1:12
It was the third verse of the hymn on which the clergyman was to preach to-night . They sang the whole hymn through before the sermon , and then they sang the third verse again , that all of them might remember it whilst he was preaching . `` Lord , make me from this hour Thy loving child to be , Kept by Thy power , Kept by Thy power , From all that grieveth Thee . '' And the clergyman 's text was in Colossians 1:12 , `` Meet to be partakers of the inheritance . '' He repeated it very slowly , and Christie whispered softly to himself , that he might be able to teach it to old Treffy . '' ` Meet to be partakers of the inheritance . ' What is the inheritance ? ''