"
"Yes, yes! but how is one to know what is true, my dear? There are so
many differing claims to the quality!"
"I have been told, and I believe it with all my heart," replied Hester,
"that the only way to know what is true is to do what is true."
"But you must know what is true before you can begin to do what is
true."
"Everybody knows something that is true to do--that is, something he
ought to lose no time in setting about. The true thing to any man is the
thing that must not be let alone but done. It is much easier to know
what is true to do than what is true to think. But those who do the one
will come to know the other--and none else, I believe."
The major was silent, and sat looking very thoughtful. At last he rose.
"Is there anything you want me to do in this sad affair, cousin Hester?"
he said.
"I want your help to find my brother."
"Why should you want to find him? You cannot do him any good!"
"Who can tell that? If Christ came to seek and save his lost, we ought
to seek and save our lost."
"Young men don't go wrong for the mere sake of going wrong: you may find
him in such a position as will make it impossible for you to have
anything to do with him.
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