May I live to see you rejoicing with the wife of your youth." So it came to pass that it was to this unlikely man Carmichael told his new-born love, and he was amazed at the understanding of the Rabbi, as well as his sympathy and toleration.
"A maid of spirit--and that is an excellent thing; and any excess will be tamed by life.

Only see to it that ye agree in that which lieth beneath all churches and maketh souls one in God.

May He prosper you in your wooing as He did the patriarch Jacob, and far more abundantly." Very early in the morning Carmichael awoke, and being tempted by the sunrise, arose and went downstairs.

As he came near the study door he heard a voice in prayer, and knew that the Rabbi had been all night in intercession.
"Thou hast denied me wife and child; deny me not Thyself.

.