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Ida could never forget the remaining hours which she spent that
day in the old garden. it was then and there that she experienced
the sensations of those entering a new spiritual life and a new
world; and with some, these first impressions are very vivid; and
with some, these first impressions are very vivid.
It was according to nature that it should be so in the instance of
Ida Mayhew, for she was simple, positive, and warm in her feelings,
rather than cold and complex. But she was sane, and abounded in
the homely common sense which enabled her to understand herself and
those about her. She formed fairly correct estimates of all whom
she had met, and with the same simple directness she began to
recognize the character of the Divine Man that Mr. Eltinge and the
Bible they read together presented.
No earthly casuistry could ever lead her to doubt that he had heard
her prayer that morning. She might reply simply to all cavil and
questioning:
"I know he heard and answered me, and if I do not know this to be
true, I cannot know anything to be true;" for never before had her
consciousness made anything so distinct and real.
To say that she and multitudes of others are mistaken, is begging
the whole question.
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