After singing a hymn, the words
"looking unto Jesus" were given as the key-note of the meeting. He
came and whispered peace, and all felt that they sat together in
heavenly places. The eyes of their hearts were opened, so that they
realized the fulfilment of the promise, "There am I in the midst of
you."
They were invited to speak freely of their joys and sorrows, in
order that together they might carry them to Jesus. The first to
speak was Hanee, one of the two whom Mar Yohanan brought to Miss
Fiske at the commencement of the school.[1] She had, not long
before, buried her only child; and holding her hands as though the
little one still rested on her arms, she said, "Sisters, at the last
communion you saw me here with my babe in these arms. It is not here
now. I have laid it into the arms of Jesus, and come to-day to tell
you there is a sweet as well as a bitter in affliction. When the rod
is appointed to us, let us not only kiss it, but press it to our
lips. When I stood by that little open grave, I said, 'All the time
I have given to my babe, I will give to souls.' I try to do so. Pray
for me.
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