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After dinner he continued his investigations , and as he went about from place to place , he seemed to be living over again a part of the past . He recognized the place in which the old lady had taught him the words , `` Now I lay me down to sleep , '' and as he remembered the comfort that he had realized while repeating them , his heart throbbed with gratitude to the One who knew and understood his childish desire to live right . At night he was shown to a clean and comfortable bed , and there he fell asleep with the past as a sacred dream . In the morning Edwin arose feeling greatly refreshed and ready to enjoy another day in the county poorhouse , but before noon he reentered the main office and wrote a letter home to his beloved wife . It read : `` Dear Wife : Greeting in Jesus ' name . I am sure that you will be anxious to hear from me and of my eventful journey . To me this has been a wonderful experience , and although it is true that everything is greatly changed , there are certain associations with every place that bring a flood of remembrances .