"There is always something keeping me back," returned Perry.
"Supposing you were to break loose and take a fresh start. Which is it? Are you brooding over the past, or dreading the future?"
"Both."
"Well, you can't undo the past, but you know how it can be wiped out."
Perry looked up inquiringly.
"The blood of Christ," said the doctor softly.
Perry shook his head.
"True, some of the consequences of sin must follow you, but your future will be very much what you make it."
"No, it won't. It will be just what father makes it," said Perry bitterly.
"Outwardly, perhaps so; but that need not affect the real, the inner life. True living is of the soul, and, Perry, if you would cease to work against Christ, and begin working with and for Him, then you would begin to live. Don't waste these hours of quiet in useless regrets and miserable forebodings, but go to Jesus with all your burden of sin, take the pardon that awaits you, and leave the future with Him. Can't you do this?"