34° THE CHERRY-STONES,

ever, his mind ran upon the subject dur-
ing the whole of prayer-time that eve-
ning; nor did he make any decided ef-
fort to shake it off. There was one very
sad consequence arising from this. He
retired to rest without having implored
forgiveness for his fretfulness and diso-
bedience during the day; and without ©
having asked for protection during the
dangers of the night. No one can tell
how much misery might have been spared
him, if this evening he had but once
thought seriously on the words, “ Lead
us not into temptation,” which his lips
repeated. |