CHAPTER XV
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CHAPTER XV.
Lirrte children often "turn over anew leaf."
After being more or less naughty for several weeks, they will all of a sudden have a fit of goodness and be quite lovely.
It was so with Susy.
She woke the next day, which was Sunday, feeling very sweet and pleasant, and could not help shaking hands with Mr. Ought before she went down to breakfast.
"Mr. Ought !" said she, should you think I would be glad it is Sunday ?"
"Yes, I should think you would," said Mr.
Ought.
"J haven't told anybody whether I'm glad or not.
It's a secret," said Susy.
"But I know one thing.
When Rob gets big enough to go to church, and I can fee] him taking hold of my hand, and he can walk along with me and sit by mein the pew, I guess I shall like Sunday better than I do now."
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"Of course," said Mrs. Love.
Susy went to church with her papa and mamma in the morning.
She was generally a very good girl at church.
She was even better than usual at this time, and when they got home her papa told her a beautiful story from the Bible, and he kissed her and said:
"What a comfort it is to have a child who tries to be good !"
In the afternoon nurse went to church and their mamma stayed with Robbie and Susy, and they sang hymns, and heard stories till Robbie all at once fell fast asleep in his chair.
"The little darling!" said Mrs. Love.
"He was tired; he shall go and lie on the sofa and have a nap."
While he was asleep, Susy sat in her mamma's lap, and as she was tired of hearing stories and of singing, they had a little talk together.
"Susy, you were a very good girl at church this morning."
" How could I be naughty, mamma?"
"Oh! in a great many ways.
One child could disturb fifty people."
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"What could it do."
"Tt could keep getting up and down on its seat.
It could keep asking if service was almost done. It could turn over the leaves of the hymnbook and rattle them.
It could gape and yawn and fidget. Itcould try to make some other child laugh.
Or it might turn round and look ght into other people's faces in a rude way."
Susy had seen children do all these things.
Mr. Ought whispered that she had done some of them herself.
"Mamma," said she, "it is hard to sit still."
"JT know it is, and that is one reason why it is good for you to go to church.
You know you must sit still, and you try to learn to do it.
And it is well to learn to do hard things."
" What for do little children go to church 2" asked Susy.
"They don't know what the minister says."
"No, I know they don't understand much.
But there are a good many reasons why they should go to church, even then.
I can not ex: plain them all to such a little girl as you are.
But one reason is this.
If they always go when
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they are children, they will be likely to go when they are grown up.
Beside, nobody goes there just to hear what the minister says.
We go to worship God. ven little Susy can please and honor Him by just sitting still in His house, and making no noise.
And some of the biessings he has for the grown-up people, he showers down on the Jittle ones who are brought there to get it."
Susy smiled.
"Tl sit still, and maybe he'll shower some on me," said she.
"You needn't say maybe," said Faith.
" You may say, He certainly will."