CHAPTER XIX. 
THE HAPPY OUTCOME. 
7ITH a new and nobler inspiration the 
^ ^ two young students returned to their 
college-studies, followed by the best wishes 
and benedictions of their kind friends at Wil¬ 
low Brook. 
During the ensuing winter a deep religious 
interest pervaded both the college and the vil¬ 
lage where it was located. The blessed fruits 
of their summer studies were soon apparent, for 
among the first in the college to manifest a spirit 
of earnest religious inquiry were Rudolph and 
Davidson—an interest which soon culminated 
in a clear and joyous exercise of faith in the 
atoning grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. Feel¬ 
ing how much under God they owed to the 
earnest and timely instruction of Doctor Dean, 
one of their first and most pleasing acts, after 
their conversion, was to give to their beloved 
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