Now, how did this stranger, who never spoke to the little boy in her
life, know that he had a good mother? Was it not by his kind and
forgiving conduct to Henry? Yes; she knew that some good mother had
taught little Willy not to return evil for evil, but to do good to those
that used him spitefully. It was true, Willy's mother loved the meek and
forgiving Saviour, and tried to teach her little boy to love him and be
like him. And was she not honored, when the conduct of her son told
every one that he had a good mother?

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Dear children, can you not thus honor _your_ parents? But instead
of this, some children take the opportunity, when they are away from
their parents, to disobey all their wishes and instructions, and thus
lead those who see them to suppose that they have not been taught to
do right. O, how dreadful, that the conduct of a child should cause a
stranger to say, "I know he has a _bad_ mother!"

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