Full resolution (JPEG) - On this page / på denna sida - Sidor ...
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
Below is the raw OCR text
from the above scanned image.
Do you see an error? Proofread the page now!
Här nedan syns maskintolkade texten från faksimilbilden ovan.
Ser du något fel? Korrekturläs sidan nu!
This page has never been proofread. / Denna sida har aldrig korrekturlästs.
SKETCHES. 399
bunches of candles, and at every seat a candle was burn-
ing, so that the aisle looked like an avenue of flames.
Wherever one looked there was nothing but candles.
The seats were crowded with people who sat close to-
gether. The children had never seen so many people.
And they thought that they would never get a seat. But
they got a seat in a pew where the people made a little
room for them. An honest peasant woman took little Maja
upon her knee, and the widow took Pehr upon hers, and so
they could all sit comfortably.
The children kept gazing about, and had eyes only for the
splendor around them. But the mother soon forgot this
and every thing else about her ; for just as she was going
to open her Psalm-book to join in the singing, the congre-
gation struck up the verse :—
“Yea, even as we our Lord shall weep,
Shall know our wants, watch o’er us keep,
“With holy strength us fill;
To us His Father’s law repeat,
And everlasting mercy sweet
In sorrow’s cup distill.”
Then the leaden weight which had been lying upon the
widow’s heart melted away and was dissolved in tears,
which, though painful at first, became more and more sweet.
They were like a balm to her.
Now the clergyman came into the pulpit. He was a
young man with a good face, expressive of much earnest-
ness and hearty kindness. He was a son of the old incum-
bent of the congregation, and it was known that he was a
pure-minded young man, who, although poor himself, had
yet done a great deal of good; was always cheerful while
visiting the cottages, consoling the sick, and teaching and
conversing with the children. And it is a great thing when
the clergyman who is to teach others lives according to
what he preaches, and when one knows that he is a good
Christian. For then the people believe in his word, and in
the power which works through him. -
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
