got 'em started, anyhow," said Allison. "That was all that
mattered."

Julia Cloud with lips trembling joyously into a smile of thanksgiving
listened, and felt her heart glad. Somehow she knew that her boy had
yielded himself to the call of his God to lead this band of young
people out of an Egypt into a promised land, and she saw as by faith
how he himself would be led to talk with God on the mount before the
great work was completed.

"It really was regular, Cloudy," reiterated Leslie. "I didn't know my
brother could pray like that, or talk, either. After he prayed
everybody prayed, just a sentence or two, even that little baby doll
Lila that was here the other night. They didn't say much, but you
could see they wanted to do the right thing and be right in it. But
everybody was in earnest; they really were, Cloudy. That Jane Bristol
is wonderful! The president had told her she was chairman, and all
about the meeting; and she read some verses out of the Bible about
Christ's being always in a meeting where there were just two or three,
and about two or three agreeing to ask for something and always
getting it. I never knew there were such verses in the Bible, did you?
Well, and after that it seemed awfully solemn, just as if we had all
come into God's reception-room and were waiting to ask Him as a big
favor to help this little Christian Endeavor Society to be worth
something in His kingdom. Those aren't my words, Cloudy; you needn't
look surprised. That's the way Jane Bristol put it, and it made me
feel queer all down my back when she said it, as it did the first time
I went to hear some great music. And--why, after that you couldn't
help praying just a little, so the promise would hold good. It wasn't
square not to help them out, you see."

"And we're not going to have anybody to-morrow night but the regular
members until we get them all to understand and be ready to help,"
went on Allison.

"Yes, they asked Allison to take charge and help plan it all out;
and Allison is going to hunt up some of the big Christian Endeavor
people in the city, and get them to come out one or two at a time
to our meetings,"--Julia Cloud noted the pronoun "our" with
satisfaction,--"and stir things up on Sundays; and we'll drive in
and get them, and bring them to our house to supper, maybe, and put
them wise to things so they'll know best how to help; and then we'll
drive them home after church that night, see? And Allison suggested