18/19 She felt that Von Weber was there in spirit, and Schumann. She bowed her head on the instrument, thought of poor, terrorized Mrs.Woods in her lonely home, and wept. She saw her power; the gates of that mysterious kingdom, in which the reborn soul is a new creation, had been opened to her. Her spirit seemed to rise as on new-created wings, and the world to sink beneath her. She had spiritual sight, ears, and senses--a new consciousness of Divine happiness. |