7:14
Yes , Christie was there , sitting as usual on the front bench , with a very pale and sorrowful face , and with heavy downcast eyes . And when the hymn was being sung , the clergyman noticed that the tears were running down the boy 's cheeks , though he rubbed them away with his sleeve as fast as they came . But Christie looked up almost with a smile when the clergyman gave out his text . It was from Revelation 7:14 , 15 : `` These are they which came out of great tribulation , and have washed their robes , and made them white in the blood of the Lamb . Therefore are they before the throne of God . '' `` To-night , '' said the clergyman , `` I am to speak of ` Home , sweet Home , ' and of those that dwell there , the great multitude of the redeemed . It is a very holy place , there is no speck on the golden pavement , no evil to be found within the city .