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lay me down to sleep,” and the “ Lord’s
Prayer,” I felt worse than ever. I came
to the words, ‘‘ Forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against
us.”

“‘Stop,” said my father. ‘You ask
the Lord to forgive you, just as you for-
give your playmates. Do you forgive
them? If you cannot forgive them, all
of them, for the wrongs they have done
you, how can you expect your heavenly
Father will forgive you ?”

This touched my heart. I had often
repeated those words before; but I had
never fully understood their meaning.
Oh, what a mine of pure gold the whole