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done the day before. "O, yes," said he, "and father forgave me; I knew he would, for the Bible says, 'he that confesseth and forsaketh his sins, shall find mercy.'"
Here is a pretty little note a very young girl wrote to her mother:
"Dear Mother,—It was I that lost your thimble. I was afraid to own it. I have felt dreadful since I told you I didn't know. Mother, will you forgive me? I told it all to God. I prayed to him.
"From your sorry daughter, "Hannah."
"Hannah."
This was dropped into her mother's hand by one of the little girls, and it is, you see, a confession of sin. For days
