第82部分 (第1/7頁)
向前提示您:看後求收藏(筆趣閣小說www.biqugexsw.tw),接著再看更方便。
am!”
Strange words of a strange love! An austere patriot’s passion for his fatherland! He sat down; for half…an…hour we never spoke; neither he to me nor I to him: that interval past; he remenced—
“Jane; I go in six weeks; I have taken my berth in an East Indiaman which sails on the 20th of June。”
“God will protect you; for you have undertaken His work;” I answered。
“Yes;” said he; “there is my glory and joy。 I am the servant of an infallible Master。 I am not going out under human guidance; subject to the defective laws and erring control of my feeble fellow…worms: my king; my lawgiver; my captain; is the All…perfect。 It seems strange to me that all round me do not burn to enlist under the same banner;—to join in the same enterprise。”
“All have not your powers; and it would be folly for the feeble to wish to march with the strong。”
“I do not speak to the feeble; or think of them: I address only such as are worthy of the work; and petent to acplish it。”
“Those are few in number; and difficult to discover。”
“You say truly; but when found; it is right to stir them up—to urge and exhort them to the effort—to show them what their gifts are; and why they were given—to speak Heaven’s message in their ear;—to offer them; direct from God; a place in the ranks of His chosen。”
“If they are really qualified for the task; will not their own hearts be the first to inform them of it?”
I felt as if an awful charm was framing round and gathering over me: I trembled to hear some fatal word spoken which would at once declare and rivet the spell。
“And what does your heart say?” demanded St。 John。
“My heart is mute;—my heart is mute;” I answered; struck and thrilled。
“Then I must speak for it;” co
《簡愛英文版素材》 第82部分(第1/7頁),本章未完,點選下一頁繼續閱讀。