was passing through the prison, and in one cell he found a boy who had his window full of flowers, that seemed to have been watched with very tender care. The governor looked at the prisoner, and then at the flowers, and asked whose they were, “These are my flowers,” said the poor convict. “Are you fond of flowers?” “Yes, sir.” “How long have you been here?” He told him so many years: he was in for a long sentence. The governor was surprised to find him so fond of the flowers, and he said, “Can you tell me why you like these flowers so much?” With much emotion he replied, “While my mother was alive she thought a good deal of flowers; and when I came here I thought if I had these they would remind me of mother.” The governor was so pleased that he said, “Well, young man, if you think so much of your mother I think you will appreciate your liberty,” and he pardoned him then and there.

When God finds that beautiful flower of true repentance springing up in a man’s heart, then salvation comes to that man.