'The Bible?' she repeated. 'I read the lessons in the Prayer-book; that is the same.'
'Is it the same? Is the whole Bible contained in the lessons?'
'I don't know, I am sure,' she answered doubtfully. 'I think so. There is a great deal of it.'
'But you read it piecemeal so.'
'You must read it piecemeal any way,' returned the young lady. 'You can read only a little each day; a portion.'
'You could read consecutively, though, or you could choose for yourself.'
'I like to have the choice made for me. It saves time; and then one is sure one has got hold of the right portion, you know. I like the lessons.'
'And then,' remarked Mrs. Dallas, 'you know other people and your friends are reading that same portion at the same time, and the feeling is very sacred and sweet.'
'But if the Bible was intended to be read in such a way, how comes it that we have no instruction to that end?'
'Instruction was given,' said Mrs. Dallas. 'The Church has ordered it.'