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SHALL be saved/ A Christian does not hope or think 
that heaven is his home, he is sure of it. Why? 
Because Jesus said, ‘He that believeth on Me hath 
everlasting life/ 
“A little girl wrote me a letter the other day in 
which she said, ‘I do not hope or think that Christ 
died for me, I am SURE of it ; because Christ died for 
sinners, and I am a sinner.’ And so, my dear brother, 
directly we believe that Jesus died in our place, for 
us, then we are sure that we are saved. 
“Now I want you to keep the paper of questions 
enclosed, and earnestly think and pray over them 
until you can answer them. I know you want to be 
a Christian, you want to be saved, you want to go to 
heaven, and you do feel that you love Jesus, although 
not so much as you wish to do and hope to do. 
“ I pray for you and for dear Sidney every day, 
and I do hope that you will grow up earnest, useful 
Christians. 
“ I have a birthday present here for you, but it is 
too large to come to you by post, so tell Sidney to 
come and see me on Friday evening (Thursday I am 
engaged out of doors). 
“Love to father, ma, and Pussy, and love to and 
prayers for you, my dear brother. — Your affectionate 
brother, TOM.” 
“My DEAR Percy, — I have been going to write 
to you day after day, and at last I am able to do so. 
I was so glad to have your letter, and I want us to 
write to one another as often as we can. I won’t keep 
you waiting so long again. 
“ I am going to give a lecture on Africa with 
dissolving views to-morrow evening. I wonder if 
anyhow you could manage to come, if your master 
would let you leave early. I have sent a ticket 
in case. It begins at seven o’clock, and you 
would have to leave rather early, and take a ticket 
from Peckham Rye to Camden Road — return ; and 
