"And the new word?"
Desire shrunk into silence for a moment; she was not used to, or fond of Bible quoting, or even Bible talk; yet sin was hungering all the time for Bible truth.
Mr. Kincaid waited.
So she repeated it presently; for Desire never made a fuss; she was too really sensitive for that.
"'The Tenderness in the midst of the Almightiness shall feed them, and shall lead them to living fountains of water.'"
Mr. Kincaid recognized the "new word," and his face lit up.
"'The Lamb in the midst of the Throne,'" he said. "Out of the Heart of God, the Christ. Who was there before; the intent by which all things were made. The same yesterday, and to-day, and forever; who ever liveth to make intercession for us. Christ had to be. The Word, full of grace, must be made flesh. Why need people dispute about Eternity and Divinity, if they can only see that?—Was that Mrs. Froke's reading?"
"Yes; that was Rachel's sermon."
"It is an illumination."
They walked all up Orchard Street without another word.