GRANDMA HARTMAN'S STORY 91
and should have made everything plain to her. I
firmly believe that even very young children can
comprehend a plain ‘Thus saith the Lord.’ ’
“I would like to ask if many others who attended
those meetings hegan the observance of the seventh
day ?’’ said Mrs. Wilbur.
“Yes; there was quite a large company. But
time is a great tester of sincerity: and so, after a
while, there were not so many. Some were ready
to declare that we would give up, because we were
in such a hurry. But we told them that we had de-
cided to do as the psalmist did, when he says, ‘I
made haste, and delayed not to keep Thy command-
ments.” ”’
Mrs. Wilbur seemed nervous and ill at ease at
grandma’s reply, but said nothing.
“I imagine it must take much true courage, does
it not, Mr. Hartman, to begin the keeping of a day
which almost the entire Christian world antago-
nize?’’ said Mr. Jones.
“Yes, it does,’’ replied Brother Hartman, ‘but
when we know what is truth and duty, we may rely
on the grace of God, which is always sufficient.’’
“But now it is best to close our study for this
evening, which we will do with a word of prayer,
and by singing the hymn grandma told us about to-
night, which is her favorite:
¢¢ ‘Mark that pilgrim, lowly bending.’ ’’