Ah! did she deserve it? A prayerless night and prayerless morning
had been hers, and no wonder, since she had never gone to bed nor
risen with the ordinary forms; but it was with a pang that she
recollected that the habit of calling out in her heart for guidance
and help had been slipping from her for a long time past, and she
had never asked for heavenly aid when her judgment was perplexed by
Harriet, no, nor for protection in her flight.
She resolved to say her morning prayers with full attention so soon as
the church was empty, and meantime to follow the service with all her
powers, though her pulses were still throbbing and her head aching.
In the far distance she heard the Commandments, and near to her the
unseen clerk responding, and then followed a gospel of love and
comfort. She could not catch every word, but there was a sense of
promised peace and comfort, which began to soothe the fluttering
heart, for the first time enjoying a respite from the immediate
gripe of deadly terror.
The sermon chimed in with these feelings, not that she could have
any account of it, nor preserved any connected memory, but it was
full of the words, Faith, Love, Sacrifice, so that they were borne
in on her ear and thought. Heavenly Love surrounding as with an
atmosphere those who had only faith to "taste and see how gracious
the Lord is," believing that which cannot be seen, and therefore
having it revealed to their inmost sense, and thus living the only
real life.
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