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Now the lady was pleased with little Henry's answers: and she thanked God in her heart for having so blessed her labours with the poor little boy. But she did not praise him, lest he should become proud: and she well knew that God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. James iv. 6. So she refrained from commending him; but she said, "What do you mean, my dear, by being made quite new again?"

Henry. Before I knew the Lord Jesus Christ, I used to