ccustom themselves to the work-a-day world, but they could do
nothing but think of the Master, and wherever two or three of them were
gathered together He was with them in spirit. One day they were
together in a cottage by the lake. They spoke of His being the Son of
God, and some who had looked into the Scriptures brought forward
proofs: the prophecies which had come to pass in Him, the psalms He had
fulfilled, the miracles He had worked, and the fact that many had seen
Him after His death.

Suddenly Thomas said: "I don't much hold with all that. Other things
have been prophesied; the Prophets, too, worked miracles, and rose
after death. What good is it to me if He is not with us in the flesh?"

They were much alarmed. They shook with terror. Not on account of the
Master, but of their brother. But Thomas continued: "Why don't you
name the greatest sign, the true sign of His divinity? Why don't you
speak of His Word about divine sonship, about loving your enemy, about
redemption? Listen to what I am saying: it is what we have all
experienced, and still experience every hour. He freed us from worldly
desires. He taught us love and joy. He assured us of eternal life
with the Heavenly Father. He did that through His _Word_. He died for
that Word and will live in that Word. To me, my brothers, that Divine
Word is proof of His being the Son of God. I need no other."

"Children!" said John. He was indeed the youngest of them, but he
said, "Children! Do not talk in such a way. Faith is the knowledge of
the heart. Are we not happy in our hearts that we found the Father so
near us, so true to us, so eternally on our side, that nothing evil can
befall us in the future? These bodies of ours will perish, but He is
the resurrection, and he who believes in Him never dies. He loved the
children of men so dearly that He gave them His own Son, so that every
one who believes in Him may live for ever. Therefore we are happy,
because we are in God, and God is in us."

Thus His favourite disciple spoke in wondrous enthusiasm. They then
began to understand, and to apprehend the immeasurable significance of
Him who had lived in human form among them.

Wherever they went, whatever they did. His word sounded in their ears.
The promise that He would follow them to Galilee was fulfilled. His
spirit was with them, they were quite sure of that. But that spirit
would not let them rest content with work-a-day life; it wa