It is a sad thing for any sort of people when Jesus can say of them, “Verily, I say unto you, they have their reward.” They cannot expect to be paid twice, and as their account is discharged in full, what have they to look for? I used, as a youth, sometimes to think that I was as good as other lads, and perhaps I was, for I had not fallen into the grosser vices. I fancied that if anybody was saved by a moral life, I might be. But oh, when God lifted the veil of my nature, and I saw what my heart
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