"'These are they that have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb,'" said Alice. "That was our text last Sunday."
"So it was, and the end of it introduces us to our final page, and that lasts for ever."
"Gold," said Minnie.
"Glory," said Hugh.
"Everlasting glory, all joy and light for evermore. All purchased for us by that one page which cost Him His life's blood. Now, dear children, repeat over to me the lessons of this little book, that we may all remember them together—
Black—Red—White—Gold.
The childrena repeated the words as their mother turned the pages, and then she added:
Sin—Blood—Righteousness—Glory.
Mrs. Headley then passed a book to each of them, saying in a low tone, with an earnestness which impressed her young hearers, "May all of you fly from the first, take refuge in the second, be covered by the third, and share the last."
When their mother had left them Minnie stood looking long and lovingly at her little treasure, as if she would read its wordless leaves if she could.