United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction
There are flecks of gray in Graham's hair and beard, and deep lines on
his resolute face, but he maintains his erect, soldierly bearing even
when superintending the homely details of the plantation. Every one
respects him; the majority are a little afraid of him, for where his
will has sway there is law and order, but to the poor and sorrowful he
gives increasing reason to bless his name. His wife's faith has become
his. She has proved it true by the sweet logic of her life. In their
belief, the baby Hilda is only at home before them, and the soldier
without fear and without reproach has found the immortality that he
longed for in his dying moments. He is no longer a cherished, honored
memory only; he is the man they loved, grown more manly, more noble in
the perfect conditions of a higher plane of life. The dark mysteries of
evil are still dark to them--problems that cannot be solved by human
reason. But in the Divine Man, toward whose compassionate face the
sorrowful and sinful of all the centuries have turned, they have found
One who has mastered the evil that threatened their lives. They are
content to leave the mystery of evil to Him who has become in their
deepest consciousness Friend and Guide. He stands between them and the
shadows of the past and the future.
THE END
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