"I am fairly sorry, mamma."

"But repentance is more than sorrow; it will make you ashamed beforeGod, and make you feel yourself vile; and it will also make youcarefully watchful against the temptation; it will make you anxiousto quit the sin, and clear your soul from its power; it will make youindignant against it, and urge you to seek that strength from theSpirit, which will resist the sin, and overcome it. When, therefore,you ask for the Holy Spirit, be _willing_ that the Lord should_fill_ you. Be ready to _exercise_ the mighty gift for_all_ his offices, to convict you of sin, to lead you to truthfulexpectations, and to strengthen you to overcome your sin, giving youthat grace which is specially opposed to the leading sin of yourheart."

"I wish I had this gift; for my sin makes me fairly unhappy: I know itis wrong."