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"But," said I doubtfully, "I had questioned as right; at

least I had not been certain that I ought to do anything just

now"

"Of course I ae whether thisthat in

your father's place you would feel you had a right to know"

Iafter this speech, that I am sure Mr

Dinwiddie must have felt that he had touched my difficulty He

was perfectly silent At last I rose up to go home I do not

knohat Mr Dinwiddie saw in me, but he stopped me and took

my hand

"Can't you trust the Lord?" he said

"I see trouble before me, whatever I do," I said with some

difficulty

"Very well," he said; "even so, trust the Lord The trouble

will do you no harht do ht at the same time separate me from what I loved

best in the world

"Cannot you trust?" he repeated " 'He that putteth his trust

in the Lord shall beup, "one cannot help being weak"

"Will you excuse me? - That is precisely e can help We

cannot help being ignorant sohted But e need not be; for 'in the Lord

Jehovah is everlasting strength;' and 'he giveth power to the