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 REPENTANCE. 155 sleeve," how often do you think you have repeated the words, 'Lead me not into `temptation?"" "Oh, mother," exclaimed James, "a great many times, ever since I was a little boy." "Did you ever really understand what you were saying ?" "Mother, I understand now that those bright red plums tempted me to steal. I never will be tempted by them again. I'll go to school on the other side of the road after this." "Oh, my son, you will be often led into temptation, unless you sincerely ask to be delivered. Have you kept that paper safe I gave you the other day?" "Yes, here it is," and James Digitized by Google