"And they kept the law of Moses?"
"Faithfully."
"And—they thought that Jesus was the Promised One?"
"They did not think—they knew, by the teaching of the Spirit of God."
"But," said David, "the writer of this did not wish to discredit the law of Moses?"
"Not at all. Let us go on with our his story."
The reading began again and went on steadily for some hours. As before, David wanted to verify everything by references to the prophets. His voice trembled sometimes; but he kept as close to business as possible. The first chapters of Matthew excited him very much, with their declarations of things done "that the scriptures might be fulfilled;" and the sermon on the mount seemed to stagger the boy. He was silent a while when it had come to his turn to read; and at last looking up, he said,
"If people took this for a rule of life, everything in the world would have to be turned round?"
"Precisely," said Mr. Richmond. "And so the word says—'If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.'"
"Do you think anybody really lives like this?"