A Little Pilgrim - In the Unseen by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
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place came past him every day, and always saw him singing in the sun by
his father's door. And it was a wonder then, and it has been a wonder ever since, why, having resolved upon it, that prince did not abandon the town, which would have changed all his fortune after. Much had been made clear to me since I began to study, but not this: till the Lord Himself came to me and told me. The prince looked at the child till he loved him, and he reflected how many children there were like this that would be murdered, or starved to death, and he could not give up the little singing boy to the sword. So he remained; and the town was saved, and he became a great king. It was so secret that even the angels did not know it. But without that child the history would not have been complete." "And is he here?" the little Pilgrim said. "Ah," said the historian, "that is more strange still; for that which saved him was also to his harm. He is not here. He is--elsewhere." The little Pilgrim's face grew sad; but then she remembered what she had been told. "But you know," she said, "that he is coming?" "I know that our Father will never forsake him, and that everything that is being accomplished in him is well." "Is it well to suffer? Is it well to live in that dark stormy country? Oh, that they were all here, and happy like you!" He shook his head a little and said-- |
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