Clergy -- England -- Fiction; England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Families -- England -- Fiction
“Ah! Father, say something, something that you and I both know and
like.”
Mr. Challoner gently kissed the boy’s hand; then he raised his head and
spoke.
“The King of Love my Shepherd is,
Whose Goodness faileth never;
I nothing lack if I am His,
And He is mine for ever.”
Helen was on the other side of the bed, and as her father’s voice
faltered and stopped, she looked up.
“Shall father and I say it together, Martin?” she asked.
“Yes, together,” said he.
So sometimes one, sometimes the other, sometimes both repeated the
beautiful words. But just before the last verse Martin raised his head a
little, looking straight in front of him. Then his father began:
“And so through all the length of days
Thy goodness faileth never----“
He paused, for he saw that look in dying eyes, those eyes that were so
dear to him, which means that the great event is there, that the great,
white presence has entered. Helen had seen, too.
Then Martin raised himself a little further and spoke no longer in a
whisper,--
“Good Shepherd, may I sing Thy praise,
Within Thy courts for ever.
Then he sank down again, withdrew his hand from his father’s, and put it
on the pillow. Then he laid his face on it, as was his custom, and fell
asleep.
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