It's too big for our
boots. I'd ruther think He can do what's doable an' know what's
knowable. In the beginning he gave laws to the world an' these
laws are unchangeable, or they are not wise an' perfect. If God
were to change them He would thereby acknowledge their
imperfection. By this law men and races suffer as they struggle
upward. But if the law is unchangeable, can it be changed for a
better cause even than the relief of a whipped slave? In good time.
the law shall punish and relieve. The groans of them that suffer
shall hasten it, but there shall be no change in the law. There can
be no change in the law.'
'Leetle hard t' tell jest how powerful God is,' said Uncle Eb. 'Good
deal like tryin' t' weigh Lake Champlain with a quart pail and a
pair o' steelyards.'
'If God's laws are unchangeable, what is the use of praying?' I
asked.
'He can give us the strength to bear, the will to obey him an' light
to guide us,' said the poet. 'I've written out a few lines t' read t' Bill
here 'fore he goes off t' college.
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