Is there any Scriptural ground for belief in the possibility of a second probation? What? Please repeat that reply.
Did not the first sin of a child justly expose him to eternal punishment? What?
At this point in the trial, Bayard was acutely conscious of the controlled voice of Professor Carruth, who had asked no question up to that moment. Dear old Professor! he was trying to haul his favorite student out of the fire before it was too late.
“But,” he asked gently, “is not one act of sin an infinite wrong?”
“I believe it is; or it may reasonably become so.”
“Is it not a wrong committed against an Infinite Being?”
“Yes, sir, it is.”
“Does not an infinite wrong committed against an Infinite Being deserve an infinite punishment?” pleaded the Professor of Theology.
“You have taught me so, sir.”
A rustle swept the house. The stern face of the Professor melted in its sudden, winning fashion. He drew in his breath. At least, the reputation of the Department was secured!