" Just what do you mean by being saved?” she asked at length. “Why, saved from punishment from yer sin. That’s eternal separation from God, ya know. I’m saved!” He said it with an air of quiet conviction that was startling. “How do you know?” asked Mary Elizabeth. “Because Christ said so,” said the boy. “He said, ‘He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.’ Mr. Saxon drilled us a lot on that. He said we might havta tell someone someday that was dying and afraid.” “And "

― Grace Livingston Hill , The Strange Proposal (Wainwright Duology, #2)