Think of all
the human sympathy which human suffering awakens--the profound love of
the mother for the ailing child, the sacrifice of those who wait and
watch by the beds of the sick, the agony of parting leading to the
eternal hope in the justice of God. All these things, the world will
miss when we conquer disease, and the spirit will be the poorer for
them. Indeed, I foresee the day when men will forget the existence of
God just because they have no need to pray for those who suffer; the
devil will have no work to do in that day; but, who knows, humanity may
be worse and not better because of his idleness."
Ambrose agreed with him, though he would never have expressed such
sentiments to Kitty. He found her a little sad when she came out of the
ward, and it seemed that all the patients were so very much better that
they cared but little for her kindly attentions, and when she tried to
read to them, most of them fell asleep. So she went back to Ambrose and
asked him to drive to the vicarage where she hoped to see Canon Kenny,
her good pastor, and find out if he could tell her of some work of
mercy to be done.
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