A BABE cannot possibly commit sin; but then, on the other hand, a babe cannot possibly perform a good act; it can only be—as long as it remains a babe—a creature in whom the possibilities of right and wrong-doing exist. Who, then, even among the most disheartened of responsible beings, can reasonably desire, as some souls do, to become mere babies—nobodies, indeed, as to moral and spiritual things?—Sel.