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Show 1 n THE DOWN AND OUT. At the meeting of the city commissioners last evening a woman. 1 the mother of two little children- -was seeking a pardon. She had i been in jail ten days, after having t.nken .misstep along the path of H shame. The matron of the jail spoke for her; n kind woman, who j had cared for her little ones, was present to speak a good word; the juvenile judge favored justice tempered with mercy; and a stranger H with a soft spot for the helpless was there to offer financial help. l This is not such a bad world after all. when a lonely, fallen wo- man, thrown among; chance acquaintances. -finds so many to plead for i Hi . Mary Magdalene the woman who had sinned and who redeemed HI ! herself, was among the accepted of Christ. She was bust, at the cross H and first at the gruvf. At the foundation of Christianity was forgivc- H uoss with the same degree of consideration for one who had fallen HI 1 , as was Shown when the mother in 'the City Hall was released from B custody. B- Forgiveness recognizes human frhTlities ai)d extends a helping flj i hand to those who need a more hopeful outlook. j |