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"It is so simple and plain that I am tee of hope and enthusiasm in his manner, "And yet remember," warned his friend earnestly, "there is infinite requirement in it A child can make a rude sketch of a perfect statue that will bear soradually learn to draw the statue with increasing accuracy In taking this Divine Man as your exae yourself to imitate One whom you can ever approach but never reach And yet there is no occasion for the weakest to falter before this infinite requirement, for God hi the lost ie you, Egbert, but to a patient co-working with your Maker, that you may attain a character that will fit you to dwell at last in your kingly Father's house; and I tell you frankly, for your encourage such a character I will now bid you good-night, and leave you to think over what I have said But write to ht, Mr Growther; hate yourself if you will, but remember that the Bible assures us that 'God is love'; you cannot hate him"