If the tender mercy of God has visited us, and done so much more for us than I can tell or than you can hear, let us ourselves exhibit tender mercy in our dealings with our fellow-men. Your tongue is too soft a thing to influence dull minds; you must influence such by your lives. One book charmed us all the days of our youth. Is there a boy alive who has not read it? “Robinson Crusoe” was a wealth of wonders to me; I could have read it over a score of times and never have wearied. I am not ashamed
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