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This is one of Mrs. Sherwood's Moral and family tales, fervently religious and moral short stories written for children, in which their own innate sinfulness is emphasised, as well as the dire consequences which will befall them if they slip from the path of rigorous Christian virtue. The Tales sold in large numbers, and were extremely popular (among well-meaning adults) as Sunday school prizes and Sunday reading in God-fearing households.
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Spoilt by his nurse, Tom Page is mischievous, disobedient and troublesome. Despite his father's warning that "Duty is Safety", he continues in his wilfulness, until he puts himself into real danger. It is fear that first makes him repent of his past misdeeds:
for now he really was made to feel the evil bad conduct brings upon those who pursue it. It was not of himself that such thoughts could arise; but they were put into his mind by God, who now in mercy was chastising this boy, as a father chastises his child, to bring him to acknowledge that the ways of righteousness are the ways of peace... But God was dealing kindly by this boy, and, by his present troubles and fears, bringing to his mind a full conviction of his past stubbornness and sinful doings.
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