“The Bible contains the revelation of the will of God. It contains the history of the creation of the world, and of mankind.
“God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, and thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, a gauntlet with a gift in it
“God be thanked, the meanest of his creatures boasts two soul-sides, one to face the world with, one to show a woman when he loves her
“God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray