598 TRA VEL IN EUROPE AND AMERICA. [1869, 



Queens town before noon ; very smooth water, espe- 

 cially since we were out of the St. George's Channel. 

 We are all doing very well, though some of our 

 party, including Mrs. Gray, are poor creatures on the 

 water. 



I have read over the sermon with real interest. What 

 I much like in it is the broadness of view and modera- 

 tion of claim, which adds strength to the argument. 

 It seems to me that every Christian man, churchman 

 or no, would yield full assent to all you say. 



And, dear Mr. Church, consider that all your friends 

 think, no doubt, as I do, that you are hardly at lib- 

 erty to take counsel of your misgivings and humility, 

 if asked to take some position in which your gifts may 

 tell more directly upon educated men, especially the 

 younger men. I don't want to see you in a position 

 which brings cares and anxieties along with high 

 honors ; these I do not covet for you in the least. 

 What I covet for you is fruitful leisure, some position 

 for you which, while it gives you time, and income 

 enough to supply real wants, makes also some de- 

 mands ; for rarely does one do anything to much pur- 

 pose that he is not somehow constrained to do. 



We leave behind us in England most delightful 

 friends, and we are not likely to forget them ; but 

 we are somehow drawn to you in a peculiar way, 

 and shall often be thinking of you and yours when 

 settled down again, if it please God that we may 

 be, at our pleasant home on the other side of the 

 Atlantic. 



CAMBRIDGE, MASS., November 23, 1869. 

 Just a line to tell you which you will be glad to 

 know that we safely accomplished our voyage home, 



