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<p>Would you know whether your name is written in the book of life? Then read what you have written in <em>the book of conscience</em>. You need not ask, &quot;Who shall ascend up into heaven, to search the records of eternity?&quot; Only descend into your own heart, and there read what you <em>are</em>—and what you <em>shall be.<br><br> </em>Though God's book of <em>remembrance </em>is closed and kept above with God—yet your book of <em>conscience </em>is open, and kept below in your bosom; and what you write there, you shall be sure to read hereafter!<br><br>
    If I write nothing in this book but the <em><strong>black lines of sin</strong></em>—I shall find nothing in God's book but the <em><strong>red lines of damnation! </strong></em>But if I write God's Word in my book of conscience, I may be sure God has written my name in His book of life.<br><br> At the great day of judgment, when the books shall be opened, there I shall read the sweetest—or the sharpest lines. I will therefore so write here—that I may not be ashamed to read hereafter!