Audrey : $b or, Children of lightWalton, O. F., Mrs.
Religion
Audrey : $b or, Children of light
Walton, O. F., Mrs.
Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Children and death -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Juvenile fiction
"And the Children of Light must never do the works of darkness," said
Granny Robin. "If you are tempted to be cross, or disobedient, or
untruthful, you must say to yourself, 'I am a Child of Light; I have
crossed over the bridge, and all those deeds of darkness must be left
behind in the Kingdom of Darkness.' Will you remember, Audrey and
Stephen?"
Just then Aunt Cordelia's voice was heard calling for Audrey to come to
her at once. It was an impatient, angry voice, and Audrey said, as she
got up reluctantly to go—
"What a bother! There's Aunt Cordelia calling, and she's as cross as
two sticks!"
"Children of Light, remember, Audrey," said Granny Robin softly, as she
jumped out of the window.
It was Friday, and Aunt Cordelia's baking-day. And if there was one day
in the week when Aunt Cordelia was more cross than usual, that day was
baking-day. Standing over the large oven and the scorching fire, baking
cakes and pies and buns for her shop, with the perspiration streaming
down her face, it was no wonder that Aunt Cordelia's temper was tried.
"Come along, Audrey, you lazy child!" she cried, as she took a tray of
cakes out of the oven. "Here am I, slaving away this hot day, and you
doing nothing but waste your time. There's that shop bell been tinkling
as if it was mad this last hour; and how in the world am I to get my
baking done, if I'm running backwards and forwards every minute!"
Audrey was just going to say that she had been at school all day, and
it was very hard if she couldn't have a bit of play when she came home;
but she remembered Granny Robin's words.
"I am a Child of Light," she said to herself; and was quiet.
And when Aunt Cordelia called after her, as she was going into the
shop, "Audrey, put a clean pinafore on! Audrey, I never saw such a
dirty girl as you are! You're not fit to be seen!"
Audrey went quietly upstairs without a word, changed her pinafore, and
came down with a bright and pleasant face to take her place behind the
counter.
It was wonderful how happy she felt, even though she knew it was the
time when she and Stephen watered the graves, and he would be waiting
for her outside. And at tea-time Aunt Cordelia put one of her best
cakes on her plate, telling her that she had been a good child, and she
might go and play after tea.
That evening Stephen and she talked a great deal about the Children of
Light; and Stephen said he wondered if the angel's, when they came to
look at the graves to-night, would come and look at them as they lay in
their little beds.
"Because you know, Audrey, I think if we are Children of Light, we must
be their little brothers and sisters—don't you think so, too?"
When Sunday evening came, the children were very anxious to watch the
old church. They sat for a long time keeping a strict look out on the
gate, for they fancied that old Maria must have some special business
in the church on Sunday, and that they might see her come in.
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