowssixPsalmsbyheart:andwhenyouaskhimwhichhewouldratherhave,agingerbread-nuttoeatoraverseofaPsalmtolearn,hesays: ‘Oh!theverseofaPsalm!angelssingPsalms;’sayshe,‘Iwishtobealittleangelherebelow;’hethengetstwonutsinrecompenseforhisinfantpiety." 

           "Psalmsarenotinteresting,"Iremarked. 

           "Thatprovesyouhaveawickedheart;andyoumustpraytoGodtochangeit:togiveyouanewandcleanone:totakeawayyourheartofstoneandgiveyouaheartofflesh." 

           Iwasabouttopropoundaquestion,touchingthemannerinwhichthatoperationofchangingmyheartwastobeperformed,whenMrs.Reedinterposed,tellingmetositdown;shethenproceededtocarryontheconversationherself. 

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