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AN AsrcDore ron PARENTS AsD 0HiLi


AN Asrcpore ron rARrxrs ARD 1aiLDaEz.
Little Mary once struck her brother DO.
ring my absence from the house. The stick
in her hand had 3 sharp knot which neat
clear through his cheek, making an -xgiy
cash. The blood flowed in strssms the
boy screamed ~pitsously, and Mary vas *.
ceedingly alarmed. She had no animosity
against her little playmate, on the contrary
she loved him dearly and when her fBcfsiss,
who was called to the room b. his scfssnes
came in, her little daughter bad thfo~nhes
arms around his neck, and Wal joining beg
cries to his, while the red blood poured fnii
lin her face. When the mother had made
inquiries, she took the boy away 70 dfees
the wound, and the girl went ap stairs WITH
out a word and crept under the bed. Theirs
she sat and sobbed for several hours. Her
mother discovering where she had gcnes
said not a word TO her, believing thatit was
best to leave her for the present Alone-
Her own heart was much panied 70 heef
her dear child's grief, but she vas wiling
to let her suffer for q while in hopes that i
might make a lasting lesson to hef.
/ came in a little while before night, and
learned how matters stood. 1t was q ssa-
son to me of great interest and responsible.
ty. Upon my own action here might de-
pend the future conduct Of this child. Hep
violent temper had been often checked hy
punishment, and she had been frequently
enough told Of it, evil consequences. NeH
1t had led her to q great crime, and Il not It
once restrained, my little daughter might
grow up wicked and miserable.
considered awhile how ] should act,
and having humbly asked guidance Of the
Father Of all, / took my seat in tbs room
where the affair had happened, and tsek
the knotty stick in my hand. Then ] call
ed out in a kind voice, '~'sistef, come hers
to pa" She was always N obedient gif,
and she instantly crept out and came down
to me. Never shall l forget the expression
other countensnce n she looked my .cs.
She had wept until her eyes ware greatly
|inlamed, but they were dry, and IN hat face
was q look Of the most profound humility
and grief that I ever saw She waIbed
slowly to my side and bowed her bead On
my knees. / said "My dsughtsf, .SonAe
naughty person has hurt your littls brother
very much. His cheek Is cut open, and ]
think there will alwsys be q scar there d
long as he lives. viii my daughter ten me
who did it?" I heard . little sob snd then
she whispered, alt was me-" I continued,
"If the stick bad struck his eye, he would
have been made bind" She commsncea
weeping. Isaid, "If it had struck his ten-
pie, it might have killed him." She gsSss
low scream, and said, "Oh, pa" contin,
ued, eyes: the blow you struck would have
killed your brother if some one had not
turned it aside. There was some one IN
1.-The room who saw how angry my daughter
was, and when she struck the sharp knotty
stick into her little brothers face, he turned
lit aside and saved his life. Do yon know
who it WASP" She looked up into my facs
with a look of almost happiness, and said,
sit was God, pa" eyes" / continued, ..no
one but God could have done 1t. He has
saved my boys life, but how sorry be must
be that any little girl can have so bad 9
heart az you have. God never can love
1.-THE bad girl in this world or in the next.o
She wept now more bitterly than before.
II took her hand and led her into the room
where her brother lay asleep. His face
was bound up and it was very pale. !.
/ asked her softly, sis little brother alive
yet?" She started as if smittsn with q hor-
rible thought, and uttered an ejaculation OF
lgrief. This awoke the boy, who casting ha
eyes about and seeing Mary bsthed In tesrs,
reached out his arms and called her. Il
was electric, and hardened must have been
the heart which could behold this sweet re-
conciliation without tears. aa1
That night as We bowed around the So
cred altar Of family service, tender hearts
were ours, and the angels who watched to
carry our offerings upward, saw the tear
drops glittsring in the freight, and heard
low sobs az we united to ask the seal OF
Gods appreciation upon this rsconciliation
on earth.
A RtLrc OF TIE WORLD sEroRR THs