human
I does like that word who-so-ever!
gpt
Do you?
human
Oh, yes, very much; don't you?
gpt
Well, I 'ardly knows what to make on it.
human
How is that, Joe?
gpt
Well, 'cause it seems to mean what it don't mean,
human
Oh, no, Joe; how can that be?
gpt
Well, that's jist where I'm floored, Nelly. But it seem to be the fact, anyhow.
human
Oh, Joe! And would the Saviour you've been a-tellin' me of say what He didna mean?
gpt
No, no, Nelly, He could not say that; but the pinch is about what the word do mean.
human
Oh, the man in the chapel said it meaned everybody, an' I reckon he knows, 'cause he looked as if he wur sartin.
gpt
Did he, Nelly? Then perhaps he wur right.
human
Oh, yes, it's everybody, Joe. I feels as if it wur so inside.
gpt
Purty little hangel! said Joe, in an undertone.
human
But there are somethin' in the Book about 'out of the mouths of babes an' sucklings.' I'll read it again when I gets home.
gpt
Whosoever cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast them out. And over the distant hills a great multitude appeared in sight--so many, indeed, that he could not number them. But he noticed this, that none of them were sick, or feeble, or old. No touch of pain was on any face, no line of care on any brow, and nearer and yet nearer they came, till he could hear the regular tramp, tramp of their feet, and catch the words they were chanting as if with one voice. How thankful he was that the great town was hushed and still, so that he could not mistake the words.
human
And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.