"Are you not also conscious, my dear child, that your desire of
indulging your appetite is quite contrary to this holy fruit?"

"Yes, mamma."

"Then what are you to do in order to overcome the one, and to obtain
the other?"

"I must ask the Lord Jesus to give me the Holy Spirit."

"Yes, my child, to him must you come for all help, and he will not
send you empty away. Here is a subject on which you must indeed open
your mouth wide, in earnest prayer, and wait on the Lord for his
gracious answer. 'Ask, and ye shall receive,' he says, and after
showing how an _earthly_ father will act towards his child that
asks for bread, how does he conclude?"

"He says, 'How much _more_ will your _heavenly_ Father
give the _Holy Spirit_ to them that ask Him!'"

"Will you then, my dear Frances, profit by this gracious
instruction, and will _you_ ask for the Holy Spirit?"

"Yes, mamma, I will try."

"Do you believe the Lord will give you the Holy Spirit when you ask?"

"He _says_ He _will_, mamma."

"That is enough, my child; what the Lord says is yea and amen. It is