The Great God hears _all_ one can say and knows what she
cannot say. Only God can do that. Even the best friends tire of our
struggles and failures. God never does and when I speak to Him I may
_know_ He cares. Though I am one speck of humanity in a great mass of
men and women, though the girl who is reading this is just one ordinary
girl, one among millions the world around, she may speak to God, her
Creator without fear, may touch His _greatness_ and her heart be warmed
by His answering touch.
"Speak to Him then, for He heareth,
and spirit with spirit may meet.
Closer is He than breathing,
And nearer than hands and feet."
XVI
A PLEA AND A PROMISE
The Plea is for a purer, more invigorating atmosphere for our girls to
breathe--the Promise, that when it is given to them they will respond,
their religious, as well as physical and mental life will be normal and
the vitality in it will express itself in action.
Inspiration is a part of a girl's religion and inspiration means
"inhaling--taking into the life that which creates high and lofty
emotions."
Memory takes me back to school days when with windows wide open,
shoulders squared and heads erect, the teacher's command bade us inhale
and we filled our lungs to the full with fresh, life-giving air.
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