Chapter 5
The glow of happiness and freedom he had experienced while he was with Nathaniel seemed to fade with each step he took, just as the glow of the sun was fading from the landscape as evening approached. What Nathaniel had said to him about justification, sanctification, and predestination had all seemed to make perfect sense while gazing into his lover’s eyes. Now, as he would soon face the gaze of his father’s eyes, his grasp of those concepts seemed less sure. As he drew nearer and nearer the home of his family’s major investor, his heart became heavier.
He was roused from this reverie when he heard someone hail him.
“Jonathan, Jonathan, wait!”
He turned to see his younger brother, Ezra, hurrying up the street toward him.
“What are you doing here?” Jonathan asked as he heart
