Effie Maurice / Or What do I Love Best

'Mother,' said little Effie Maurice, on a Sabbath evening in winter, 'Mr L—— said to-day that we are all in danger of breaking the first commandment,—do you think we are?'
'Did not Mr L. give you his reasons for thinking so?'
'Yes, mother.'
'Didn't you think he gave good reasons?'
'I suppose he did, but I could not understand all he said, for he preached to men and women. Perhaps he thought children were in no danger of breaking it.'

'Well, bring your Bible—'
'O mother, I can say all the commandments, every word. The first is, Thou shalt have no other gods before me. I thought this was for the Burmans and Chinese, and all those who worship idols where the missionaries go.'