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and rested her head against his shoulder, and
as Mr. Lovett bont down and pressed his lips
to her forehead, she whispered, ‘Oh, papa, I
have been very wicked, and I am very sorry.”

“Say so to your heavenly Father, dear Lucy,
and he will forgive you,” said Mr. Lovett, as
he kissed her again.

Lucy returned home humbled and sorrowful,
thinking so much of the evil in her own heart,
and of what her father had said of the com-
passionate tenderness of the Saviour, that she
had quite forgotten the boys whose rudeness
had caused this scene, until her fathcr, at part-
ing, said to her, “Do not forget, when you pray
for yourself, my daughter, to ask God to pardon
those wicked boys. You know we must for-
give our enemies, if we would have Him to
forgive us.”

The next morning, when Mr. Lovett saw
Lucy ready for her walk, he said, ‘‘My daughter,
if you are willing, instead of going with
Cousin Mary this morning, we will make a
visit.”

**Make a visit, papa!” exclaimed Lucy, with a