own lips.

"Oh, Philippa! Oh, Philippa! I do require--I do require that you accept
your Saviour's gift. Add not sin to sin. Oh, add not sin to sin by
making prayer of no avail! Behold, He has set before thee an open
door. Oh, let no man shut it. Oh, let no man shut it...."

The last word fell into a low, wailing note. No one spoke. The bird
rustled in the leaves above them; a butterfly wavered slowly down to
settle on a purple flag in the sunshine. Philly's eyes filled with
blessed tears. She stretched out her arms to her father and smiled.
But it was John Fenn who caught those slender, trembling arms against
his breast; and, looking over at the old man, he said, softly, "THE
VOICE OF GOD."

... "and I," said William King, telling the story that night to Dr.
Lavendar--"I just wanted to say 'the voice of COMMON SENSE!'"

"My dear William," said the old man, gently, "the most beautiful thing
in the world is the knowledge that comes to you, when you get to be as
old as I am, that they are the same thing."

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