CHAPTER XVI.
PLEADING.

“Then be the question asked, the answer given,

As in the presence of the God of heaven;

All prejudice subdued, all pride laid low,—

‘Whence have I come, and whither will I go?’

Whence have I come? what wandering steps have led

To this the painful desert that I tread?

From what neglected duties have I fled

Am I the sufferer from others’ sin,