"Now, tell us what you heard in the Sunday school from the teacher," said the mother. "Well," began Ben, "our teacher said we were like little lambs, and Jesus is the Good Shepherd; and He came down from heaven and died for us, so that we need not die for our sins; and she told us to love Him and trust Him; and He would take His little lambs in His arms and help them on, and give them all they require, and--and--" hesitated Ben. "And one day we will go to Jesus' happy place up there, and we want to be like Jesus," said Kit. While she was speaking, Ben rose with flushed cheeks, and pointed to the western sky where bright clouds were lying as the sun slowly descended. "Hark! I think I can hear it!" he said, raising his head. "Perhaps the time has come! oh, perhaps!" "What time?" they asked, wondering what the boy meant. "Why, for Jesus to come, of course. See how bright it is! and I think I hear the sound of the trumpet! Maybe the time's come--has it?" For a minute neither of the parents spoke. Then the mother said: "It is the sun setting, and the sound you heard was a bell far away--but one day soon Jesus will come to take us home to Heaven." Ben sat down and watched the sky, looking rather disappointed. "I thought it was the trumpet. Teacher said He might come any day, and that we were always to be looking out for Him, ready for the trumpet sound, when we would go up to be with Jesus." "Do you want to go so much, Ben?" asked the mother. "Yes, it would be nice; so nice. We often hoped that Jesus would come every night when we were hungry and it was dark and cold,--didn't we, Kit?" "Yes; and Him is coming some day," said Kit, with a nod of her head. "I wonder if folks want Him as much when they have good houses and nice dinners, and beautiful gardens?" asked Ben in a slow and thoughtful tone, as if to himself. "I wonder if Kit and I will want Him as much now!" Mrs. Gray had not an answer ready for Ben; she was putting one or two questions to her own heart--questions she could not very easily answer. Tears filled her eyes, and she rose to put baby Harry to bed. So Ben sat very quiet, thinking over the matter till the silence was broken by the father saying: "We ought to want the Lord as much in the bright days, as in the dark. I hope Kit and you will never stop speaking of Him. He left all the brightness and the glory of heaven, and came down to this earth where all was sin and darkness. They were dark sorrowful days for Him; but He came." "He came to save us, teacher said," put in Ben. CHAPTER V. DIFFICULTIES IN THE NARROW PATH. Three weeks after Ben and Kit entered their new home, Ben's school life began. He was very proud to make the start, and went with great confidence, because he was able to say the alphabet correctly, and had learned to read a few little words.