32/34 You see, Cornelli, I once had to go through a terrible sorrow just as great as yours is to-day. I had to give a child I loved back to God. So I cried, as loudly as you are crying and even louder: 'No, I can't do it, I can't!' The more I fought against it, the more terrible I felt, till in the end I even thought I should despair. So I cried out in my heart: 'Can nobody help me ?' And then I suddenly knew who could do it. I knelt down and prayed to God: 'Oh, give me help, for thou alone canst do it!'" "Can I stay here if I pray like that, Martha? |