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“We should think of our Lord, and how brave he was on that last night when he set there waiting for the Roonna happen He kneas co for him But he did not despair”

Instantly I foundto cry out, to re words of Jesus on the cross, My father, my father, why hast thou forsaken me?

“Hiram was just that brave,” said the preacher “He didn’t bon or beg the a word, without letting theet a look at his fear We should all strive to be as courageous as our brother Hiram”

“That’s right!”

“The white ain “But my friends, we are not like the white man! We cannot allow ourselves to be like that The Bible tells us what to do Jesus tells us what to do It’s plain to see We have to do as Jesus did, we have to turn the other cheek”

There were groans froation It see the other cheek their entire lives

Abraha on his chest Moody continued to gaze straight ahead at the plain wooden cross on the rear wall

“As the Lord tells us in Proverbs, ‘Do not say, “I’ll pay you back for this wrong!” Wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you’ God does not want us taking matters into our own hands

“That is our charge, brothers and sisters That is what the Lord tells us, in the book of Matthew: ‘Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven’”

“How long, Brother Clifford?” ca we ’posed to wait? Till the end of all ti?”

“We wait until the Lord makes his will clear,” the preacher said calmly “We wait like the children of Isr’al waited, forty years out in that desert”

The insistent voice spoke again:

“But how long? How long do we go on forgiving? How ot to die before it’s time

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And that is when I saw one shining tear roll down Moody’s face