Encouraged by his visit with Nathaniel and what had transpired, Jonathan imagined he was teaching better. This was because he felt he had more hope for the future than he had had the previous few days. He knew it would be a hard road to tread, but the end goal was worth almost anything to him.
He walked up and down the aisle way between the rows of hard wooden benches with their slanted writing boards. He had given the students the theme: Why Love is the Greatest of the Virtues. Of course he knew they would probably not realize he was thinking of a more human, physical love. They would write on Agape, the unselfish, unconditional love of God. That was what they perceived would be expected. As he paced the aisle looking over the shoulders of the young boys at work composing their themes, h
