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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt:...no more for her, for the old woman lay perfectly quiet, and they could not tell whether she was awake or asleep; and the slanting rays of the afternoon sun reminded Sarah that she ought to return. Just before she left, granny's lips moved again; she was saying to herself, "Cleanseth from all sin,--all sin." And so Sarah left her, and, full of feeling, took her way home. She ran quickly, hoping that her mistress would not be angry with her for being rather late when she explained the reason. She felt very happy, though her Sunday afternoon had been so different from what she had hoped; but this was no wonder, for a kind deed done for the sake of our Lord surely brings peaceful joy. Sarah found her mistress in the kitchen, looking with dismay at the kitchen-fire, which had got very low; and there was no kettle on for tea, and company there, too! She was soon in a bustle to make up for lost time, and contrived, while cutting the bread and butter and helping her mistress, to tell her where she had been. "Well, I think you might have been better employed than running about the country after a bad old woman like that, and on Sunday afternoon, too," said her mistress. Poor Sarah flushed crimson, and the tears came into her eyes at the remembrance of her disappointment, and how much it had cost her to do what she really thought was right. But happily she had no time to answer, for her mistress. was too busy to stop. In her work she soon forgot the vexation of being unjustly thought and spoken of; and when the shades of night brought rest to all, she fell asleep with the quiet peace of a good conscience. This story is not intended to encourage anybody to undervalue the great privilege of worshipping God with others gathered together in His name....