The Lord is proving us again.

But surely this will be the last.

He will not again put us through fire and blood." He paused, and for a moment his quick brown eyes looked far away.
"And yet, do you know, Bishop, I've thought that he might mean us to save ourselves against this Gentile persecution.

Sometimes I find it hard to control myself." The Bishop grinned appreciatively.
"So I heer'd.

The Lute of the Holy Ghost got too rambunctious back in the States on the subject of our wrongs.