As if a thrill from some chord of an angel's harp had reached them, the children were still for a moment.
"I don't believe the people are happy in Lilac Lane," said Matilda.
"Maybe they are," said Ailie. "But I guess they can't be. People that are not good can't be happy."
"And Jesus has given us the message to take to everybody," said Matilda; "and when we come up there to that supper, and He asks us if we took the message to the people in the lane, what shall we say? I know what I would like to say."
"But there are other people, besides in the lane," said Ailie.
"We must take it to them too," said Mary Edwards.
"We can't take it to everybody."
"No; only to everybody that we can," said Matilda. "Just think how glad some of those people will be, when they hear it. What should we do if Mr. Richmond had never told it to us?"
Ailie bit her lip. Whether by design or not, Mary Edwards turned to her Testament and read the next words that followed in course.
"And there went great multitudes with Him: and He turned, and said unto them, If any man come unto me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple."