Американская трагедия

Chapter 32

           McMillanwasnowcontending?WasitpossiblethatonecouldturntoHim,oratleastsomecreativepower,insomesuchhourasthisandwhenonehadalwaysignoredHimbefore,andaskforaid?Decidedlyoneneededaidundersuchcircumstances—soaloneandorderedandcontrolledbylaw—notman—sincethese,allofthem,weretheveriestservantsofthelaw.Butwouldthismysteriouspowerbelikelytograntaid?Diditreallyexistandheartheprayersofmen?TheRev.McMillaninsistedyes."HehathsaidGodhathforgotten;HehidethHisface.ButHehasnotforgotten.HehasnothiddenHisface."Butwasthattrue?Wasthereanythingtoit?Torturedbytheneedofsomementalifnotmaterialsupportinthefaceofhisgreatdanger,Clydewasnowdoingwhateveryotherhumaninrelatedcircumstancesinvariablydoes—seeking,andyetinthemostindirectandinvoluteandallbutunconsciousway,thepresenceorexistenceatleastofsomesuperhumanorsupernaturalpersonalityorpowerthatcouldandwouldaidhiminsomeway—beginningtoveer—howeverslightlyorunconsciouslyasyet—towardthepersonalizationandhumanizationofforces,ofwhich,exceptintheguiseofreligion,hehadnotthefaintestconception."TheHeavensdeclaretheGloryofGod,andtheFirmamentshewethHishandiwork."Herecalledthatasaplacardinoneofhismother’smissionwindows.Andanotherwhichread:"ForHeisThylifeandThylengthofDays."Justthesame—andfarfromitasyet,eveninthefaceofhissuddenpredispositiontowardtheRev.

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