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 REDEMPTION. 93 nails. He said to his son, "Amos, have you done something wrong for every one of these nails?" "Yes, father," said Amos. The father said sorrowfully, "What a bad boy you must be, Amos; why will you not turn about and be a good boy," and as his father said it, he could not help the tear starting in his eye. Amos saw it, and he thought if his father shed tears about it, something must be very wrong; so after remaining thoughtful for a few moments, he said, "Father, I will try." "Then," said his father, "take again the hammer, and for everything that is right which you have done, draw out a nail and Digitized by Google