For what glory is it if, when
ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if
when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is
acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye called; because
Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example that ye should
follow His steps."
"Oh! I have not done it. I did not take it patiently. I am afraid
I am not following in His steps," she cried, bursting into an
agony of tears and sobs.
"My dear little girl, what is the matter?" asked a kind voice, and
a soft hand was gently laid on her shoulder.
The child looked up hastily. "O Miss Allison!" she said, "is it
you? I thought I was quite alone."
"And so you were, my dear, until this moment" replied the lady,
drawing up a chair, and sitting down close beside her. "I was on
the veranda, and hearing sobs, came in to see if I could be of any
assistance. You look very much distressed; will you not tell me
the cause of your sorrow?"
Elsie answered only by a fresh burst of tears.
"They have all gone to the fair and left you at home alone;
perhaps to learn a lesson you have failed in reciting?" said the
lady, inquiringly.
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