132 ARDENMOHR. 



" May I think much from its cause, Major, when 

 it comes from belief in a God's goodness and a 

 sense of our weakness ; and, finding in the pure 

 and simple doctrines of Christianity everything to 

 meet our wants, we gratefully hold them as of God 

 Holy "Writ as his gift ; and when so believed, it 

 then alters our natures for the better." 



" A theology of induction, Hope ; yet not a vicious 

 one : but it is plain you won't be a bishop." 



"I suspect not. Suppose we have a turn in the 

 glen, before going to bed." 



I enjoyed particularly this quiet stroll; and in 

 the calm conversation there came out now and 

 then glimpses of those finer traits so pleasing to 

 find in one's friends, and which, even amongst 

 friends, are not always worn on the sleeve. After- 

 wards, when in bed, I thought of a sentence of 

 Bacon, in his essay on the Unity of Eeligion, 

 where he says, "That a man of judgment shall 

 sometimes hear ignorant men differ, yet know well 

 enough they mean one thing ; and shall not God, 

 who knows the heart, discern that frail men in some 

 of their contradictions intend the same thing, and 

 accept of both ? " and I mused on this, and of still 

 higher authority to the same purpose, till I fell asleep. 



