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Angels and Women (1924)

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232 ANGELS AND WOMEN<br />

Tenth Month--First Day.<br />

LAND APPEARS<br />

It is now two months <strong>and</strong> thirteen days<br />

since we rested on earth. A constant watch<br />

has been kept to discern the first appearance<br />

of l<strong>and</strong>. All are beginning to feel their confinement<br />

now. All longed for the day of release.<br />

We tried in vain to picture the earth<br />

as it would now appear. Would we be able<br />

to recognize the old ruins? Or would the<br />

face of the earth be so changed that we would<br />

find no familiar l<strong>and</strong>marks? We could only<br />

surmise <strong>and</strong> wait.<br />

At last the happy day arrived. Our<br />

brother Ham first discerned the welcome<br />

sight of l<strong>and</strong>. It was a small black object<br />

rising from the vast sea. Slowly did the waters<br />

sink, slowly the mountain peak emerged.<br />

Now even the animals became restless. It<br />

had been my daily habit to feed the sheep<br />

<strong>and</strong> other small animals, a duty I had grown<br />

to enjoy, <strong>and</strong> I had made friends with many

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