OUR HOME BIRDS. 
15 
“ Nothing,” was the reply. “ I had been good all 
day, and Kitty praised me ever so much.” 
“ That was just it, Malcolm. To be good all day 
was so entirely different from your usual style of con- 
ducting yourself that Kitty began to think you were 
getting quite angelic. The sprouting of wings, my 
dear child, really means living our daily life in such 
a way as to make us fit for the society of the blessed 
ones above, when 
‘ Christ shall give us soon to wear 
Garments beautiful and fair, 
White robes of glorious majesty .’ 
These words are from a beautiful German hymn, 
and I should like to have you remember them ; but 
I have a great deal to tell you about wings, as you 
will find this evening.” 
