"
25. "Has anyone talked with you about being a witness in court here
against this man?" inquired the judge.
26. "Yes, sir," she replied, "my mother heard they wanted me to be a
witness; and last night she called me to her room, and asked me to tell
her the Ten Commandments; and then we kneeled down together, and she
prayed that I might understand how wicked it was to bear false witness
against my neighbor, and that God would help me, a little child, to tell
the truth as it was before him.
27. "And when I came up here with father, she kissed me, and told me to
remember the Ninth Commandment, and that God would hear every word that I
said."
28. "Do you believe this?" asked the judge, while a tear glistened in his
eye, and his lip quivered with emotion.
29. "Yes, sir," said the child, with a voice and manner which showed that
her conviction of the truth was perfect.
30. "God bless you, my child," said the judge, "you have a good mother.
The witness is competent," he continued. "Were I on trial for my life, and
innocent of the charge against me, I would pray God for such a witness as
this.
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