HOW OLD?
A little child said, “Mother, how old must I be before I can be a Christian?” And the wise mother answered, “How old will you have to be, darling, before you can love me?” She responded, “Why, mother, I always loved you. I do now and always shall.” She kissed her mother and said, “But you have not told me yet how old I shall have to be!” The mother answered with another question: “How old must you be before you can trust yourself wholly to me and to my care?” The girl answered, “I always did.” And she kissed her mother again and said, “but tell me what I want to know.” The mother again asked, “How old will you have to be before you can do what I want you to do?” Then the child answered, “I can do that now without growing any older.” Then the mother said, “You can be a Christian now, without being any older. All…
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