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Now let me ask, Is not God 'the same yesterday, today, and forever, and, if so, can He not do as well now as He did then? I wonder at thee, James Gurney!" and the old lady raised her voice as she uttered the last sentence. Mr. Gurney thought it better not to argue the point, so he put his mouth to her horn and said: "Thee and I had better not argue any further, Aunt Debie.
He only knows" and Aunt Debie looked up as she spoke "how I long sometimes to see them. But, Father, Thou knowest what is best: 'Though Thou slayest me, yet will I trust in Thee." This conversation occurred in Mrs. Gurney's parlor; for both Mr. and Mrs.
"We have three, a boy and two girls," and then, as if in anticipation of the old lady's next question, she added: "Their names are Edward, Alice Maud, and Mary; Edward is fourteen, Alice Maud is twelve, and Mary is four, she is our baby." "Thee had a long rest between thy second and third," remarked Aunt Debie. "Did thee lose any?"
Deborah Donaldson, or, as she was always called, "Aunt Debie," was, "after the strictest sect of her religion," a Quaker, and she never quite forgave James and Martha Gurney for leaving the Church of their fathers.
Ruth Ashton's face flushed slightly, for Aunt Debie was like a new revelation to her; she had never met anyone like her before, but she good-naturedly answered "No" to her question. Mrs.
Gurney had finished speaking, she thought it would be a favorable opportunity to introduce Mrs. Ashton to Aunt Debie; so she spoke to the former, and they walked over to the old lady's chair. Mrs. Gurney then took Mrs. Ashton's hand and placed it in the old lady's, saying, as she did so: "Aunt Debie, this is Mrs. Ashton, of whom thee has heard us speak!"
"Happy to meet with thee, I am sure." said Aunt Debie. "What is thy fust name?" "Ruth," answered Mrs. Ashton. "That is a good Script'al name. May thee, like thy namesake, be worthy of the Lord's blessing." "What is thy husband's name?" "Richard," answered Mrs. Ashton. "And how many children has thee got?"
This was a request that would yield a great amount of satisfaction to Aunt Debie, for she was always delighted to be asked to relate her dreams and the warnings she received of coming woe.
It would not do for any of us to be basking always in the sunlight and experiencing nothing but pleasure; so God takes us down in the shadow and brings sorrow upon us, that we can more fully sympathize with our suffering fellow-creatures, and also be made riper for heaven." Ruth now gently withdrew her hand, and, bending down, said: "Please excuse me, Aunt Debie, Mrs.
In a short time after her interview with Aunt Debie, Enoch broke his long silence by giving expression to the opinion that "it was time to go hum." The female members of the party acquiescing, they quietly departed. And as her husband called on his way home from the shop to escort her, Ruth, shortly after, bade her kind host and hostess good-night.
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