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"You can," Ray answered quickly,--"something that I would like better
than almost anything else in the world."
"What is it?" Bob's question was sincere and eager.
"Give yourself to Christ."
Bob heard this in grave, earnest silence.
"I would," he said after a minute, "if I knew how."
"Do you mean that?"
"Yes, I do; I'm sick of waiting, and I'm sick of myself."
"If I should tell you how, would you do it?"
"Yes, I would," spoken evidently with honest meaning.
"Kneel down, then, here beside me, and say to God that you want to be a
Christian; that you are willing to give yourself up to Him now and for
ever, to do just as He tells you."
Bob hesitated, struggling a little, and at last knelt down. There was
silence in the room, while three sincere hearts were lifted up in prayer;
and surely Christ bent low to listen. When Bob would have risen, Bay laid
one hand on his arm, and, steadying his throbbing head with the other,
said solemnly,--
"Blessed Redeemer, here is a soul given up to Thee. Do Thou take it, and
wash it in Thy precious blood, and make it fit for heaven.
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