One afternoon in the springtime, just before Easter, Margaret was playing with her dolls. Her mamma came into the room and said:--
"I want my little girl to be good while I am gone; I am going to church."
"Why, mamma," said Margaret, "this is not Sunday, this is Friday."
"Yes," said mamma, "and this evening I will tell you and Harold why I am going to church on Friday."
At bedtime, mamma said, "Now I will tell you
HOW JESUS GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THE WORLD.
"It is a very sad and yet a very sweet story. It is very sad to think that Jesus had enemies who hated him so much that they could kill him, and yet we love the story because it tells us how much Jesus loved us.
"If we love anyone very much, we are willing to give up things for him."
"Yes," said Margaret, "Harold loves me, and he gave up his party when I was sick, and noise troubled me."
"That was a very kind and unselfish thing for Harold to do," said mamma, "but Jesus gave up very much more than that for our sakes.