He prayed that the Lord might avert this calamity and permit the handful of faithful ones to proceed in peace to fashion His temple on earth.
When he began to pray there had been outside a woful confusion of sounds,--scared and plunging horses, bellowing oxen, excited men shouting to the stock and to one another, the barking of dogs and the rattling of the wagons.

Through this din he prayed, scarcely hearing his own voice, yet feeling within himself the faith that he knew must prevail.

And then as he prayed he became conscious that these noises had subsided to a wonderful silence.

A moment this lasted, and then he heard it broken by a mighty shout of gladness, followed by excited calls from one man to another.
He looked out in calm certainty to observe in what manner the Lord had consented to answer his petition.

He saw that the wind had veered and, even as he looked, large drops of rain came pounding musically upon his wagon-cover.