Annie sat a long while gazing pensively out of the window one day; her thoughts far, far away, and her eyes evidently not seeing the pretty landscape upon which they apparently rested. Her whole attitude was one of complete self-forgetfulness; and her mother, who sat quietly sewing beside, watched with interest the varied expressions that flitted over her face. Suddenly Annie rested a hand upon her mother's and, with eyes glistening before the heavenly visions just seen, said: "Mother, I know what it means in Revelation when it says, 'There was a voice of harpers harping with their harps, and they sang a new song before the Throne of God,'—and 'Follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth.'" Dear little Annie! She knew at last what it meant to "follow the Lamb."
A little later, some one asked her what she wanted most on earth. "Well, I want a lamb, a dove, a harp, and a lily," she replied. Her questioners laughed immoderately at what they considered a strange request. "Why do you want these things, darling? " asked her mother. "Because they are symbols of all that is purest and loveliest and best," was the answer of the brave little maid. "I want what is highest, purest, and best."
She studies Science and Health faithfully, and so great, so pure and holy is her love for both book and Author, that she has never had the least trouble to understand the book. The reason is that she perceives the Spirit. One day she had many duties to perform but, it being her custom always to read Science and Health before doing anything else, she sat down as usual to her reading. She was scarcely seated when her mamma entered the room, and manifested a little annoyance at finding her reading when there was "so much to be done." "Why, mother!" answered Annie, sweetly, "I must have my thoughts in order and working harmoniously first; then everything will run smoothly, and the work will be done before we know it,—because then I shall be working with God. Even if I had very little to do and had confused thoughts, I couldn't get it done."
