midday
Now , listen : there is this difference between the courts of men and the court of heaven , that in the former , when a man pleads guilty , his sentence is only modified and softened , but in the latter , the man who pleads guilty receives a free pardon and ultimate deliverance from _ all _ sin for the sake of Jesus Christ . Will you accept this deliverance , my friend ? '' What the soldier replied in his heart we can not tell , for his voice was silent . Before the conversation could be resumed a halt was called , to partake of the midday meal and rest . That evening the party came upon a strange and animated scene . It was one of the mountain camps of Osman Digna , where men were assembling from all quarters , to swell the hordes with which their chief hoped to drive the hated Europeans into the Red Sea . Camels and other beasts of burden were bringing in supplies for the vast army , and to this spot had been brought the poor fellows who had been wounded in recent battles .