But when the storm threatened to knock him off his legs, when the earth beneath him became too hot for his poor tender feet,--what could he do then?
There had been with him such periods of misery, during which he had wailed inwardly and had confessed to himself that the wife of his bosom was too much for him.
Now the storm seemed to be coming very roughly.

It would be demanded of him that he should exercise certain episcopal authority which he knew did not belong to him.

Now, episcopal authority admits of being stretched or contracted according to the character of the bishop who uses it.

It is not always easy for a bishop himself to know what he may do, and what he may not do.

He may certainly give advice to any clergyman in his diocese, and he may give it in such form that it will have in it something of authority.