Freda's eyes were blind with tears as she found herself hurrying from the room, and Magdalen threw herself into her husband's arms, weeping aloud in the fulness of her heart.

He held her closely to him; he too was deeply moved.
"But we must not grieve for him, my beloved; as he himself has said so many times during these days, 'To depart, and to be with Christ, is far better.' He goes forth so joyfully into the great unseen that we must not seek too much to hold him back.

His Lord may have need of him elsewhere.

In truth, he is more fit for heaven than earth." "He dies a martyr, if any ever did!" spoke Freda, choking back her tears, and speaking with shining eyes.

"He has laid down his life for a testimony to the truth.