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Elsie at Nantucket

CHAPTER IV
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'There is none righteous, no, not one....

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in His sight.' "But your friend's question is very plainly answered by the prophet Ezekiel," opening her Bible as she spoke.

"Here it is, in the eighteenth chapter, twenty-fourth verse.
"'But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live?
All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.'" "Nothing could be plainer," Harold said.

"I shall refer my friend to that passage for his answer, and also remind him that no one can be saved by works.
"Now, mamma, there is something else.

I have become acquainted with a young Jew who interests me greatly.


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