about midnight
No sooner had my eye lighted on his face , than I saw that remorse and despair had fled away , and his countenance was beaming with celestial light ; the tears of joy had come into his eyes , and the tears of despair were gone . The sun of Righteousness had broken out across his path ; his soul was leaping within him for joy ; he had received Christ as Zaccheus did -- joyfully . `` Tell me about it , '' I said . `` Well , I do not know what time it was ; I think it was about midnight . I had been in distress a long time , when all at once my great burden fell off , and now , I believe I am the happiest man in New York . '' I think he was the happiest man I saw from the time I left Chicago till I got back again . His face was lighted up with the light that comes from the celestial hills .