A great awe was over him and he was strangely loving and gentle.

'Martha,' he said, 'I am glad you are awake.

I want to tell you something--something wonderful!' And I sat down by him, and he clasped my hand and said, "'I was tired out with figuring and counting, and near midnight I went out to cool and soothe my brain with the night air.

And I suddenly thought of Jacob on his mysterious journey, meeting the angels of God as he slept in the wilderness, and wrestling with one for a blessing.

And with the thought the spirit of prayer came to me, and I knelt down in the summer-house and prayed as I never prayed before in my life.
"'I told God all my perplexities and anxieties.