“I assure you, you have made me happy too, my dear child,” said Mrs Allan, wiping the tear that was rolling down her withered cheek. “I can truly say, I have no greater joy than to talk to you about these glorious truths. I will soon be in that silent place,” continued she, pointing, as she was closing her shutters for the night, to the churchyard, on which the moon was then shining; “but it makes me happy to think, that when you can hear my voice no more, you will remember, with joy, the Sabbath evenings we have spent together. Happy, dear Emma, will it be,” her face brightening as she spoke, “if we meet to speak of these blessed truths in the better Sabbath in heaven!” Emma was about to reply, when her grandmother took her by the hand, and said, with a kindly smile, “Well, dearest, and what would you have me talk to you about to‐night?” “You are the proper judge,” replied her little scholar, “as to what will best follow after the two beautiful doctrines you have last explained to me, of _Justification_ and _Adoption_. The other day I came to a difficult word in a book, which, [Sidenote: Of Regeneration.] if it would not be out of place, I should like to know something about. The word was _Regeneration_, and”―― “Stay, my dear,” interrupted her grandmother; “that is the very subject I was thinking of. You could not have named a better; and if you will give me all your attention, I shall try to open up this great doctrine to you as simply as I can. “Do you remember what I told you about _Justification_?—What God does to the sinner when He justifies and adopts him?” [Sidenote: Difference between Justification,] “He changes his _state_,” replied Emma. “He brings him from a _state_ of _wrath_ to a _state_ of _grace_,—from a _state_ of _condemnation_ to a _state_ of _pardon_.” “You have given me just the answer I wanted,” said her grandmother—“that it is a change of _state_ or _condition_. In Justification, from being a _rebel_, the sinner is pardoned by [Sidenote: Adoption,] his Sovereign. In Adoption, from being a _prodigal_, he is received back into his Father’s lost home. Now, dear,” continued she, “did I say that in these there is produced also any change in _character_?” “I don’t think so,” replied Emma. “You are right; and you will instantly see how well it is that I should speak to [Sidenote: And Regeneration.] you about Regeneration to‐night, which is the very word which tells about this great change of _character_ or _mind_, which is as necessary to salvation, as the great change of _state_ and _condition_ of which I have already spoken. What is your own idea, my dear child, as to the meaning of Regeneration?” “Indeed, grandmamma,” replied Emma, “it is such a long and difficult word, that I am ashamed to tell, though I have often heard it mentioned in Mr R――’s sermon, I never understood it aright.”