And watch the Alistair Sim movie again :))
Mrs. Cratchit, after Bob's returning from church with Tiny Tim, asks:
'And how did little Tim behave?' asked Mrs. Cratchit when she had rallied Bob on his credulity, and Bob had hugged his daughter to his heart's content.
'As good as gold,' said Bob, 'and better. Somehow, he gets thoughtful, sitting by himself so much, and thinks the strangest things you ever heard. He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day who made lame beggars walk and blind men see.
There may (not) be other mentions, but this one occurred to me at once.
You may be right about the state of Dickens' soul; but his friendly attitude toward, and mentions of, Christianity in this and other works cannot be denied.
[’As good as gold,’ said Bob, ‘and better. Somehow, he gets thoughtful, sitting by himself so much, and thinks the strangest things you ever heard. He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day who made lame beggars walk and blind men see.]
Nice catch! I remember that now.
The Alastair Sim version is definitely my favorite but I haven’t caught that version in awhile now