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yet tampered with evil without sufferin' for't. 

 There's the word o' Scripture agin it dead agin 

 it. The devil will have his own soon enough, 

 without folks helpin' him to git 'em. He don't 

 want no helpin', Old Cocky Hoop don't." 



I have seen scores of faces of both men and women 

 that would have served as perfect models for paint- 

 ings of historical subjects depicting the times of the 

 Covenanters and Puritans. Hard-headed, earnest 

 people these, who spoke about the ways of the Lord 

 and the thundering of His chariots often in their 

 daily course of life. That earnest way of living, 

 which kept them pure both in body and soul, I have 

 heard called " being under the iron sway of super- 

 stitious fanaticism." If those who speak thus had 

 only a portion of their childlike faith in the here- 

 after, it would, I think, be better for them. Even 

 heedless boys are cynics now, their parents being 

 only old-fashioned blocks to stumble over. If this 

 is the effect of the New Light that has been so 

 freely flashed upon us lately, God help the forth- 

 coming generation ! From childhood I have only 

 known one rallying-cry, " Fear God ; honour the 

 Queen ! " If those who are so extremely anxious 



