would go no further. Her
service seemed small to her, but to me it seemed great and high. We,
in our full blood and unbroken life, have our work, our common work,
but this high work is not for us--we are not good enough. This He
keeps for those His love makes pure by pain. This would almost make
one content to suffer.

Next morning we all went to the little log school, where the Communion
service was to be held--all but the father and Katie.

"You have done me much good," I could not but say before I left; "and
you are a blessing in your home."

The color rose in her pale cheek, but she only said:

"I am glad you were sent to us."

Then I came away, humbly and softly, feeling as if I had been in a holy
place, where I was not worthy to stand. And a holy place it will ever
be to me--the white room, the spotless white room, lit by the glory of
that bright, sweet, patient face. At the Table that day the mother's
face had the same glory--the glory of those that overcome, the
reflection of the glory to follow. Happy, blessed home! The snows may
pile up into the bluff and the blizzards sweep over the whistling reeds
of the Marshes, but nothing can chill the love or dim the hopes that
warm and brighten the hearts in the little log house Beyond the
Marshes, for they have their source from that high place where love
never faileth and hopes never disappoint.

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