I want you to forgive me."
"Won't you let me pray for you to come to Jesus?" replied the teacher.
And she went down on her knees and prayed. And now Mr. Wananamaker says
that boy is the best boy in his Sunday-school. And so it was love that
broke that boy's heart.
AFFLICTION.
A Child Visits Abraham Lincoln, and Saves the Life of a Condemned Soldier.
During the war I remember a young man, not twenty, who was
court-martialed down in the front and sentenced to be shot; The story
was this: The young fellow had enlisted. He was not obliged to, but he
went off with another young man. They were what we would, call "chums."
One night this companion was ordered out on picket duty, and he asked
the young man to go for him. The next night he was ordered out himself;
and having been awake two nights, and not being used to it, fell asleep
at his post, and for the offense he was tried and sentenced to death. It
was right after the order issued by the President that no interference
would be allowed in cases of this kind. This sort of thing had become
too frequent, and it must be stopped. When the news reached the father
and mother in Vermont it nearly broke their hearts. The thought that
their son should be shot was too great for them.
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