Angels and Women (1924)

212 ANGELS AND WOMENing over the mountain-steeps. Feeble daylightat length struggled faintly through theenveloping shroud of darkness and we couldsee many dead bodies floating all around us;later, thicker darkness shut us in. Our noblefather Noah was a pillar of strength tous all through these dark days and cheeredand comforted us in our deep distress. Whocan describe the anguish caused by witnessingthe desolation of a world l Yet we preserveda measure of tranquillity, even in themidst of universal destruction, knowing thatthis was but a just retribution permitted bythe All-Powerful One as a lasting exampleof the results of disobedience.Again and again did day blacken intonight of only a deeper shade of blackness.Then the long night would pale into a semblanceof day. We would welcome even thefaintest rays of light and eagerly awaitedthe cessation of the tempest.Finally, the Prophet spake to us in wordsof comfort: "My dear ones, God Almighty,