endured with much long suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to
destruction?

"And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of
mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory."

It hurt at first, but the young mind hardened to it dutifully--the big,
laughing, swaggering, scoffing father--a device of God made for torment,
that the power of the All-loving might show forth! If the father had only
repented, he might have gone straight to heaven as did Cousin Bill J. For
the latter had obtained grace in his last days, and now sang acceptably
before the thrones of the Father and the Son. But the unbaptised scoffer
must burn forever--and the little boy knew at last what was meant by
"the majesty of God."




BOOK TWO

The Age of Reason



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CHAPTER I