Yet it seemed to him now that they had achieved but a mere Godless prosperity.

They had worked a miracle of abundance in the desert--but of what avail?
For the soul of their faith was gone.

He felt or heard the proof of it on every hand.
Through Battle Creek, Provo, and Springville he went; through Spanish Fork, Payson, Salt Creek, and Fillmore.

He stopped to preach at each place, but he did it perfunctorily, and with shame for himself in his secret heart.

Some impalpable essence of spirituality was gone from himself and from the people.