In every form in which Christ's
presence can be felt, it was felt in the village for whose helping the
dear Prince laid down his life.
"A time of great misery had come to that village. The harvest, year
after year, had failed. Poverty fell upon the people. Then, last and
worst of all, came the pestilence. Through the story told by the
beloved Princess we can see that faith in God began to fail. The
people cried out in their agony: 'Has God forgotten?' And some, 'Is
there a God at all?'
"It was in the thick darkness of that time the Prince visited them. He
met them fleeing from their home. He gave up his own plans that he
might help them. His coming into the village, into the very thick of
its misery, was like the morning dawn. He was summer heat and summer
cheer to the people. The clouds of anxiety and of terror began to
lift. The shadow of death was changed for them into the morning. He
made himself one with them. He went from house to house with cheer and
help. The burden seemed less heavy, the future less dark, that this
helper was by their side.
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