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 "I am afraid that I have not loved him as much as I ought. I should have been more willing to trust Him when my troubles rose in such magnitude around me. Much as I wish to see my children, I feel now a resignation to wait His time, and a cheerful willingness to submit all my wrongs to that impartial tribunal which alone is able to award a righteous verdict. Why should we, weak mortals, presume to invoke vengeance on an erring fellow mortal?"

A perceptible change for the better was soon to be observed in the invalid, and her recovery was very rapid. Meanwhile, owing to the indefatigable exertions of Mrs. Livingston, efforts were being made for the restoration of her children. A great deal of sympathy was awakened in all circles by the story of her sufferings, her marvellous escape, and the forgiving spirit she now manifested. Men in the legal profession whose consciences were not so seared as to prevent them from discerning a moral principle behind the law, were eager to discover some process through which they could effect the desired object. It was done although we can scarcely tell how. The law is a tricky old tyrant, and the man who is ingenious enough to understand all its crooks and turns wields a powerful sceptre either for good or evil. By the rendering of a single phrase fortunes have been gained and lost, life made the sport of chance and the destinies of nations materially changed for centuries to come. By a liberal construction on the side of justice, reforms have been peacefully carried