The picture is completed and may be
framed, glazed and hung up.
The Dim Religious Light
A light cannot be religious if it is not dim. Religion belongs to
the twilight of our thoughts, just as business of all kinds to their
full daylight. So a picture which may be impressive while seen in a
dark light will not hold its own in a bright one.
The Greeks and Romans did not enquire into the evidences on which
their belief that Minerva sprang full-armed from the brain of Jupiter
was based. If they had written books of evidences to show how
certainly it all happened, &c.--well, I suppose if they had had an
endowed Church with some considerable prizes, they would have found
means to hoodwink the public.
The Peace that Passeth Understanding
Yes. But as there is a peace more comfortable than any
understanding, so also there is an understanding more covetable than
any peace.
The New Testament
If it is a testamentary disposition at all, it is so drawn that it
has given rise to incessant litigation during the last nearly two
thousand years and seems likely to continue doing so for a good many
years longer. It ought never to have been admitted to probate.
Either the testator drew it himself, in which case we have another
example of the folly of trying to make one's own will, or if he left
it to the authors of the several books--this is like employing many
lawyers to do the work of one.
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