====== The Inner Life ====== == THE HERALD OF THE NEW AGE | MARCH 1933 == ---- that he had endorsed a note for a large amount for a friend some time back, who too was being seriously affected by the stock crash. And so within a few weeks, and with a heavy heart, he was forced to admit to Ruth that their home would have to go also. THE months passed, each one seeming to bring calamity closer to their door, as the lumber company of which he was president, was obliged to go into bankruptcy. Thus the scene has changed, and Robert and Ruth Rayon have sought refuge in a small cottage in the outskirts of the city, where, after much hard work and many disappointments, Robert has been able to make a scant living, and Ruth has resorted to doing her bit toward the family income by taking in dressmaking, and had hung a sign in front of the cottage door bearing the words: “Dressmaking done reasonably.” Their combined efforts at keeping the cupboard supplied has not availed much food, and on Thanksgiving Day, 1932, Ruth entered the kitchen and found Robert sitting at the table with his face buried in his hands, despair reflected from his bent figure. Instantly all her love and compassion for him seemed to swell up within her, and placing a chair at his side she tenderly put her arm around his drooping shoulders, thus assuring him of her sympathy in this, the darkest hour of their journey through life. Silently her soul cried out for light to dispel the darkness that seemed to envelop them, and then, even as Enoch Arden’s wife, Annie, had sought her Bible for a sign concerning the whereabouts of her long looked for husband, so Ruth Rayon rose from her chair, and with an expectant look on her face, went to the attic of the cottage and in a discarded trunk found the Bible of her {{ :3-40.jpg |}} ---- //⥳ [[the_awakening_2|previous page]] // | // [[the_awakening_4|next page]] ⥴ //