Американская трагедия

Chapter 32

           Yetseehowsimplewashissolution!

           "ItwasgivenuntoyoutoknowthePeaceofGod,"heinsisted,quotingPaulandthereaftersentencesfromCorinthians,Galatians,Ephesians,onhoweasyitwasifClydewouldbutrepeatandprayashehadaskedhimtoforhimtoknowanddelightinthe"peacethatpassethallunderstanding."Itwaswithhim,allaroundhim.Hehadbuttoseek;confessthemiseriesanderrorsofhisheart,andexpresscontrition."Ask,andyeshallreceive;seek,andyeshallfind;knock,anditshallbeopeneduntoyou.ForEVERYONEthatasketh,receiveth;andhethatseeketh,findeth;andtohimthatknockethitshallbeopened.Forwhatmanisthereofyouwhom,ifhissonaskbread,willgivehimastone;or,ifheaskfish,willgivehimaserpent?"Sohequoted,beautifullyandearnestly.

           AndyetbeforeClydealwayswastheexampleofhisfatherandmother.Whathadthey?Ithadnotavailedthemmuchpraying.Neither,ashenoticedhere,diditappeartoavailoraidtheseothercondemnedmen,themajorityofwhomlentthemselvestothepleasorprayersofeitherpriestorrabbiorminister,oneandtheotherofwhomwasaboutdaily.Yetweretheynotledtotheirdeathjustthesameandcomplainingorprotesting,ormadlikeCutrone,orindifferent?Asforhimself,uptothishehadnotbeeninterestedbyanyofthese.Bunk.Notions.Ofwhat?Hecouldnotsay.Nevertheless,herewastheappealingRev.DuncanMcMillan.Hismild,sereneeyes.Hissweetvoice.Hisfaith.

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