The Crossings by Jack Ketchum Page A

him read or even open it.
    "' Ye are the light of the world ," she read. " A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light to all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.' Book of Matthew. Amen ."
    I wept and later, as they left me, sat down to write.