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 There was Eternal Power. There was an Eternal Foundation.

He listened. Again the Mountain spoke.

"Sometimes all the accretions of life, which are not true growth, need to be stripped away. Men saw not my foundation rock, until flame and flood stripped them bare. War has stripped bare the souls of men, and beneath—if they choose—they will find their feet are upon a Rock. The Rock of a faith in the power of Good itself It is beyond reason. Only feeling can apprehend it It is only when your soul is utterly still that it can hear God speak—and He speaks not with the tongue of humanity When the storm breaks, let it rage In quietness and confidence shall be your strength. In that strength you shall do the work of ten The confidence of a mighty Purpose working out its mysterious will—this shall bring you through, unhurt of soul—though the storms rage If you believe that God is