"No, we passed through that in the night, and are now in Lake Ontario."
"Oh, I am glad we are so far on our journey," she said, "and the water is so quiet that it seems a very suitable place in which to spend this sweet Sabbath day."
"I think so, if only we try to spend it aright."
"I do intend to," she responded. "And we shall have our usual service in the morning; we younger ones a Bible lesson with papa in the afternoon, won't we?"
"I think so," he said. "I certainly expect to give my own children a Bible lesson, and we will not shut out any who may choose to take a part in it. That would be very selfish, would it not?"
"Yes, sir! yes, indeed! I think so, for you always make a Bible lesson very interesting as well as instructive."
"I am glad my daughter finds it so," he said, smiling down upon her.
They moved silently back and forth for a few minutes, Lucilla apparently in deep thought, her father watching with keen and loving interest the changeful expression of her features.
"What is it, daughter? Of what are you thinking?" he asked at length.