“. . . . obstinate questionings,
. . . . . .
Blank misgivings of a creature
Moving about in worlds not realised.”
Introductory Lecture, Queen’s College.
1848.
A Quiet Depth. August 9.
The deepest affections are those of which we are least conscious—that is, which produce least startling emotion, and most easy and involuntary practice.
MS. 1843.
Acceptable Sacrifices. August 10.
Every time we perform an act of kindness to any human being, ay, even to a dumb animal; every time we conquer our worldliness, love of pleasure, ease, praise, ambition, money, for the sake of doing what our conscience tells us to be our duty,—we are indeed worshipping God the Father in spirit and in truth, and offering Him a sacrifice which He will surely accept for the sake of His beloved Son, by whose Spirit all good deeds and thoughts are inspired.
All Saints’ Day Sermons. 1871.
Chivalry. August 11.
Chivalry; an idea which, perfect or imperfect, God forbid that mankind should ever forget till it has become the possession—as it is the God-given right—of the poorest slave that ever trudged on foot; and every collier lad shall have become