what I am,' said St. Paul; and so, in a modified and
humble sense, I can truly say.

"It used to be a terrible stumbling-block to me to
find so many learned men, so many acute men, so many
scientific men, infidels. It is not so now; I see that
God has said, 'Not many wise men after the flesh, not
many mighty, not many noble'; I see, as plainly as it
is possible for me to see anything, that no natural man
can receive the things of the Spirit of God. Hence I
expect to find men of this stamp of intellect coming out
boldly with their avowals of unbelief in the written
Word of God. The only answer I can give to them is:
'God has in mercy taught me better'; and never do I
sing those beautiful words in the well-known hymn but
I feel my eyes filling with tears of gratitude to the God
of all compassion--

"Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God."

"So it was with me; so it must be with any one of
them if ever they are to know the truth in its power, or
to receive the love of the truth that they may be saved.

"I feel very much for the young of this generation,
remembering the conflicts I passed through in conse-
quence of the errors of men of ability." ¹

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