midnight
`` The impulse ! '' whence did it come ? When Edith felt so orphaned and alone , forgotten even of God , then the Divine Father was nearest his child . When , in her bitter extremity , at this lonely midnight hour she realized her need and helplessness as never before , her great Elder Brother was waiting beside her . The impulse was divine . The Spirit of God was leading her as He is seeking to lead so many . It only remained for her to follow these gentle impulses , not to be pushed into the black gulf that despairing Laura dreaded , but to be led into the deep peace of a loving faith .