[Stella Fregelius by H. Rider Haggard]@TWC D-Link bookStella Fregelius CHAPTER XX 20/28
In days to come, unchained by matter, time, or space, I shall stand before the throne of the Father of all spirits, receiving of His wisdom and fulfilling His commandments. Yet, O God, help Thou my unbelief.
O God, draw and deliver me from this abyss." From this time forward here and there in the diary were to be found passages, or rather sentences, that Morris did not understand.
They alluded to some secret and persistent effort which the writer had been making, and after one of them came these words, "I have failed again, but she was near me; I am sure that she was very near me." Then at last came this entry, which, as the writing showed, was written with a shaking hand.
"I have seen her beyond the possibility of a doubt. She appeared, and was with me quite a while; and, oh! the rapture! It has left me weak and faint after all that long, long preparation.
It is of the casting forth of spirits that it is said, 'This kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting,' but it is also true of the drawing of them down.
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