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REPENTANCE.
and nights, perhaps, this child suffered under the consciousness of guilt, and it took away all her comfort; until at last, no longer able to bear the burden, she came and confessed it.
This brings up an important principle in our moral nature, and one which children should early understand and act upon. It is this, that if you have done wrong, you will never have, as I have before said, real peace of mind until you have confessed it. And a confession, to be worth anything, must spring from a real sorrow for the fault, and a real desire to do better for the time to come.
