Christine. Come along to church now. A good sermon’ll do you a lot of good after the way you’ve been carrying on.
John. No fear, I’m not going to church to-day. You go alone, and confess your own sins.
Christine. Yes, that I will, and I’ll come home with forgiveness, and for you too, the Redeemer suffered and died on the cross for all our sins, and if we go to Him with faith and a contrite spirit then He will take all our guilt on Himself.
Julie. Do you believe that, Christine?
Christine. That’s my living 1 faith, as true as I stand here, and that’s my faith from a child, that I’ve kept ever since I was young, and where sin overflows there grace overflows as well.
Julie. Ah, if I had your faith! Ah, if
Christine. Mark you, one can’t just go and get it.
Julie. Who gets it, then?
Christine. That’s the great secret of grace, Miss, mark you, and God is no respecter of persons, but the first shall be last.
Julie. Yes, but then He is a respecter of persons—the last.