Turn up t' tenth chapter o' t' book o' t'
prophet Daniel, and read t' twelfth and thirteenth verses out to me."
Then, as Martha stood watching and waiting, with a bright expectant
face, Elizabeth lifted the book, and read,
"'Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine
heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words
were heard, and I am come for thy words. But the prince of the kingdom
of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of
the chief princes, came to help me.'"
"Yet he was an angel, Miss Hallam, whose face was like lightning, and
his eyes like lamps o' fire, and his arms and feet like polished brass,
and his voice like the voice of a multitude."
"Then you think, Martha, that the Bible teaches us that evil as well
as good angels interfere in human life?"
"Ay, I'm sure it does, Miss Hallam. If God is said to open t' eyes
o' our understanding, t' devil is said to blind 'em. Are Christians
filled wi' t' Spirit o' God? 'Why,' said Peter to Ananias, 'Why hath
Satan filled thy heart?' Does God work in us to will and to do? T'
devil also works in t' children o' disobedience. What do you mak' o'
that now?"
"I think it is a very solemn consideration. I have often thought of
good angels around me; but we may well 'work out our salvation with
fear and trembling,' if evil ones are waiting to hinder us at every
turn.
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