Fly, my dear young friend, to the footstool of Him who waits to give you that love which will simplify your heart. You need the Gospel mould; it is ready to receive the heart that, by desire after the Saviour, pours itself into it. I am glad to find that you know what you have the greatest need to watch against. Trust not your own heart for a moment, but bring it to Him who is able to change and make it new. 'We cannot serve God and mammon.' Be noble-minded; determine wholly on the Lord's side. Render unto God his due. Now, my dear friend, is the time to make your choice: shadow or substance,—Christ or the world,—profession only and self-pleasing, or the possession of a present Saviour, and that self-denying path which, in lines marked with blood Divine, leads to eternal glory!

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