Condition of Adoption

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There was a ripple of excitement all through the orphanage, for a great lady had come to take little Jane home with her. The girl herself was bewildered with the thought. “Do you want to go with me and be my child?” the lady asked in gentle tones. “I don’t know,” said Jane timidly. “But I’m going to give you beautiful clothes, and a lot of things—a room of your own, with a beautiful bed and table and chairs.” After a moment’s silence the little one said, anxiously: “But what am I to do for—for all this?” The lady burst into tears. “Only to love me and be my child,” she said, as she folded the little girl in her arms.

God adopts us, protects, and gives us an inheritance in glory. All He asks in return is that we should love Him and be His children.

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