Then the minister raised his
voice in prayer that God would bless the offering and use it in his
service, and the audience was dismissed.
Dick did not sleep well that night. Something Cameron had said in his
talk, together with the remarkable gifts of the young people, had
impressed him. He had gone to the church more from curiosity than
anything, and had come away with a feeling of respect for Christians,
that was new to him. As he thought of the jewelry, given without the
display of name or show of hands, he said to himself, "Surely these
people are in earnest." Then, too, under the spell of Cameron's talk,
he saw always before him the figure of the Christ as he lived his life
of sacrifice and love, and heard him command, "Follow thou me." In the
meantime at the church he had seen people doing just that, following
Him; doing as He did; and the whole thing impressed him as nothing had
ever done before. So, when he went to the office next morning and found
Udell strangely silent and apparently in a brown study, he was not at
all surprised, and asked, "What's the matter, George? Didn't you sleep
well last night either? Or did the thoughts of having been so generous
with your property keep you awake?"
"The property hasn't anything to do with it," answered Udell. "It's
what that preacher said; and not so much that either, I guess, as what
those young folks did. I've been thinking about that handful of jewelry;
if I hadn't seen it I wouldn't have believed it.
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