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Chapter 8 - (VERSO)

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strangely familiar in it. He struggled to recall where he had heard it before; then he suddenly knew—he had heard it before Felix came in Naomi’s terrible words! He looked at his grandson with something like awe. Here was a power of which he knew nothing—a strange and dreadful power. Was it of God? Or of Satan?

For the last time the music changed. And now it was not music at all—it was a great, infinite forgiveness, an all-comprehending love. It was healing for a sick soul; it was light and hope and peace. A Bible text, seemingly incongruous; came into Mr. Leonard’s


TEXT ANNOTATION

From "Each in His Own Tongue."

PHOTO ANNOTATION

a pen and ink image of a young boy playing the fiddle near the bed of an old woman while an old man looks on

"And now it was not music at all-it was a great, infinite forgiveness, an all-comprehending love": the illustration of this moment from The Delineator magazine in 1910.
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