12 LITTLE SUSAN tage door, and watch for her, and as soon as she returned it would frisk about and look quite happy. It was just the same with Susan’s companions, they were always glad to see her, because she was gentle and kind to them. When I have seen little boys and girls cross, and teazing each other, I have sometimes wondered why they could like to make others uncomfortable, for I have always observed that they did not look happy themselves. But when I recollected that the Bible tells us that the heart of man is naturally inclined to do evil, I have not wondered any longer at what I have seen. I then thought how very sad it was, that children did not love the Saviour, for then they would have tried to be like him, and would have been much happier. I have longed to tell them about Christ, and how pleasant it is to know Him, and to love Him. Sometimes when little boys and girls have read “Janeway’s Token for Children,” and other little books which told them about children who have loved Christ, they have desired to be like them. Susan was like these good children; and if a poor man came to ask charity, she was always glad if her mother could spare <Viy thing for him.
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