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abiding faith in God will make an ordinary life sublime. Agatha Chenoweth’s religion was no half-hearted, conditional faith, no haggling across the counter of Infinity for the good things of this world, but a silent confidence in an overruling Providence, a submissive filial obedience, quiet in its development, yet including the whole divine mystery of spiritual growth. God was to her an all-wise Father, loving her while He chastened her; and her answering love was perfect in its childlike simplicity and trust.

Such thoughts occupied Conrad Chenoweth’s mind as he read a packet of letters he had just received from his mother. To his surprise they were dated at Leyden.

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“It has seemed wise for me to keep a journal of the events as they occur from time to time, so that if we are ever reunited we may look these records over, and recall the wondrous ways through which 213