prayer.
He told ma that she seemed perfectly sure after this that the boat
would go softly, as she said. He often says, "She is a blessed
child." He never praises her, as so many do; but I know he thinks her
beautiful, from the way he spoke one day when a lady was comparing
her with another child. He said, "There can be no comparison.
For purity and sweetness of expression, she is beyond any child
I ever saw."