CHAPTER TWENTY-NINTH.
THE EYE OF GOD--THE MANIAC WIFE.
Pardon us, kind reader, for digressing for awhile from the sad tale it has been our lot to give you, to remark on the strange fancies which govern the minds of a large majority.

So inscrutable do the works of the Almighty appear, that we believe all the ills of this world are evoked by Him for some good end.

In a measure this is correct.

When sinful mortals are burdened with sorrow and affliction, we can recognize in them the chastening hand of God, for under such weight of suffering the soul is apt to pass through purified of the blackness and corruption which darkened and rendered it odious to the good.

Here we see the benefits accruing from trouble and distress.