"Are you not also conscious, my dear child, that your desire of indulging your appetite is quite contrary to this holy fruit?"
"Yes, mamma."
"Then what are you to do in order to overcome the one, and to obtain the other?"
"I must ask the Lord Jesus to give me the Holy Spirit."
"Yes, my child, to him must you come for all help, and he will not send you empty away. Here is a subject on which you must indeed open your mouth wide, in earnest prayer, and wait on the Lord for his gracious answer. 'Ask, and ye shall receive,' he says, and after showing how an earthly father will act towards his child that asks for bread, how does he conclude?"
"He says, 'How much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him!'"
"Will you then, my dear Frances, profit by this gracious instruction, and will you ask for the Holy Spirit?"
"Yes, mamma, I will try."
"Do you believe the Lord will give you the Holy Spirit when you ask?"
"He says He will, mamma."