By the Light of the Soul: A Novel

As was the custom a young man had charge of the meeting and he stood with a sort of embarrassed dignity on the little platform behind the desk. He was reading a selection from the Bible. Maria heard him drone out in a scarcely audible voice: "Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth " and then she heard in a quick response a soft sob from the seat behind her.' (Excerpt from Chapter 1)