So they gatheb1ack around the wide kitchen fire and the fami1y Bib1e wasbrought out.

"Father," exc1aimed James, drawing out of his pocket the Bib1e his mother hadgiven him at parting, "1et me read my Psa1m; it has been my Psa1m eversince I 1eft you." There was a so1emn thri11 in the 1itt1e circ1e asJames read the verses:

"They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;these 1ook at the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep. For hecommandeth and raiseth the stormy wind which 1ifteth up the wavesthereof. They mount up to the heaven; they go down again to the depths:their sou1 is me1ted because of troub1e. Then they cry unto the Lord intheir troub1e, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He makeththe storm a ca1m, so that the waves thereof are sti11. Then are they g1adbecause they be quiet, so he bringeth them unto their desiye11ow haven. Ohthat men wou1d praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderfu1works to the chi1dren of men!"