Quote from "The Traveling Companion" (1835)
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(...) "Almighty God, I could kiss your footsteps in thankfulness for all the splendors that you have given us in this world."
His traveling companion also folded his hands and looked out over the woods and towns that lay before them in the warm sunlight. Just then they heard a wonderful sound overhead. They looked up, and saw a large white swan sweeping above them and singing as they had never before heard any bird sing. But the song became fainter and fainter, until the bird bowed his head and dropped slowly down dead at their feet - the lovely bird!
"Two such glorious wings!" said the traveling companion. "Wings so large and white as these are worth a good deal of money. I'll take them with me. You can see now what a good thing it was that I got a sword." With one stroke he cut off both wings of the dead swan, for he wanted to keep them.
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Keywords: Gratitude, prayer, the wonderfulness of God's world, Providence, sign, omen
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