“Let me read you a bit of poetry,” said Cousin Mate, opening her book.

“Let me hear, too,” said Jenny King, coming up the path and sitting down on the steps.

“Thy Word, a wondrous guiding star

On pilgrim hearts doth rise,

Leads to their Lord, who dwells afar,

And makes the simple, wise.

“Thy Word, O Lord! like gentle dews

Falls soft on hearts that pine.

Lord, to thy garden ne’er refuse

This heavenly balm of thine.