152 THE MOUNTAINS 



"What is the matter with you?" I could 

 only answer: "I did not expect to find 

 anything like this." Then his eyes filled, 

 not with tears, but with light, and very 

 quietly he said, "I will not let my little 

 yard grow up to weeds just because I no 

 longer have the old farm." 



His words later yielded a sermon in 

 me, and I preached it from this text: 

 "Strengthen the things which remain that 

 are ready to die." 



