"Manifold indeed are the ways in which a wise Providence dispenses good to the children of men.

Mercy is seen in the cloud as well as in the sunshine.

Tears to the spirit are like rain to the earth." "The descent looked frightful," said Markland, after a pause--"but we reached the lower ground uninjured.

Invisible hands seemed to bear us up." "We have found the land far pleasanter than was imagined; and the sky above of a purer crystal." "Yes--yes.

It is even so.