"Turn once more to the fourteenth of John and read the 21st verse." But
Mr. Digby himself gave the words.
"'He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me; and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father; and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'"
"That is somebody who has found the treasure, I think, Mr. Digby; it is 'he that loveth me.'"
"Quite true; nevertheless, Rotha, it remains a fact that nobody who is not willing to do the Lord's will, can come to the knowledge of him."
"Mr. Digby, why are wrong things so easy, and right things so hard?"
"They are not."
"I thought they were," said Rotha in surprise. "Am I worse than other people?"
"It all depends upon where you stand, Rotha. Would you find it easy to do something that would cause me great pain?"
"No, Mr. Digby,—impossible."
"I believe it," he said. "Then just put the case that you loved Christ much better than you do me; which would be the hard and the easy things then?"