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48 THE CHRIST-CHILD.
forehead, and the Mother led him to a room
apart. There she laid his head on her bo
som, and talked to him affectionately of his
own mother, and of his little sister that died.
She told him that through temptation and
struggle, bad men become good, and good
men become angels. She read to him some
of the blessed words of Jesus ; and they
knelt down and prayed together for forgive
ness and strength. In those sacred hours
of love and prayer, the angels came into his
heart, and he never after drove them away.
Thus did the spirit of Love lead those poor
children out of that dark and dirty lane, and
those dark and evil passions, into sunlight
and peace.
