“One day Miss Gertrude asked me something about which I was quite sure, but I couldn’t tell her why I was so sure; and she found this book, and we thought we would read it.”
“To make you more sure?” said Mr Sherwood, smiling.
“No, sir, not that. Nothing could make me more sure than I am that the Bible and all it teaches is true. But it is well to be able to tell why I am sure.”
“And so you are sure of these things without knowing why you are sure?”
Christie sent a grave, questioning look into his face, and said:
“I think the true knowledge of these things is not learned in books, unless it is in the Bible—and not in that, unless God teaches one.”
After a pause, she added:
“It must be true, you know. What can one trust to, if not to the Word of God? What else is there that does not fail us in the time of need, in some way or other?”
“Not much, indeed,” said Mr Sherwood, gravely.
“Nothing,” repeated Christie, “except the word and promise of God. They never fail—never change—never!”