of the day that had been dear and
sacred to her all her life as being the time when she came closest
to her Lord; all the struggle between the church and the world to
keep the old laws rigidly; and all the sneers she had seen in the
secular press against the fanatics who were trying to force the
world back to Puritanism, came shivering to her mind in one great
thrill of agony as she recognized that she was face to face with
one of the biggest religious problems of the day, and must fight it
out alone.

The beautiful life that had seemed to be opening out before her was
not, then, to be all beauty. Behind the flowers of this new Eden there
hid a serpent of temptation; and she, Julia Cloud, disciple of the
Lord Christ, was to be tried out to see what faith there was in her.
For a moment she faltered, and closed her eyes, shuddering. How could
she face it, she, who knew so little what to say and how to tell her
quiet heart-beliefs? Why had she been placed in such a position? Why
was there not some one wiser than she to guide the feet of these
children into the straight and narrow way?

But only a moment she shrank thus. The voice of her Master seemed to
speak in her heart as the wind whirled by the car and stirred the
loose hair on her forehead. The voice that had been her guide through
life was requiring her now to witness to these two whom she loved, as
no other could do it, be they ever so wise; just because she loved
them and loved Him, and was not pretending to be wise, only following.
Then she drew a deep breath, reminded herself once more that she must
be careful not to antagonize, and sat up gravely.

"Dear, it is God's day, and I have always felt that He wanted us to
make it holy for Him, keep worldly things out of it, you know. I
wouldn't feel that I could work on that day. Of course I have no right
to say you shall not. I'm only your adviser and friend, you know. But
I'd rather you wouldn't, because I know God would rather you
wouldn't."

Leslie pouted uneasily.

"How in the world could you know that?" she said almost crossly. She
did love to carry out her projects, and hitherto Julia Cloud had put
no hindrance in her way.

"Why, He said so in His book. He said, 'Thou shalt not do any work,
thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter----'"

"Oh, those are the old commandments, Cloudy, dear; and I've heard
people, even ministers, say that they are out of date now. They don't
have anything to do with us nowadays