Every shilling is to be paid and the income of the estate will be
devoted to it, with the exception of the home farm, the rental of which
I will reserve for my own necessities, and for keeping Hallam in
order."
And to Martha Elizabeth said: "We are going to live a little more like
the hall now, Martha. You shall have two girls to help you, and Peter
Crag shall bring a pony for Harry, and we'll be as happy as never was
again! We have had a bit of dark, hard road to go over, but the end
of it has come. Thank God!"
"It's varry few as find any road through life an easy one; t' road
to heaven is by Weeping Cross, Miss Hallam."
"I don't know why that should be, Martha. If any have reason to sing,
as they go through life, they should be the children of the King."
"It's t' sons o' t' King that hev t' battles to fight and t' prayers
to offer, and t' sacrifices to mak' for a' t' rest o' t' world, I
think. What made John Wesley, and the men like him, be up early and
late, be stoned by mobs, and perish'd wi' cold and hunger? Not as they
needed to do it for their own profit, but just because they were the
sons o' t' King, they couldn't help it. Christians mustn't complain of
any kind o' a road that tak's 'em home."
"But sometimes, Martha, it seems as if the other road was so smooth
and pleasant.
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