Chapter 36 Summary

Chapter 36 - Jubilation - This chapter begins with the words of a joyful hymn of praise to God, followed by an ecstatic prayer from Essie thanking God for all he has done and will do. Her speech reveals her plans for turning a basement room in the church into a nursery and for buying a building next door and turning it into a recreation center for teenagers. She also reveals that Marietta is going to be a youth minister while she attends school to study nursing, and that Marietta and CJ are engaged. She calls Marietta forward, and Marietta speaks humbly and with gratitude about how God has blessed her and CJ. This leads Essie into a final hymn of jubilation, urging the congregation to shake their tambourines to the glory of God.

Chapter 36 Analysis

It's interesting to note that at no point...