The Penitent Children

CHILDHEN. 5 steal; thou shalt not lie.” Guilt and darkness overcame my mind ; and in sore agony of soul I went to a hay-loft, the place is now perfectly in my recollection, and there prayed and pleaded, with groanings that could not be uttered, _ for mercy and pardon. I entreated _mercy for____ Jesus’ sake. With joy and transport I left the loft, from a believing application of the text, ‘Thy sins, which are many, are all forgiven Jjiee.’ I went to my mother, told her what I ' had done, and sought her forgiveness, and burnt the lamb, while she wept over her young penitent.” Samuel Wyke Kilpin. We have known children who have done wrong, and have not been sorry for it. They have tried to forget the anger of the great God against sin, and have thought little of the displeasure of their best friends. The following account, which the late Samuel Kilpin gave of his son, is very different to this, and teaches us what our feelings ought to be when we have done wrong. This good man writes— “ On one occasion, when he had offended me, I deemed it right to manifest displeasure, and

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