protect
him amid the dangers he would encounter, and that his heart might be
changed and a new spirit put within him.

"You are welcome back, my boy. God alone can forgive sin, and if you
have sought forgiveness in His appointed way, sure I am that it has not
been refused." This letter cheered Archy on his homeward journey, and
when at length he found himself in his mother's arms, and Maggie hanging
round his neck, he wondered how he could have been so hard-hearted as to
quit them; and he promised that he would henceforth remain at home to
assist and support them. He felt, indeed, that he could never make
amends for the suffering and anxiety he had caused his mother, to which
he acknowledged that the hardships he had endured were in comparison
nothing.

Archy had learned many important lessons, and above all, the great
truth, that He who rules the world is a God of justice, and also of
unbounded love and mercy; and although, in His justice, He allows the
obstinate and perverse to perish in their sins, He will hear the prayers
and abundantly bless all who humbly come to Him seeking for forgiveness
and protection.

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