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"That is what I want to talk about,--her work, or her plans for work.
What made her so different from other people, Mr. Ried. _Wasn't_
she different?"
The young man regarded the question thoughtfully before answering.
"Not from all the people," he said at last; "but certainly very
different from some. I used to think that all Christians were like her,
of course; then, when I saw my mistake, I went to the other extreme, and
thought there were none like her on earth. I have discovered that the
medium position is the correct one."
"But what I want to know is, what _made_ her different? It wasn't
her age. Mrs. Roberts thinks she was young?"
"She was hardly nineteen when she died. Oh, no, it wasn't age; she
told me that she used to be very different. She was a Christian from
childhood, but she said that she was ashamed to claim the name. There
was nothing Christlike about her; still she was a member of the Church.
As I remember her, and as I look at other people, my judgment is that,
in her early Christian life, she was much like most of the Christians
with whom you and I are familiar."
"And what made her different? Was it--that is--do you think it was
because she was to die so soon that she had a special experience?"
"Not at all," he said, promptly; "it was before she realized anything
about her condition that the great change took place in her.
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