And if we do not see His presence in pillar of cloud by day, and pillar of fire by night, we yet do know and feel Him near us; and He will give abundant proof that He fights upon our side!" She lifted her face for a moment to the sky.

She was bareheaded, and every head was bared in that vast crowd as she uttered the name of the Most High.

It seemed as though a light from Heaven fell upon her as she spoke, and a deep murmur ran through the throng.

It was as if they answered that they needed no other vision than that of the Maid herself.
"If then the Lord be with us, must we not show ourselves worthy of His holy presence in our midst?
O my friends, since I have been with you these few days, my heart has been pained and grieved by that which I have heard and seen.

Oaths and blasphemies fall from your lips, and you scarce know it yourselves.