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 117 home. They hastened back, got their books, and went each to his father's house. Their parents did not ask them any ques- tions, and after supper they went to bed. James was alone in his room, and when he should go to his evening prayer, he began to think what he did to-day was very wrong. My father and mother were hard at work, and I was idle. I sinned against God, I deceived my parents, and made myself unhappy. REPENTANCE. Tears came into his eyes, and he knelt down to confess his sins to God and cry for pardon through the blood of Jesus Christ. Just then he heard a noise in Digitized by Google