midnight
Was he going to offend it again ? He waited until quite certain that no one was observing him , then he went around to the side of an old barrel and kneeled down , and clasped his hands together as Mr. Stephens had done , and he said : `` O Lord Jesus , if I come down here to live I 'll try to do right all around here , every time . '' Then he rose up and went home to his room and his bed . He had been down in the midnight and selected the spot for his next efforts , and consecrated it to the Lord . Another thing , he had found out how people did when they talked with God . After that Tode always knelt down to pray . It was not yet eight o'clock when Tode , his breakfast eaten , his bundle packed , himself ready to migrate , sat down once more on the edge of that bed , and began to calculate the state of his finances .