A Pastor's Conversation With Awakened Sinners

Pastor. What have you done? Have you done any thing? God has been commanding you every day, for a great many years, to repent of sin and believe in Christ. Have you done this? He has been calling upon you, with all the authority and tenderness of a father, "My son, give me thy heart." Have you given him your heart? (Inquirer). Oh, you misunderstand me. I have not got so far. I have told you already that I am not even awakened; and how can I repent? I am somewhat troubled, to be sure, or I should not be here. But my feelings are all indefinite. P. Do you think your not having got so far is any valid excuse for not repenting and giving your heart to God? The question is not how far you have advanced, or how you feel, but how you ought to feel. I. I do not feel any thing. I have no sense of my sins, and how can I have? I wish I could feel as others do, but it is impossible.