With a ring of gladness almost triumphant in her tones, Miss Squire went on with the lesson, and Ray could scarcely believe the hour was up when the bell rang for closing, so interested had he become in David and the great work he had accomplished. He had asked Miss Squire but one question. When she spoke of David's faith in the Lord, he asked, quickly:
"What is faith?"
Her reply was characteristic, and happily illustrated her aptness to teach. "Ray," she asked, "what made Mr. Carleton willing, last Thursday, to put his hat back on his head, and let you throw another stone at it when, had you missed, you might have put out his sight, or endangered his life?"
"He believed I could hit it," answered the lad, in some confusion at the thought that she knew of his audacious prank.
"In other words, he had faith in your ability to do just as you said. And faith in God is believing that he is both able and willing to do what he has promised."
As Miss Squire met her pastor at the six o'clock prayer and praise service, he asked:
"Well, what is your impression of the new scholar?"
"That he is worth saving," she quickly replied.
"How much, with the Master's help, did you accomplish toward that end to-day?" he then inquired.
"I got his promise to read the Bible and to come to Sunday-school regularly," she answered; and, hesitatingly, "I am almost sure I helped him to see what it is to have faith in God."