"I need it more than anyone else," said Kate, feeling a lack of spiritual understanding, and wishing she could get on faster.
"You are doing grandly Miss Kate, just think how you opposed it all at first," said Mr. Hayden encouragingly.
"Yes, I know I did," flushing a little, "but even thus far I have seen enough, or rather experienced enough to make me anxious to understand it, and I only ask so many questions because I am determined to get every speck of light I can."
"If everybody would lay aside prejudice as you have, Miss Kate, they would have no difficulty in seeing the truth as you do," he replied.
The tears came into her eyes. Neither Mr. Hayden nor Grace knew how much it had cost her to 'lay aside prejudice,' but she could thank God that she had done so, and indeed believed it was Providence that had led her into this study in spite of herself.
"I want the truth," she said simply, and turned away to join Grace, who stood at the open door waiting for her.
CHAPTER XXI.
"People imagine that the place which the Bible holds in the world it owes to miracles. It owes it simply to the fact that it came out of a profounder depth of thought than any other book."—Emerson.
"Marlow, September ——.