PREFACE. 9 



processes and marvels is, we think, to betray our 

 cause, and to show ourselves incapable of grasping 

 its sacredness and its grandeur, and can only 

 result in handing over our best and noblest sons, 

 the flower and hope of the Christian Church, to 

 influences that may be inimical to their faith 

 and their devotion to God and humanity. It 

 is considerations of this kind that have led to 

 the inclusion of what we prefer to call Reveries 

 amongst papers which are more properly described 

 as accounts of Rambles of a Naturalist. 



