Ethel's story: illustrating the advantages of patience (1856)
Philadelphia: Perkinpine & Higgins · leaf 72
ty I Does she, papa ? •• She may not deserve it, dear Clara, but shewould need it the more ! Ah ! my children, re-member, that to yield compassion to the unfortu-nate is noble—to commiserate guilt is heavenly. But, papa, would you not punish guilt ? •Yes ; the safety of society demands this ;… … One of the Twelve!56 THE IXFAXT IX PRAYER. [rev. R. MONTGOMERY.] CHILD beside a mother kneels.With lips of holy love,And fain would lisp the tow it feels,To him enthrond above. That cherub gaze, that stainless brow, So exquisitely fair!Who would not be an infant now, To breathe an infants prayer?…
Children's stories, English
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