you set at nought your brother? Inasmuch as you do it unto the least of
these, you do it to Him."

His voice died away again. His strong face had become illumined, and he
brought down his gaze toward the listeners.

"If any man shall do His will he shall know of the doctrine. He will
know--yes, know--for there is no other knowledge as sure as this."

Then, in such a colloquial way that it almost seemed as if the listeners
themselves had asked the question, he said: "What shall we do that we
may work the works of God?"

And he smiled upon them, and held out his hands as if in blessing, and
lifted up his face again to heaven, and cried, "This is the work of God,
that ye believe on Him Whom He hath sent."

As if under some spell, the few to whom he had spoken stood still, till
the preacher slowly shifted himself and began to walk away by the road
he had come.

Some of the children went after him as before. The poor woman
disappeared behind the house she had been standing against. The
policeman and his companion began to talk, looking the while at the
object of their discussion.

Eliza, in the closet, leaned her head against the pile of linen on an
upper shelf, and was quite still for some time.