them. She wanted forgiveness, and here was
forgiveness offered; she wanted God to love her, and here in every
page was some message of love from him. The Spirit of God opened the
little child's heart to the Word of God, and she read on as if she
never could hear enough of this blessed news. "We have known and
believed the love that God hath to us; we love him because he first
loved us."

"I do believe!" she thought; and that evening, as she fell on her
knees, she felt for the first time what it was to call God Our Father.
Her whole heart glowed with gratitude and love to him who had so loved
her. She laid her down to sleep with the eye of her heavenly Father
upon her. She awoke in the morning and felt that he was near.
Everything made her happy, because God sent everything, and God loved
her. The streams, the woods, the flowers--they had never looked half
so bright, for she felt that God had made them, and God had so loved
her. At school, at her tasks,--everywhere she was happy as a bird, for
God was everywhere. She could not feel cross, for God was near, _and
he loved her_. She could fight with her faults now, for the Almighty
was by to help her.

Little children! thousands of little children have had their hearts
changed and made happy, just as Amy's was; and _so may yours_. Only
believe the love that God has to you, and you must love him; and be
his dear and happy child.

Transcriber's Note

Minor punctuation errors have been repaired.

Hyphenation has been made consistent.

The author uses both "a hundred fold" and "an hundred fold". These
instances have been preserved as printed.

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