shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel,
and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; then
we which are alive and remain, shall be caught up together with them in
the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with
the Lord.'"

"'Wherefore comfort one another with these words,'" added Evelyn softly,
finishing the quotation; "and oh, what a comfort it is!"

"There could be none greater," said Grandma Elsie. "Think of being
reunited with all the dear ones gone before, and in the immediate
presence of Jesus; never again to be parted from them or him or to know
sin or sorrow or pain. Oh, what joy to be permitted to look upon the
face of our Redeemer, to kneel at his feet, to hear his voice speaking
to each one of us. 'Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall
behold and not another.'"




CHAPTER IV.


"Oh, Rosie, you here? I'm delighted! I hope you have come to spend the
day?" exclaimed Lucilla, as on Monday she and Grace, on leaving the
schoolroom where they had been reciting to their father, passed out upon
the veranda in search of Evelyn and the older ladies and found Rose
Travilla seated with the others.

"Thank you; but suppose I have come intending to stay longer than that?