34 LITTLE ANN. [34 “ Through Jesus’ righteousness I soar above, “ And seize a harp to chant redeeming love.” In this child’s little history we are again brought to see, and compelled to acknowledge, the riches of sovereign grace. Oh ! that the same spirit of conviction, of prayer, and of faith, may rest on those children to whom you, my dear friend, may read the tale. He who delivered Little Ann from the fears and terrors of a dark-room, of a dying chamber, and of a day of judgment, can, with equal ease, work on the understandings and hearts of the objects of your bounty and attention, and make them children of grace. Yes, he can make them lambs of the Redeemer’s flock, and pillars in the temple of God. Young as they are, with pilgrim feet, “ Oh ! may they travel to his seat; “ And leaning on the Saviour’s hand, “ Prepare to leave this barren land. “ While o’er this desert world they roam, “ Oh! may they seek a better home ; “ Unstained by wo, unchanged by years, “ Unlike this gloomy vale of tears.” Should any of their elder brethren listen to the story of Little Ann, Oh! fail not to urge on them the necessity and the duty of prayer. Tell them how this child retired to pour out her soul to the Lord ; tell them, fnat when she opened the Bible, she prayed to God to give her an understanding heart. Oh! tell them how, that while thus seeking wisdom from above, she did obtain the blessing, and was made wise unto salvation, through faith that is in Jesus Christ. And then assure the aged listeners, that though their sins are many in number beyond those of little Ann’s, yet, that the blood of Christ Jesus can cleanse from all; and that he is the way, the truth, and the life; that none, whether old or young, can come unto the Father but by him. Farewell, my dear friend. May Little Arm’s
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