"Master," he said hesitatingly, "what I have to say is scarcely suited to this pleasant day." Such remarks, said Martha humorously, were of the right sort to add to the cheerfulness of the company.

Peter was not the man to keep a secret long.

Turning to the Master, he said: "Early to-day, in the city, I heard some people talking.

They're always doing you some injustice." "What were they saying, Peter ?" "They said that the Prophet was a man of fair words, but that He did nothing.

He never once healed the sick who came to Him from great distances." "They say that ?" "Yes, sir, that's the kind of thing they say." Jesus raised His head, and looked cheerfully round the circle.