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it is so I cannot understand the word of God-— I 
am often grieved because I cannot get a better 
heart." 
" I understand that you pray to God, do you 
believe that he is every where present to hear 
you ?" 
" Yes, I believe God is every where, and hears 
prayer, because he made all things, therefore I 
hope God will answer my prayer." 
To see how far he understood the meaning of 
soul, I asked why a dead man could not walk, as 
well as a living man ? 
" When a man is dead, he rots, and cannot 
walk." 
" Do you understand what life is ? You will 
sometimes say, when a man is not quite dead, 
there is life in him— -now, what is life ?" 
" So long as God allows life to be in the man, 
he walks ; but, when he takes it out, he cannot 
walk, he is like an ox when slain." 
These conversations were taken down verbatim, 
at the time. Lest they should become tired, the 
meeting was adjourned to a future opportunity. 
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