human
How old are you, Bessie?
gpt
Ten years.
human
Some people think ten years is too young to be a member of the church.
gpt
I don't think so.
human
Why?
gpt
Because I think they can do right just as good as older people.
human
When were you baptized?
gpt
Last summer in July.
human
How do you know that you love Jesus?
gpt
Because,--well, I just know it.
human
Suppose sometime you should sin, then what?
gpt
I'd just pray to God to forgive me.
human
Are you sure He'd forgive you?
gpt
Yes sir. The Bible says so.
human
How does it come you did not want to wait till you grew up, like many others do?
gpt
Because I might die and not be saved.
human
Suppose at school some of the other scholars tease you, then what?
gpt
I wouldn't say nothing.
human
How long did you want to join the church before last summer?
gpt
O, I often thought about it. I was under conviction a good while.
human
What does it mean to be under conviction?
gpt
Well, --and I saw that I had asked a harder question than I thought. After thinking a moment she said,
human
I just feel like crying all the time.
gpt
What about, Bessie?
human
About things I done wrong.
gpt
What things?
human
O well, little things in school. I'd get angry sometimes, and do wrong things at home, and I was not very good, and-and--I wanted Jesus to forgive me.
gpt
What did you want to be baptized for?
human
For the remission of my sins.
gpt
How did you learn to give that for the reason?
human
I read it in the Bible.
gpt
Are you sure, Bessie, you realize what you're doing?
human
Yes sir.
gpt
How often do you pray?
human
Every evening and often in the day time.
gpt
Do your parents have family worship?
human
Yes sir.
gpt
What part do _you_ take?
human
We all read verse about, and then papa and mamma take turn about in leading in prayer, and I always close with the Lord's prayer.
gpt
Didn't any body coax you to join the church?
human
No sir. Charlie and I used to talk about it a good many times when we were by ourselves. That was before either of us was converted.
gpt
Now, then, are you happy, Bessie?
human
Yes sir.
gpt
What are you going to do when you grow up?
human
Be a seamstress, I guess. I'd like to be a missionary if I could.
gpt
Do you realize a change of heart?
human
Yes sir.
gpt
How does it seem?
human
It seems nice.
gpt
But, think well, and tell me several points wherein you are different now from what you were before you became a Christian.
human
I feel more happier, and--and--I love Jesus more, and--He loves me more, and--and--I don't want to do any wrong things, and--
gpt
What would you be willing to do for the Lord?
human
Most anything.
gpt
Suppose the church should ask you to do something you did not want to do?
human
I'd just do it.
gpt
What part of the Bible do you like the best?
human
The New Testament.
gpt
Why?