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A Lesson Of Obedience

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Parent Issue
Day
10
Month
November
Year
1865
Copyright
Public Domain
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To obey promptly, to do the very i n that is commanded - how very arely do chüdreu uuderstuud the iin)ortarice of thoso thing-. An Ilustra ,ion of the importanee of such obedience lusjust been given iu the Berlin papers, which relate the iollirwitfg incident that ately took place in Prussia: A switch rnau was at tho junetion of two lines of ailway, his lever in hand, fora train was ignaled. The engiue was within a few eoonds of reaching the enibankment, whon tho man, oq tufriiug his head, perceived his little boy plfiyiug on U e rails of the luie tha train was to pass orev - With a heroic devotedness to liis duty, he unfortunate man adopted a sublime ■esolution. ' Lie down,' he houtcd out to the c.hild ; but ua to hiuiself, he re nained at his post. The train pasee I along on its way, and tho livus of one unidred passongers were perhaps s ivod. iut the poor child ! The falher rushcd orward expecting to see ónly i corpse : jut what was his joy on findiiig th.'U tlie )oy had at onoe obeyed bis order ? H' aid down, and the vvlioio train passud over him without iujury. Tha nest day he King sent foi' the man and attaphed to his breast tho medal for civil coaage.

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Old News
Michigan Argus