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 92 REDEMPTION. vain to convince him of his sin, and in- duce him to reform. One day the father said to Amos, "Come here, my son, and see; here is a hammer and a keg of nails, and there is a wall. I wish you every time you do what is wrong, to drive one of these nails into the wall." Amos said, "Well, father, I will." Before long, Amos came to his father and said with a bold and impudent face, and no sense of shame about him, but rather boasting of his sins, "The keg is empty; I have used all the nails; come and see." The father went to the spot, and found the wall perfectly black with Digited by Google