38 True Nobles and Heroes.

and replied to with a lie—‘‘ John, have you
eaten your sister’s grapes?” He was saved,
and obtained pardon for the sin that was
almost a forgotten but not a forgiven one,
and he lived to tell in a New York prayer
meeting the power of conscience after years
of slumbering.
“Not all the blood of beasts
On Jewish altars slain,

Could give the guilty conscience peace,
Or wash away the stain.

‘‘ But Christ, the heavenly Lamb,
Takes all our sing away ;
A sacrifice of nobler name |
And richer blood than they.”