“MOTHER,” said a child, ten years of age, “I want to know the secret of your going away alone every night and morning?”
“Why, my child?”
“Because, mother, it must be to see some one you love very much.”
“And what leads you to think so?”
“Because I noticed when you come back you appear to be happier than usual.”
“Well, suppose I do go to see a friend I love very much, and that, after seeing Him and conversing with Him, I am much happier than before, why should you wish to know anything about it?”
“Because I wish to do as you do, mother, that I may be happy too.”
“Well, my child, when I leave you in the morning and evening, it is to commune with my Saviour: I go to ask Him for His grace to make me holy and happy. I ask Him to assist me in all the duties of the day, and especially to keep me from committing any sin against Him; and, above all, I ask Him to have mercy on you, and save you from the misery of those who sin again Him.”
“Oh, is that the secret!” said the child. “Then please, mother, may I go with you?”
