The old minister shuddered . `` No -- no ! As a kind , tender , all-wise father , Naomi -- as you would have loved your little child if it had lived . '' Naomi cowered and moaned . `` Oh , I wish I could believe THAT . I would n't be frightened if I could believe that . MAKE me believe it . Surely you can make me believe that there 's love and forgiveness in God if you believe it yourself . '' `` Jesus Christ forgave and loved the Magdalen , Naomi . '' `` Jesus Christ ? Oh , I ai n't afraid of HIM . Yes , HE could understand and forgive . He was half human . I tell you , it 's God I 'm skeered of . '' `` They are one and the same , '' said Mr. Leonard helplessly . He knew he could not make Naomi realize it . This anguished death-bed was no place for a theological exposition on the mysteries of the Trinity . `` Christ died for you , Naomi . He bore your sins in His own body on the cross . '' `` We bear our own sins , '' said Naomi fiercely .
`` I 've borne mine all my life -- and I 'll bear them XXXXX all eternity .
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