nine o'clock
If you fail to make a right use of this season , another similar opportunity may never be given you . Let us commence by asking God 's blessing upon our reading and thinking , and the presence of that Holy Spirit without whose aid we can never come to any decision that will be pleasing to him . '' Miss Eunice then knelt down while all the girls knelt around her , and prayed in low tones that the influences of the Holy Spirit might be poured out upon all present ; that they might have wisdom to see their duty at this solemn moment and grace to do it ; that they might not be self-deceived , but really surrender their hearts into the hands of their Saviour , and , putting their whole trust in him , be willing to confess him before men , that he might confess them before the angels and his Father . Some serious talk followed , and then tea was announced , after which the conversation became general , and at nine o'clock the girls and their brothers and friends , who had come for them , went home quietly , and for the most part wrapped in serious thought . Etta Mountjoy had never felt so strangely in her life . She had always known that some people were professing Christians ; nay , she had , during her visits to the city , and even at home , seen people , even young girls , come forward and take upon themselves the vows of Christ . Perhaps it may have occurred to her that `` sometime '' she should do so , but to be deliberately called upon to consider her own immediate duty in the matter had not happened to her before .