' 'To-day, if ye hear his voice, harden not your
hearts'"
"You have said nothing new to me. They are the old thread-bare passages
that I have heard from my youth up, and I am minded to accept a broader
view of these statements than you seem to take of them."
At this she tossed her head haughtily and continued her journey,
resolving more firmly than ever that she would not spend eternity
outside the Gates of Heaven.
When she came to the Dark Valley and to the angry swelling currents,
her pitiful prayer broke out from the long-covered depth of her soul.
"Mercy, O mercy, to a wretch like me!" But no hand came to her rescue.
I saw Mr. World and Miss Church-Member as they approached the Place
of Warning. They heard the sweet music, rendered so excellently, but
gave no attention to the sentiment expressed by the words. They listened
only to the harmony of sounds.
"O, Miss Church-Member!" pleaded a voice, "you who were once so
earnestly engaged on the King's Highway, will you not, before you reach
the River of Death, forsake your perilous course and walk on the path
of life eternal?"
These words, which would have once brought conviction to her heart,
only brought vanity to her head.
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