Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-02-19

TIE LITTLE SIN.-" Mamma" said Lucy
Grant one evening, to her mother, Will you
tell me what is a little stint"
aMy child, no sin can be little, though some
may be greater than others. But what makes
You ask that questfon2"
ssMamma. was playing after school to-day
with Jane and Ellen and Robert Hamilton. The
master walked across the yard, and pulled out
his pocket handkerchief, and pencil capae out
and rolled away, but be did not observe it
When he vas sons Robert ran a slss d, SAYING
was in want OFF ! said, Robert, it is the
masters not Yours you must not keep it, that
would be great sim. sob, he replied, the
maser can get plenty more, and II Is only
penny pencil; it willbe but q little sim Mamma,
was Robert right2''
ssi.ucy. what reason have We to hope that
God viii pardon any of our sins r.
Because Jesus died"
tIs there any sin too great to be forgiven for
Jesus sake ?''
ssNo, mamma"
But may we not ask God to pardon our
smalsins in some other way z"
Lucy thought for moment but she answer
ed, "No, l do not think there is any other"
Certainly not. Well, my love, canwe think
any sin little thing, if Christ must have diod
that it might be torgiveni"
" But now shall tell you story. SOME
years ago, before you We're born, papa and
llyed 10 an Ola mouse, quite NEAR tIc seVs IHStt
was q low wall at the foot of the garden, where
We used often 10 sit, and admire tho pure waves
coming in below, and the pretty vessels sailing
past. One lovely summer evening we We're sit
ting there all was calm,-the clear water retec
ted tho red sunset clouds OF the sky, and till
white sails of the ships. just then we saw mai
and boy preparing TO set out in aiishing-boat
from little pier at short distance from on
garden. The was so still we could hear ther
speak. The boy looked down in the boat, an
said, Father, the water is coming in son
said the mau, stbcre is a small leak hut neve
MUD, it will do us no harm II would not !
good in q Storm but docking at the sky
there is no fear tonight SO come along 5
they hoisted the sail, we heard them Singh
melrily as they moved out to sea.
/" The sun had quite set, and the darkne
was coming on, before we went into tho hops
In n short time we felt that there was q chan.
in the weather. The wind began to rise, Al
whistled through the passages making the doc
and windows shake, and soon we heard the moi
Of the waves dashing up againstthe garden-wd
We were quite safe and comfortable, but o
thoughts turned anxiously TO the many sh
and boats we had seen so lately on the qu
waters. Then We thoughtwe heard cries tr
the sea, and between the large waves, the sou
OF a bell, as if some one were in great dstre
We could not rest at home, and We went do
to the shore. The people of tho village W
all running about, the women sobbing {
screaming, the men calling for the life-bt
We could see, in the darkness, feeble lie
glimmsring out at sea, and again the bell n
violently. Then the light disappeared, and
did not hear the bell again; but cries for b
seemed to come on the wind. By this time
nfe-boat was ready, and four strong men jul
ed into il. Epd made for the place where
light had &sr Deem seen. Oh, hvrr eUseffy
looked, and listened, and watched for their
turn! God was very merciful and they W
not too late. They found the man and boy
had watched in the evening, still clinging to
mast lat their boat had gone down. Andw
had sunk their boat Just the small leak
you think it appeared small to them then,
irsary night when the winds and water "
rising round theml
" And so learn, my dear child, never to
any sin little thing. Remember how gre
will look on sick and dying bed, and how M
greater when we stand before the Judgment
of Christi