CHAPTER XXVI.
THE AWFUL CRISIS.

“Oh! how sweet to feel and know

E’en in this hour of dread, that dear to Thee

Is the confiding spirit!”

E. Taylor.

“Henceforth I learn that to obey is best,

And love with fear the only God; to walk

As in His presence; ever to observe

His providence, and on Him sole depend,

Merciful over all His works, with good