With the first 
sun-beam, dew drops glistened and sparkled 
every where dew-drops the manna that 
falls in the darkness, silently, from heaven 
the food and refreshment of the flowers and 
the meadow grass. And, above us, the deep, 
cold, clear, blue, seeming so far away, wait 
ing to be made warm and near, by the sun's 
rays ; like our , Jack said, cold, till the 
rays of the " Sun of Righteousness " warm 
them. And the cloud banks they rested, 
fold upon fold, violet and purple, when first 
we looked ; one by one they caught the rosy 
and golden hues, flashing them up, and on, 



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till not the near clouds alone, but the very 
farthest off were bright, glowing in the 
morning . And then, heralded by 
the troops of heaven-winged, glory-flushed, 
morning clouds, it came the sun! But I 
don't think it was the sun-rise that made 
the morning hour for Jack and me ; I think 
it was my telling him, then, that I, too, be 
gan to know the  that he had told me 
"passeth understanding" "the  of 
God" that I, too, could say: