said:

"So be we."

"I suppose we are both very silly," Flossy said. "But I have not been to
Sunday-school for so long that I have forgotten all about it. Let's have
one of our own that we are not afraid to go to."

And she sat bravely down on the stump at her feet; her mood had changed
very suddenly; only yesterday she had read a verse in that Bible, and it
thrilled her then, and came to her now:

"The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him
whole."

Suppose she were the man, and these were the Jews, could she not say to
them, "He has made me whole"? She could tell them about that pool, and
about the sick man. It wouldn't be teaching in Sunday-school, but it
would be doing the best thing that she could.

It suddenly occurred to her to wonder where the lesson was that was
being taught this morning, and she consulted the lesson leaf that Mr.
Roberts had left in her hand. The glow on her face deepened and spread
as she recognized the very story which had so filled her heart the day
before! What if the great Physician had actually selected her to tell of
that miracle of healing to these two neglected ones! Surely they were
not so formidable as the Jews! But how in the world to begin was a
bewilderment. Clearly she must decide at once if she was to have any
class, for her two boys began to look about them, and show signs of
flight.

"Did you ever hear about a wonderful spring that used to cure people?"

"Lots of 'em. I used to live right by one that cured the rheumatiz."

"But this one would cure other things, only it wouldn't cure people all
the time. There was just one time in the year when it would do it; and
then the one that got in first was the only one cured."

Her listeners looked skeptical.

"What was that for?" queried the bolder of the two. "Why didn't it cure
but one?"

"I don't know," Flossy said. "There are ever so many things that I know
that I can't tell why they are so. For instance, I don't know why that
spring you have been telling me about cures the rheumatism, but I know
it does, for you told me so."

"No more do I," the boy said, promptly, having in his heart a rising
respect for the young teacher and her story.

Then this new beginner, with the air of a diplomatist, told all the
details of this wonderful cure, without once mentioning the name of
either person or place. An innate sense of the human heart told her that
"Jerusalem" and "Jesus" were both probabl