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Lom hears about the Martyrs. 105

 

 

to go to sleep ; were hungry, and thirsty, and
cold, and uncomfortable, while trying to help
others; bore pain patiently; willingly did
without the things they wanted most, and
gladly gave up the things they liked best.”

She stopped. She seemed to love them
very much. |

‘“ And what made them do it ?” asked Tom,
still more surprised.

‘“ Love to God and men,” answered she.

Tom sat quite quiet. He was thinking
how glad he was at that minute that his
mamma could not see inside him, he was so
different. He did not believe he could ever
love as they did, or do what they had done.
Nothing could make him. They could not
have wanted the things as dreadfully as he
wanted them, or they would never have been
able to give them up. Then he looked at his
mamma. He knew she had loved God for a
long time, though she had never seen Him,
any more than he had. And he believed she
said prayers to Him in the middle of the day,
all of her own accord, and not only in the