When Dilsey takes Benjy to church, we see her faith in God and in the rightness of things. She firmly believes that the good Lord doesn't care whether Benjy is intelligent or not. She is proud to take him to her church with her because white folks, even his own family, are so ashamed of him. In contrast, whereas Mrs. Compson feels that Benjy is a "judgment on her," Dilsey simply offers Benjy her love and devotion.
The sermon that Dilsey hears moves her deeply. It is a sermon about the great equalizing force of death and about the beginning and ending of things. Dilsey feels that she is now seeing the ending of the Compson family. She has been with them so long that she also feels that she was there toward the beginning.
Dilsey's greatness lies in the fact that she does not condemn people for their past actions. The fact that Caddy became pregnant is unfortunate, but this fact alone is not cause enough to cast her out of the house and never let her see her own child. She cannot understand bringing up a child and never allowing the mother's name to be spoken in the house. Dilsey cannot condemn one for a past action because the present is more important and the future is the determining factor in her life. That is, Caddy committed an improper act, but now Miss Quentin is here and the important thing is devotion to Miss Quentin.
