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sively to serve the Lord Christ. All that he was, and all that he 

 had, he laid at the feet of Jesus. 



"Another testimony, most valuable in these days, is the livini^ 

 proof which he has afforded that it is possible to be a man of 

 science and yet to be a devout believer in the inspired Word of 

 God. 



"He believed ' «// that the prophets have spoken,' and could 

 not tolerate any departure therefrom, either in himself or others. 

 This made his utterances sometimes seem stern and dogmatic. 

 Having formed an opinion on any matter, he clung to it 

 tenaciously, almost to the point of being unyielding, and even 

 combative. The inflexibility of his submission to God and His 

 Word has, in some quarters, earned for him the epithets of 

 'Puritan,' 'ascetic,' 'recluse,' and so on. But how refreshing 

 and invigorating is such a decided form of godliness, compared 

 with that flaccid, flavourless Christianity and monkish agnosticism 

 that is so fashionable in these days. The Lord keep us from being 

 neither ' cold nor hot' As to the influence of his life and teaching 

 on earlier, present, or future generations, 'the day' alone will 

 declare it. If ' salt,' ' light,' and ' living water ' have any preserva- 

 tive, beneficial, and fructifying influence on the sons of men, 

 then, surely, when the day comes, many will rise up and call him 

 blessed." 



Eliza Gosse. 



Jul}\ 1890. 



