# By the Light of the Soul: A Novel Author: Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930; Brett, Harold, 1880-1955 [Illustrator] Genre: Category: Novels Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17564 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=By+the+Light+of+the+Soul%3A+A+Novel+Freeman&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary As was the custom, a young man had charge of the meeting, and he stood, with a sort of embarrassed dignity, on the little platform behind the desk. He was reading a selection from the Bible. Maria heard him drone out in a scarcely audible voice: "Whom the Lord loveth, He chasteneth," and then she heard, in a quick response, a soft sob from the seat behind her. She knew who sobbed: Mrs. Jasper Cone, who had lost her baby the week before. The odor of crape came in Maria's face, making a species of discordance with the fragrance of the summer night, which came in at the open window. Maria felt irritated by it, and she wondered why Mrs. Cone felt so badly about the loss of her baby. It had al... ## Chapters - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/27/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 30](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/30/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/26/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/22/index.md) - [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/25/index.md) - [Chapter 39](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/39/index.md) - [Chapter 38](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/38/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter 32](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/32/index.md) - [Chapter 33](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/33/index.md) - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/28/index.md) - [Chapter 37](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/37/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/24/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/29/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/23/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 35](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/35/index.md) - [Chapter 34](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/34/index.md) - [Chapter 36](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/36/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 31](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/31/index.md) - [Chapter 40](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/40/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/by-the-light-of-the-soul-a-novel-17564/chapters/13/index.md)