The girls listened with wonder, not understanding everything perfectly but feeling the power of the speakers.
Mr. Soffy watched them in pleased surprise, appreciating their personalities, but scarcely considering their beliefs.
"The Spirit of God is with them," Venna said within her heart. She was the only one who was searching the truth of their words. But with this eagerness for truth, came the powerful testimony to her soul, that here at last she was to find it.
God works in mysterious ways. The searcher for truth may follow Reason until he is lost in a maze of doctrines. Hopeless he stands, but if the Faith of God is in his heart the everlasting promise is fulfilled at last, and the testimony of the Holy Ghost carries the soul beyond all of Reason's confusion. Then the soul looks back upon the intricate trodden paths, and from its heights it views Reason in a true perspective, and can choose the way to be retrodden in safety.
Oh, if the world could only realize the value of that spiritual uplift that illumines Reason, and without which Reason is a snare.
When the closing prayer had been said by Brother Johnson, there was a hushed silence for a few moments. All felt in some measure the power of the moment.
Mr. Soffy was the first to speak. He held out his hand to Brother Hallock.
"Faith like yours is worth having," he said earnestly. "I hope you can always keep it. I could never possess it, but it commands admiration."
Both the young men flushed with pleasure as they took his hand.
"This from a minister of the orthodox church is indeed a happy surprise," returned Brother Hallock.