that you have not
treated Him right; confess you sins, and see how quickly He will
bless you.

I am reminded of another incident--that of a boy who had been tried
by court-martial and ordered to be shot. The hearts of the father and
mother were broken when they heard the news. In that home was a
little girl. She had read the life of Abraham Lincoln, and she said:
"Now, if Abraham Lincoln knew how my father and mother loved their
boy, he would not let my brother be shot." She wanted her father to
go to Washington to plead for his boy. But the father said: "No;
there is no use; the law must take its course. They have refused to
pardon one or two who have been sentenced by that court-martial, and
an order has gone forth that the President is not going to interfere
again; if a man has been sentenced by court-martial he must suffer
the consequences." That father and mother had not faith to believe
that their boy might be pardoned.

But the little girl was strong in hope; she got on the train away up
in Vermont, and started off to Washington. When she reached the White
House the soldiers refused to let her in; but she told her pitiful
story, and they allowed her to pass. When she got to the Secretary's
room, where the President's private secretary was, he refused to
allow her to enter the private office of the President. But the
little girl told her story, and it touched the heart of the private
secretary; so he passed her in. As she went into Abraham Lincoln's
room, there were United States senators, generals, governors and
leading politicians, who were there about important business about
the war; but the President happened to see that child standing at his
door. He wanted to know what she wanted, and she went right to him
and told her story in her own language. He was a father, and the
great tears trickled down Abraham Lincoln's cheeks. He wrote a
dispatch ard sent it to the army to have that boy sent to Washington
at once. When he arrived, the President pardoned him, gave him thirty
days furlough, and sent him home with the little girl to cheer the
hearts of the father and mother.

Do you want to know how to go to Christ? Go just as that little girl
went to Abraham Lincoln. It may be possible that you have a dark
story to tell. Tell it all out; keep nothing back. If Abraham Lincoln
had compassion on that little girl, heard her petition and answered
it, do you think the Lord Jesus will not hear your prayer? Do, you
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