“Praised be God! I shall serve Him the remainder of my days.”
There were few dry eyes in the room. It resembled some of the scenes of an old-fashioned camp-meeting. The crowd looked at Ernest with a species of awe. They could not have felt more reverence if Abraham himself had come back from the dead and testified in the case.
Comston and his wife immediately left the court-room amid the plaudits of the crowd that the terror of the law could not control.
Within two days, Comston had obtained a position as clerk in a store, and soon began to prosper.
The next time that Ernest called, both gave him such a joyful and grateful greeting that he felt compensated for all the trouble and inconvenience to which he had been subjected. After conversing a while, Ernest said:
“Surely, you now see the hand of God in your affairs?”
“Yes,” replied Comston, “and I am a different man, and, by God’s grace, intend to lead a different life.”
“And what has Mrs. Comston to say?” asked Ernest with a smile.
“I am perfectly overwhelmed,” she answered. “I feel as one in a dream, and you appear to me as our guardian angel. God must have sent you here.”