"And Jesus says little boys must mind their mothers; so he was sorry when he saw Frankie disobey his kind mamma."
"Is he sorry wis me now? I not do so any more," said Frankie.
"He is sorry if you are cross, and do not feel pleasant to Bob," answered Mrs. Rush.
Frankie jumped down from his seat, and running over to Bob, put up his rosy lips for a kiss, which the other was quite ready to give.
"Aunt May," said Maggie, "do you think Jesus could love children like Lem and Dolly?"
"He loved them so much that he came to die for them, Maggie. If he did not love them, he would not grieve to see them going so far from him; and to them, too, he says, 'Come unto me,' and stands ready to forgive them, and make them his own little lambs."
"Perhaps they never heard about Jesus, and do not know that he loves them," said Bessie. "I don't believe they have any one to teach them."
"I am afraid not," said Mrs. Rush. "Perhaps some time one of us may find a way to tell them."
"They would not let us speak to them," said Maggie.