In the human heart, but the mixture of each

Is a marvel and a curse.

The candid incline to surmise of late

That the Christian faith proves false, I find;

For our Essays-and-Reviews' debate

Begins to tell on the public mind,

And Colenso's words have weight:

I still, to suppose it true, for my part,

See reasons and reasons; this, to begin:

'Tis the faith that launched point-blank her dart