Rahab started to rise. Patsy moved her crutch, and the people sang: "That awful day will surely come."
Rahab dropped back into his seat and looked wildly around the room.
Patsy laid her hand gently upon his shoulder and said: "Rahab, Benjamin's blood is in part upon your hands. Caleb believed you when you said that God would curse him. After seeing your crimes he believed that God had cursed both. To be cursed, he thinks, gives the right to curse. Rahab, the Master is waiting and calling."
"He is waiting," said Rahab; "but not to bless."
The people sang: "While the lamp holds out to burn the vilest sinner may return."
Rahab raised himself up with difficulty and pitched forward upon the floor.
"Rahab, what do you see?" asked Patsy.
"I see Caleb's undoing between me and the New Jerusalem. Fool was I. I won his confidence, and led him to believe false doctrine. God, pardon Caleb. I sinned in his sight and laughed at his virtue. Damn not Caleb, O God, but me."
Rahab ceased to speak and was carried out. His last words were: "Damn not Caleb, O God, but me."
Some said he died of excitement; others said it was of pure consciousness of guilt.