“Time.”
The children all began beating the time with the left foot, while they went on singing. At the end of the second line, Mary Jay said,—
“March.”
And the children all began to march. The two little girls who were at the ends of the line towards Mary Jay’s table, turned, and marched towards each other, advancing in front of the table. When they met, they turned towards the area, and took hold of hands; and then they marched along down the centre of the area, all the rest following, and joining hands, two by two, as fast as they came together.
When the two leaders reached the back side of the area, they separated again, and turned off, one to each side, and so came back, along by the seats where the line had first been formed. Thus they passed around and down through the area three or four times, until they had sung all the verses of the hymn. Then they took their places in the lines again; and, at a given signal from Mary Jay, they all sat down together.
“Now, children, we will learn the verse for the next Sabbath;—no, you will not come here next Sabbath to recite it, for this is the last day; but you can learn the verse, at any rate. I have chosen one for you which is a great comfort to me now that I am going away. It is this:—
“‘Are not two sparrows sold for one farthing? and, behold, not one of them is forgotten before God.’
“Now, repeat. Are not two sparrows—”
And all the girls said after her, “Are not two sparrows.”
“Sold for one farthing,” continued Mary Jay.