midnight
A long process -- something that should unfold gradually , with many discouraging drawbacks , and some days that would look like utter failures . She had schooled herself to be prepared for this , but she had not looked for Him to exert His mighty power to save in a moment . How it had touched her to find a soul , hungry , not for itself , but for a brother , I shall not attempt to tell . The first words she said , after she went back to her waiting husband , a little after midnight , were these : -- `` He could not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief . I think that is what is the matter with the world to-day . I wonder if He would not be pleased with one who could throw herself at His feet with a childlike abandon of faith , and expect wonders , yes , and impossibilities , just as a child feels that _ anything _ can be done by father ? God has shamed my faith to-night .