eyes,--"I will know
nothing but Christ."

The murmur of thanksgiving heard from one or two voices brought her
head down. It had nearly overcome her. But she controlled herself, and
presently went on; though not daring to look again into Mr. Rhys's
face, the expression of whose eyes of gladness was harder to meet than
the spoken thanksgivings.

"I see I have nothing, and am nothing," she said. "I see that Christ is
all, and will do all for me. I wish to be his servant. All is changed.
The very hills are changed. I never saw such colours or such sunlight,
as I have seen as I rode along this afternoon."

"A true judgment," said Mr. Rhys. "It has been often said, that the eye
sees what the eye brings the means of seeing; and the love of Christ
puts a glory upon all nature that far surpasses the glory of the sun.
It is a changed world, for those who know that love for the first time!
Friends, most of us profess to have that knowledge. Do we have it so
that it puts a glory on all the outer world, in the midst of which we
live and walk and attend to our business?"

"It does to me, sir," said the venerable old man whom Eleanor had
noticed;--"it does to me. Praise the Lord!" Instead of any other answer
they broke out singing,--

"O how happy are they
Who the Saviour obey,
And have laid up their treasure above.
Tongue can never express
The sweet comfort and peace
Of a soul in its earliest love."

"The way to keep that joy," said Mr. Rhys returning to Eleanor, "and to
know more of it, is to take every succeeding step in the Christian life
exactly as you took the first one;--in self-renunciation, in entire
dependence. As ye have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in
him. It is a simple and humble way, the way along which the heavenly
light shines. Do everything for Christ--do everything in his
strength;--and you will soon know that the secret of the Lord is with
them that fear him. Blessed be his name! He giveth power to the faint,
and to them that have no might he increaseth strength."

It was easy to see that the speaker made a personal application here,
with reference to himself; but after that there was no more said
directly to Eleanor. The subject went round the circle, receiving the
various testimony of the persons there. Eleanor's heart gave quick
sympathy to many utterances, and took home with intent interest the
answering counsels and remarks, which in some instances were framed to
put a