f God.' Do they eat bread there? I thought they didn't."

"It is like what we read a little way back," said Matilda, flirting
over one or two leaves, "yes, here in the 12th chapter--'Blessed are
those servants whom the Lord when He cometh shall find watching; verily
I say unto you, that He shall gird Himself, and make them to sit down
to meat, and will come forth and serve them.'"

"That means Jesus," said Mary Edwards. "He will make them to sit down
to meat!--and will serve them. What does it mean, I wonder?"

"It means, that Jesus will give them good things," said Ailie.

"I guess they will be blessed, then, that eat when He feeds them," said
the other little girl. "I would like to be there."

"There is a verse or two that my Bible turns to," said Matilda. "In the
Revelation. 'And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are
called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.' Oh, don't you like to
read in the Revelation? But we are all called; aren't we?"

"And here, in our chapter," said Mary, "it goes on to tell of the
people who were called and wouldn't come. So I suppose everybody is
called; and some won't come."

"Some don't get the invitation," said Matilda, looking up.

"A good many don't, I guess," said Ailie. "Who do you think gets it in
Lilac Lane?"

"Nobody, hardly, I guess," said Mary Edwards; "there don't many people
come to church out of Lilac Lane."

"But then, girls," said Matilda, "don't you think we ought to take it
there? the invitation, I mean?"

"How can we? Why, there are lots of people in Lilac Lane that I would
be afraid to speak to."

"I wouldn't be afraid," said Matilda. "They wouldn't do us any harm."

"But what would you say to them, Tilly?"

"I would just ask them to come, Ailie. I would take the message to
them. Just think, Ailie, of that time, of that supper--when Jesus will
give good things with His own hand;--and how many people would come if
they knew. I would tell everybody. Don't you think we ought to?"

"I don't like to speak to people much," said Ailie. "They would think I
was setting myself up."

"It is only carrying the message," said Matilda. "And that is what
Jesus was doing _all the time_, you know; and He has told us to follow
Him."

"Then must we be telling it all the time too?" asked Ailie. "We should
do nothing else."

"Oh yes, we should. That would not hinder," said Matilda. "It doesn't
take so very long to say a word. Here is another verse, girls;