I WON'T by Presbyterian

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Nov 4, 1880

I WON'T.

By Presbyterian

THE other day a little boy burst out crying in school, and he cried as if his heart would break. Did another boy pinch or hurt him? No. Was his spelling lesson too hard? No. What were those tears for? His teacher called him to her side, and asked Freddie what the matter was. "I want to go home. Oh, do let me go," sobbed Freddie, "I said 'I won't' to my mother before school and I want to go home and tell her how sorry I am, and ask her to forgive me."

They were penitent tears, then, the best tears a child can shed. But then you must remember, 'Tis not enough to say We're sorry and repent, And still go on from day to day Just as we always went. Repentance is to leave The sins we loved before, And show that we in earnest grieve By doing so no more.

Yes, no more, I hope Freddie had no more "I won'ts" for his mother.—Presbyterian.