Transcriber's notes: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed. New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain. [Illustration: Edah speaks kindly to Jack.] The Sign of the Cross; OR, EDAH CHAMPLIN. BY LUCY ELLEN GUERNSEY AUTHOR OF "SOPHIE KENNEDY'S EXPERIENCE," ETC., ETC. —————————————— "IF ANY MAN WILL COME AFTER ME, LET HIM DENY HIMSELF, AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS, AND FOLLOW ME."—ST. MATT. xvi. 24. —————————————— NEW YORK: GENERAL PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL S. S. UNION AND Church Book Society, 637 BROADWAY. 1856. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by THE GEN. PROT. EPISCOPAL S. S. UNION and CHURCH BOOK SOCIETY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— R. C. VALENTINE, STEREOTYPER AND ELECTROTYPIST, 17 Dutch-st., cor. Fulton, N. Y. TO THE TRUE FRIEND OF MY EARLY DAYS, THE BELOVED PRINCIPAL OF THE ROCHESTER FEMALE ACADEMY, THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR PREFACE. ———— THE following pages were written with a desire of awakening in the minds of the younger members of our Church, the inquiry, "Am I living up, in any degree, to the promise and vow made in my name at my Baptism? Have not I sometimes been ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, at least in deeds and in my daily life and conversation? How many combats have I ever fought under His banner against sin, the world, and the devil, since the Sign of the Cross was first imprinted upon my forehead in the holy Sacrament?"