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anatomical dissection of the Trinity, such as no sane or reverent 

 man would attempt, and which would lead to nothing but a 

 quarrel about words. On such matters it is better to use the 

 reticence commended by St. Paul, of the man who " heard 

 unspeakable things, such as it is not lawful for a man to utter ;" 

 and till we shall be " caught up " like him into the third heaven, 

 though we may utter words to no end in our attempts to make 

 plain these unspeakable things, we shall not understand them. 

 They are " incomprehensible " in the highest sense of that word. 

 Wherefore in conclusion I could wish to see the day come, when 

 Christians would be willing to return to the simplicity of the 

 Apostles' Creed, and not require of communicants any more 

 abstruse dogmatic symbol. So, I say, I hope Greek and 

 English will eventually agree to differ without dissent or breach 

 of communion. 



Winton Road, Dublin, 10th March, 1S6G. 



My dear Mrs. Alison, 



Last evening's post brought me the Jersey newspaper, con- 

 taining the sad, sad news from Bogota — news so completely un- 

 expected that it has shocked us both very much. You looked 

 forward so cheerfully in your last letter to his winter voyage, 

 and it seemed so very desirable at the time, that the shock is 

 the greater. We do indeed most sincerely sympathize with you, 

 and pray that you may be supported in this greatest of all trials 

 by the Divine arm, which alone can bring resignation under 

 every affliction. At present you will hardly realize the full 

 extent of your loss. The stunning effects of a sudden bereave- 

 ment I know well, and that it is only clay by day, as time goes 

 on, that the survivor feels the full stroke. But at the same time 

 the spirit is more subdued, and more prepared to receive the 

 consolation that God provides for all his dependent ones, and 

 the cry is uttered, " Whom have I in heaven but Thee, and there 

 is none on the earth that I desire in comparison of Thee — Thy 

 will be done." May God, my dear friend, be your support and 

 stay now and for evermore! . . . Mrs. Harvey joins me in love 

 to you and G., and we both feel for you from the bottom of our 

 hearts. God bless and comfort you, and make His face to shine 

 upon you ! 



Your affectionate friend, 



W. H. Harvey. 



