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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner: patted him on the head.
"Good night, my lad," said he. "As you go to the mill tomorrow, we shall
not see you for some days. Good night! Good-bye! The Lord bless and
guide you; and may He bring you back to us in safety and find us all as you
have left us!" He laid some emphasis on the last words. "And you, my dear
friend," he added, turning with redoubled warmth to the German, "long, long
shall I look back to this evening as a time of refreshing from the presence
of the Lord, as an hour of blessed intercourse with a brother in Jesus.
May such often return. The Lord bless you!" he added, with yet deeper
fervour, "richly, richly."
Then he opened the door and vanished out into the darkness.
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