17/17 Susannah's glad relief, fatigue, and excitement found vent in tears. "Oh, my dear, I will never leave you again while danger is near--never, never again!" In the evening of that day further news came from Hiram. The prophet had preached long and gloriously in the open air. New converts had been made, and he himself, scarified and bruised as he was, had gone down into the icy river and baptized them in sight of all. The mob had shrieked and jeered, but had been withheld by God, as the messenger said, from further violence. |