voluntate; and I feel assured of this at any rate, that no true Christian-even if he be unable to adopt my conclusions-will cherish any anger or hatred against a doctrine which alone can stem the spread of infidelity; which is maintained in a spirit of perfect loyalty to the Church, and of reverence for her most holy faith; which is supported on strong Scriptural authority; which is sincerely believed to be a truer explanation of the words of our Lord and Master than that by which it has too often been superseded; and which seems to those who hold it to be impregnably built upon the rock of an entire belief in Christ's infinite Redemption, and of the mercy "from everlasting to everlasting" of Him whose name is Love. "Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall, At last-far off-at last, to all, And every winter change to spring. "So runs my dream: but what am I? An infant crying in the night: An infant crying for the light: CHRISTMAS EVE, 1877. |