WHERE HE WAS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVII, Issue XIX, 7 November 1896, Page 23

WHERE HE WAS.

A visitor from Manchester had been invited to address the Sunday-school. • I am reminded, children,' he said, ‘ of the career of a boy who was once no larger than some of the little fellows I see before me. He played truant when he was sent to school, went fishing every Sunday, ran away from home when he was ten years old, learned to drink, smoke tobacco and play cards. He went into bad company, frequented stables and low taprooms, finally became a pickpocket, then a forger, and one day in a fit of drunkenness he committed a cowardly murder. Children,’ he continued impressively, * where do you think that boy is now ?’ * He stands before ns !’ cried the children, as with one voice.