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JUVENILE MISSIONARY SOCIETIES. 153
that he should
do a thing as equivalent to a com
mand.
Henry and Sarah then bade their parents
good-night,
to their own reflections.
and Mr. and Mrs. Williams were left
Mrs. Williams was not disappointed
in the re
sult of the experiment, but Mr. Williams was
very much disappointed. The disappointment,
however, was in the right direction — he was
agreeably disappointed. He had never before
understood so clearly one trait in human nature, —
that doing good awakens an interest in things
around us, and even doubles the value of our
own existence.