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CAliTI0S A'O ESCOt.:RAGF.MENT. 107
ness of their own under;;t.aniling. Ripe aod
thorough I:\t.'holnrs an~ seldom self-confident..
llumility is the COnstl.Ult attendant of true wi:,;-
oom . .\brk how paticntly sUl\h pCl'SOD~ li~ten
to atbern, witb what diffidence the)' give tllcir
own opinions, allll how slowly thl:'Y come to
fixed and definite conclusions. E:'l.ccially are
the)' backward to reject that which hn.~ the
Band ion of age, nnd the recommendation of
ust:fulncss . .Ncw~r do they ooopt new notions
on any topic of interest for the l"akc of being
singular, or with a vi~w of evincing their supe-
riorit). to the uccigions of dnys gone by. Thc)'
have too much gl..'IOd scnse to break loo:-\Cfrom
what i.J,; scttled, tlml run airer the tb()U~."lnd \'a.
garieR afloat ill the world. Jt is of no avail to
teU them, that thia 8tr:mge thing UJHl the other
strange thing is exciting attentioll, and making
}lrose1)'t(.~, unless it (...,incitlc~ with the lel:;::IOn~
of the BIblc, aUll of experience. You do not
see them .; carried about by every wiud of
uoctrine,"
Well do they know, t111\t to confide in their
own rC:\.'KIuings. on the great qUe8tions which
relate to God, lI.nJ pardon, and. eternity, would