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men, He had left his own country many years before, and had travelled from the sun-setting to the sun-rising; and as his heart was open to every man, there were some found to love him in every land: and among these was Havilah, When Havilah's child was sick Eber had, by the blessing of God, restored him. When Havilah's wife had died Eber wept with the mourner and comforted him. Havilah, in his turn, opened his house and his bosom to the Christian, and made him as his brother.
It happened, one day, that as the sun drew near its setting, Havilah and Eber went out beneath the shade of spreading trees, where the evening breeze might come to them to refresh them after the heats of the day. While the Christian watched how the sun hastened down the sky, his friend withdrew a little space to repeat his accustomed prayers. When Havilah had returned, and they were both seated beneath a tree, Eber said to him:
Though we worship not side by side, nor in the name of the same Prophet, yet we worship together; for we pray to the same God, often at the same time, — and may it not be said in the same spirit?
So I even believe, my friend. Yet has the
