Part 44 (1/2)
”Woe to the earth-born selfishness, that riseth up in opposition!
It is not agreeable to the law of God, nor can be Doith the rebellion of ignorance and unbelief”
”But is no allowance to be made for human weakness? May we not weep over the calamities of life?”
”Aye, weep, if the tears wash out a sin, but not because the divine will is different from thine own What callest thou calahed Aration and faith to which you would have me aspire”
”Hard, but attainable, for without faith it is impossible to please Him There are exa spirit can achieve By faith Abraha confidence that God could raise him up even from the dead By faith--but why should I recount the deeds of those grand souls, of whodohteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, even from Enoch, who tasted not the bitterness of death, and Elijah,on a fiery chariot, in a ind, to heaven, down to these latter days, when, as said the apostle, 'faith should eak, and al looked at Holden, with an expression like fear
”Who is equal to these things?” said he
”I knew aof the peril he had just escaped, and darkly shadowing forth its circuht to destroy, and the heart of the ot that the Lord God oel whispered it in his ear, and strengthened him, and he defied the lion, and smote him, and killed the lion Thus doth the Lord continue to perform his marvellous works, for he is faithful and true, and his mercy endureth for ever to the could have no correct idea of what Holden alluded to, nor did he inquire It was to him only another instance, added by his enthusiastic friend, to the long catalogue of those in the sacred record, for whoht deliverance
”It is, indeed,” he said, ”a ”
”As is the law of gravitation to the worlds,” said Holden, looking out upon the clear sky, filled with stars, ”which is the constant force flowing fro them in harmonious movement in their orbits; so is faith to the human soul
When it is present all is peace, and har in darkness and confusion, over which the Spirit hath never brooded like a dove”
At this , attended by William Bernard, entered the rooave hi fondly at her, said:
”Dear child, thy hter for thy presence”
”There, Willia, ”a lady seldom receives so delicate a cos to the old school of politeness, of which Sir Charles Grandison is the ht strive in vain to coht, an almost imperceptible tone of irony about the words, which did not escape the sensitive ear of Holden He turned towards Bernard, and fastened his large eyes upon him, in silence, awhile, before he said:
”The secret of politeness is to be found in waroodness of heart Flame blazes not up from ice” The words, the tone, the look, conveyed his esti man, and was not without influence on one, at least, of his auditors ”But,” continued he, ”thy presence, Faith, is truly, toco the little feeling of resentive my absurd observation”
”And I hope,” said Bernard, in hismanner, ”that Mr
Holden is not offended atthose who for delicacy and refinement were never surpassed”
”I like not,” said Holden, ”to be made a subject of conversation We will find a fitter topic”
”You spoke of Faith's rese, ”whose quick sensibility had also detected the jarring string; how did you discover it?”
”You forget,” answered Holden, ”that in conversation with me you have spoken of her”
”But not described her appearance”
”The resemblance of a child to a parent, may be oftentimes deduced froarment is fitted to the interior man The exterior and transient is the product of the interior and permanent But I mean not that it was thus I discovered the likeness; and if for a moment I misled thee, let me correct my error and thy mistake You will consider these as the speculations of a visionary”