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For the check was from a woman who was profoundly interested in his work, and who had sent the check knowing that in a general way it was needed, but without the least idea that there was any immediate need. FOR THE CHECK WAS FROM A WOMAN WHO WAS PROFOUNDLY INTERESTED IN HIS WORK AND WHO HAD SENT THE CHECK KNOWING THAT IN A GENERAL WAY IT WAS NEEDED BUT WITHOUT THE LEAST IDEA THAT THERE WAS ANY IMMEDIATE NEED
n-thousand-dollar debt was a looming mountain that he had tried in vain to move. He could still pray, and he did, but it was one of the times when he could only think that something had gone wrong. The dean of the university, who has been closely in touch with all his work for many years, told me of how, in a discouragement which was the more notable through contrast with his usual unfailing courage, he left the executive offices for his home, a couple of blocks away. “He went away with everything looking dark before him. It was Christmas-time, but the very fact of its being Christmas only added to his depression--Christmas was such an unnatural time for unhappiness! But in a few minutes he came flying back, radiant, overjoyed, sparkling with happiness, waving a slip of paper in his hand which was a check for precisely ten thousand dollars! For he had just drawn it out of an envelope handed to him, as he reached home, by the mail-carrier. “And it had come so strangely and so naturally! T TRUST SUCH A TIME HAS COME THE TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR DEBT WAS A LOOMING MOUNTAIN THAT HE TRIED IN VAIN TO MOVE HE COULD STILL PRAY AND HE DID BUT IT WAS ONE OF THE TIMES WHEN HE COULD ONLY THINK THAT SOMETHING HAD GONE WRONG THE DEAN OF THE UNIVERSITY WHO HAS BEEN CLOSELY IN TOUCH WITH ALL HIS WORK FOR MANY YEARS TOLD ME OF HOW IN A DISCOURAGEMENT WHICH WAS MORE NOTABLE THROUGH CONTRAST WITH HIS USUAL UNFAILING COURAGE HE LEFT THE EXECUTIVE OFFICES FOR HIS HOME A COUPLE OF BLOCKS AWAY HE WENT AWAY WITH EVERYTHING LOOKING DARK BEFORE HIM IT WAS CHRISTMAS TIME BUT THE VERY FACT IT BEING CHRISTMAS ONLY ADDED TO HIS DEPRESSION CHRISTMAS WAS SUCH AN UNNATURAL TIME FOR UNHAPPINESS BUT IN A FEW MINUTES HE CAME FLYING BACK RADIANT OVERJOYED SPARKLING WITH HAPPINESS WAVING A SLIP OF PAPER IN HIS HAND WHICH WAS A CHECK FOR PRECISELY TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR IT HAD JUST BEEN DRAWN OUT OF AN ENVELOPE HANDED TO HIM AS HE REACHED HOME BY THE MAIL CARRIER AND IT HAS COME SO STRANGELY AND SO NATURALLY
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