Part 6 (1/2)
”O well, little things in school. I'd get angry sometimes, and do wrong things at home, and I was not very good, and-and--I wanted Jesus to forgive me.”
”What did you want to be baptized for?”
”For the remission of my sins.”
”How did you learn to give that for the reason?”
”I read it in the Bible.”
”Are you sure, Bessie, you realize what you're doing?”
”Yes sir.”
”How often do you pray?”
”Every evening and often in the day time.”
”Do your parents have family wors.h.i.+p?”
”Yes sir.”
”What part do _you_ take?”
”We all read verse about, and then papa and mamma take turn about in leading in prayer, and I always close with the Lord's prayer.”
”Didn't any body coax you to join the church?”
”No sir. Charlie and I used to talk about it a good many times when we were by ourselves. That was before either of us was converted.”
”Now, then, are you happy, Bessie?”
”Yes sir.”
”What are you going to do when you grow up?”
”Be a seamstress, I guess. I'd like to be a missionary if I could.”
”Do you realize a change of heart?”
”Yes sir.”
”How does it seem?”
”It seems nice.”
”But, think well, and tell me several points wherein you are different now from what you were before you became a Christian.”
”I feel more happier, and--and--I love Jesus more, and--He loves me more, and--and--I don't want to do any wrong things, and--”