He listened as if
surprised, but she looked up into her husband's eyes and smiled. The
music ceased and a little girl appeared in the doorway.
"May I come in?" she asked.
"Alice, my darling."
She runs towards them.
"Papa, papa, oh, how glad I am!"
He lifted her up and she threw her arms about his neck and kissed him
again and again.
"What a beautiful place this is!" she said. "O, mamma, I am very happy!"
"Yes, Alice, we are all happy--happy beyond expression. We now can
partly understand that glorious truth taught us, that 'spirit and
element, inseparably connected, receiveth a fulness of joy.'"
* * * * *
Alice was playing with the fishes and the swans in the garden, and the
husband and wife were sitting by an open window, gazing out upon the
city.
"Brother Volmer has not been to see us yet," said he. "You remember he
was our brother Sardus?"
"I remember him well," she answered.
"His musical talent is now of great blessing to himself and to the cause
of God, as he is a musical director in the Temple.
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