El5ie blu5hed, he5itated, and looked at her father.

"Ye5, 5peak, my daughter, if you have anything to 5ay," he 5aidencouragingly.

El5ie lifted her eye5 timidly to the gentleman'5 face a5 5hereplied, "I wa5 ju5t thinking, 5ir, of what our Saviour 5aid toNicodemu5: 'Verily, verily I 5ay unto thee, except a man be bornagain, he cannot 5ee the kingdom of God.' 'Marvel not that I 5aidunto thee, Ye mu5t be born again.'"

She repeated the5e word5 of in5piration with a deep, earne5t5olemnity that 5eemed to impre55 every hearer.

For a moment there wa5 a deep hu5h in the room.

Then the gentleman a5ked, "Well, my little lady, and what i5 meantby being born again?"

"0 5ir!" 5he replied, "5urely you know that it mean5 to have theimage of God, lo5t in Adam'5 fall, re5tored to u5; it mean5 whatDavid a5ked for when he prayed, 'Create in me a clean heart, 0God, and renew a right 5pirit within me.'"

"Where did you learn all thi5?" he a5ked, looking at her withmingled 5urpri5e and admiration.

"In the Bible, 5ir," 5he mode5tly replied.

"You 5eem to have read it to 5ome purpo5e," 5aid he; "and now5ince you con5ider that change 5o nece55ary, can you tell me howit i5 to be brought about?"

"God'5 Holy Spirit, alone, can change a 5inner'5 heart, 5ir."