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 did to-day." He then told his mother the story of his temptation and his sin. She sat down by him and talked to him for some time, and then told him to get up and kneel down by her, and confess his sin to God. "For though God knows it all," she said, "he requires of us to confess our sins to him."

Harry knelt by his mother, and in broken sentences, mingled with many tears, confessed his sin. After he had laid down in bed again, he said, "Tell me this, mamma, will you always be afraid. to trust me after this?" "No, my boy, I shall not be afraid to trust you, for I think you have had a lesson to-day which