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"He could hardly even think properly, but he continued to go on thinking where his strength might be. If it appeared to be lost for a season, as he lay here, was it in reality still there, hid in God? If so, then all was well. For if God chose that his child should lie there, today, and tomorrow, or till next year, how could he be troubled? He turned his back on the ugly room and was presently fast asleep again."

"He could hardly even think properly, but he continued to go on thinking where his strength might be. If it appeared to be lost for a season, as he lay here, was it in reality still there, hid in God? If so, then all was well. For if God chose that his child should lie there, today, and tomorrow, or till next year, how could he be troubled? He turned his back on the ugly room and was presently fast asleep again."

"Then came supper; and after that, for the first time in her life, Joan was present when a man had the presumption to speak directly to his Maker from his own heart without the help of a book."