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't try to serve two masters. If you love God with all your heart, and give Him your whole life and service,--not a part of it,--that is what the word to Abraham means, I think. A servant of God is a perfect servant, if he does all the will of God that he knows, and as fast as he knows it. But you cannot do that of yourself, little Dolly." "Why cannot I, if I want to?" "Why, because there come temptations, and there come difficulties; and you will want to do something you like, and not what God likes; and you will do it too, unless the Lord Jesus keeps fast hold of you and saves you from making such a mistake. Only He can." "Can He?" "Certainly He can." "Will He?" "If you want Him to do it, and trust Him to do it, He will. He will just do all that you trust Him to do." Dolly pondered. "Will He do that because He loves me?" she asked. "Just for that reason, Dolly." "Then He will do it," said Dolly confidently; "for I will trust Him. Won't you show me where he says that, Uncle Edward?" Mr. Eberstein told Dolly to find Matt. xxi. 21. Dolly read eagerly-- "Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig-tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea, it shall be done. And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." Dolly read to herself, then looked up, eager and confident, for the next reference. "Turn to John xv. 7." Again Dolly found and read, in silence-- "If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." "What next, Uncle Edward?" "Isn't that promise enough?" "Yes; but I thought you had more." "There is a great deal more. Look out Thessalonians v. 23, 24." Dolly read, slowly, aloud now-- "'And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it.' That is beautiful, Uncle Edward!" "Do you want another? Find Jude, and read the 24th and 25th verses." With some trouble Dolly found it. "'Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion an
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