“Will ye deny ez ye hev hed a sign from the heavens, Jubal Kennedy?” the old circuit-rider straitly demanded. “How could ye hev strengthened yer heart fur sech a deed onless the grace o' God prevailed mightily within ye? Inasmuch as ye hev done it unto one o' the least o' these my brethern, ye hev done it unto me.”
“That ain't the kind o' sign, parson,” Kennedy faltered. “I be lookin' fur a meracle in the yearth or in the air, that I kin view or hear.”
“The kingdom o' Christ is a spiritual kingdom,” said the parson solemnly. “The kingdom o' Christ is a spiritual kingdom, an' great are the wonders that are wrought therein.”