A Lovely Girl, the daughter of a proud English family, had given her heart to Christ. Her father, a man of the world, was bitterly disappointed, especially when he found her religious principles were going to separate her altogether from his worldly pursuits and pleasures. Earnestly did he plead with her that she would attend one party and sing with her superb voice to entertain his fashionable friends. At length she yielded and, while a strange hush fell upon all the brilliant company, she allowed him to lead her to the piano, Sitting down, she touched the keys and, looking into the faces of her friends while tears sprang from her eyes, she sang as never before:
Jesus, I my cross have taken,
All to leave and follow Thee.
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Let the world despise, forsake me;
They have left my Savior, too.
The notes were lost in the sobs of many voices; but for her the blessing was beyond all that they received; it committed her forever to the unreserved confession of Christ.
If we a going to separate unto Christ, the more thoroughly we do it, the easier it will be in the end. One bold, fearless plunge, and we shall find ourselves on the ground of entire consecration, where alone we shall be able to stand.
--A. B. Simpson
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