midnight
We had learned many lessons during our trip . We had been taught to respect other people , their manners , and even their prejudices , and to reflect what we ourselves should have been had we laboured under similar disadvantages , while at the same time we had seen every reason to love Old England more and more , and to be deeply grateful for the numberless inestimable blessings she enjoys . We had been taught , too , to observe the finger of the Almighty in his wondrous works , and to remark how he has scattered his precious gifts far and wide over the face of the globe for the benefit of his creatures . Our midnight watches have not been unprofitable . Often and often in the calm night we have gazed upward at the starlit sky and thought upon God . We have had time for reflection . We have felt our own unworthiness .