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will likely enough be brought up honest, 

 sincere, quiet Koman Catholic Churchmen, 

 while our enthusiasts' children must grow 

 up honest, sincere, quiet Dissenters." 



" But surely you would not countenance 

 such enormities as this purgatory?" said the 

 Captain. " Dissenters may commit all sorts 

 of absurdities, and, all the time, the Church 

 is not responsible, for they do not belong to 

 it ; but the Romish Church is responsible 

 for these things, for it sanctions them." 



"I am merely mentioning a fact," said 

 the Parson, "not making a comment. Of 

 course I would not countenance St. Patrick's 

 Purgatory— it is in itself an abuse : but I 

 would nevertheless find, if I could, some 

 outlet to enthusiasm within the Church." 



" What do you mean by an outlet to 

 enthusiasm ? " said the Captain. 



" Why, in our Church at present, we have 

 no safety-valve whatever," said the Parson. 

 "It is all very well for the ordinary run of 

 people ; but if a man's religious enthusiasm 

 rises very much higher than two sermons on 

 Sunday, there is no help for it — it must 

 burst the vessel." 



" But what on earth would you do ? You 



