Not that I
consider it essential at all; to some people, indeed, of a deeply
thoughtful and inquisitive mind, such a course would appear impossible.
You have never troubled yourself, Becky," I continued, in a tone of
reassuring lightness; "you have never troubled yourself with doubts and
speculations on religious subjects?"
"I don't know," Becky replied, the look of perplexity and distress
deepening in her eyes.
"Why should you?" I murmured, softly stroking her hair; "He carries the
lambs in His bosom." I had been little in the habit of quoting
Scripture--the words, coming to my mind, struck me as particularly
Beautiful and applicable on this occasion. "And so what I have suggested,
would be the easiest and most natural thing in the world for you to do. I
suppose it might be necessary for you to have come to some conclusion in
regard to the first principles of Theology; but probably you have already
satisfied yourself as to these in your own mind."
Rebecca looked little like one who had arrived at the calm plane of
philosophical conclusion of any sort.
"I don't know," she gasped.
"Well, take the Trinity, for instance," I continued, in a tone highly
suggestive of calm and supreme forbearance with helpless ignorance.
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