She was not sure where, but somewhere she had come across an
analogy that had strongly impressed her. "The fact that a man feels
thirsty--though at the time he may be wandering through the Desert of
Sahara--proves that somewhere in the world there is water." Might not
the success of Christianity in responding to human needs be evidence in
its favour? The Love of God, the Fellowship of the Holy Ghost, the Grace
of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Were not all human needs provided for in that
one comprehensive promise: the desperate need of man to be convinced that
behind all the seeming muddle was a loving hand guiding towards good; the
need of the soul in its loneliness for fellowship, for strengthening; the
need of man in his weakness for the kindly grace of human sympathy, of
human example.
And then, as fate would have it, the first lesson happened to be the
story of Jonah and the whale. Half a dozen shocked faces turned suddenly
towards her told Joan that at some point in the thrilling history she
must unconsciously have laughed. Fortunately she was alone in the pew,
and feeling herself scarlet, squeezed herself into its farthest corner
and drew down her veil.
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