'Love casteth out fear; but where there is no love, there fear is.'
She drew still more away, saying again:
'I am afraid.'
Mr. Treadman explained:
'We are here to meet You, Lord, and to entreat You to let us come with You to London.'
'Why should you come with Me?'
'Because we are Your children.'
'My children!'
'Yes, Lord, Your children, each in his or her own fashion, but each with his or her whole heart. And because we are Your children, we are here to meet You--many of us at no slight personal inconvenience--to keep You company on the way, so that by our testimony we may begin to make it known that the Lord has come again to be the Judge of all the earth.'
'What know you of the why and wherefore of My coming?'