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 REDEMPTION. it, and asked him again if he was happy, and what was his hope for heaven. Again he pointed more earnestly than before. His mother said, "You do not seem to un- derstand him, he means to say that he is happy, and sure of heaven because Jesus Christ was pierced for him." That little boy died with his eyes fixed on a crucified Jesus. Those marks in the palms of his hands, made by the nails, were his re- ceipt. And if we could now lift up our eyes to heaven, and look within the veil, we should see Jesus standing before the throne of God, with the scratches of the Digitized by 107 Google