The circumstances in which
Heaven has cast me, have disciplined my circumstances in which Heaven
has cast me, have disciplined my body to obey my mind in all things;
and, therefore, when the motives for exertion are strong within me, it
is long, very long, before I feel hunger, thirst, or drowsiness.
Indeed, while thus occupied, I have often thought it possible for the
activity of the soul so to wear the body, that some day she might find
it suddenly fall away from about her spiritual substance, and leave her
unencumbered, without having felt the touch of death. And yet, that
Elisha-like change," continued Wallace, following up on his own
thought, "could not be till Heaven sees the appointed time. 'Man does
not live by bread alone;' neither by sleep, nor any species of
refreshment. His Spirit alone, who created all things, can give us a
rest, while we keep the strictest vigils; His power can sustain the
wasting frame, even in a barren wilderness."
"True," replied Helen, looking timidly up: "but, because Heaven is so
gracious as sometimes to work miracles in our favor, surely we are not
authorized to neglect the natural means of obtaining the same end?"
"Certainly not," returned Wallace; "it is not for man to tempt God at
any time.
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