. Joel: a boy of Galilee . asked. do vou re- V member the story we heard from the old shep-herd, Heber? The angels told of His birth;maybe she did see them in His tomb. How can such things be ? queried Reuben,stroking his beard in perplexity. Thats just what you said when RabbiLazarus was brought back to life/ piped Jessesshrill voice, quite unexpectedly, at his grand-fathers elbow. He had not lost a word of theconversation. Why dont you go and see foryourself if the tomb is empty ? Abigail had gone into the house with hermother, and now the summons to breakfastgreeted them. She saw she could
. Joel: a boy of Galilee . asked. do vou re- V member the story we heard from the old shep-herd, Heber? The angels told of His birth;maybe she did see them in His tomb. How can such things be ? queried Reuben,stroking his beard in perplexity. Thats just what you said when RabbiLazarus was brought back to life/ piped Jessesshrill voice, quite unexpectedly, at his grand-fathers elbow. He had not lost a word of theconversation. Why dont you go and see foryourself if the tomb is empty ? Abigail had gone into the house with hermother, and now the summons to breakfastgreeted them. She saw she could not convincethem of the truth of her story, so she said nomore about it; but her happy face was moreeloquent than words. All day snatches of song kept rising to herlips, — old psalms of thanksgiving, and half whis-pered hallelujahs. At last Joel and Phineas wereboth so much affected by her continued cheerful-ness, that they began to believe there must besome great cause for it. Finally, in the waning afternoon, they took. THE STONE IS GONE1 THE T PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION JOEL : A BOY OF GALILEE. 233 the road that led from Bethany to the gardenwhere they firmly believed that the Master stilllay buried. As they came in sight of the tomb, Joelclutched Phineas by the arm, and pointed, witha shaking finger, to the dark opening ahead ofof them. See! he said, pointing into its yawningdarkness. She was right! The stone is gone ! It was some time before they could musterup courage to go nearer and look into thesepulchre. When at last they did so, neitherspoke a word, but, after one startled look intoeach others eyes, turned and left the garden. It was growing dark as they hurried alongthe highway homeward. Two men came halfrunning towards the city, in great haste to reachthe gates before they should be closed for thenight. They were two disciples well known toPhineas. He stopped them with the question that wasuppermost in his mind. Yes, He is risen, answered one of the men,breathless
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