"He was unguarded, like all beginners; perhaps the most unguarded I have heard.

But then we know quite well that the same thing often occurred in our own time.

It would be quite unreasonable to expect the Spirit's full maturity in the young." This remark caused Martens involuntarily to think of his own first attempt.

He answered, however, "But he maintained that we ministers, above all others, are living a life of falsehood, shut in by meaningless forms." "Exaggeration! a wild and dangerous exaggeration! In that I quite agree with you, my dear Martens.

But, on the other hand, which of us can deny that a ceremonial, be it ever so beautiful and full of meaning, still in the course of time, when it is frequently repeated, loses something of its influence over us?
But who will dare cast the first stone?
Is it not youth, as we see, who has not yet experienced the wear of that continuous labour which strives to be true to the end?
And then naturally we get exaggeration--dangerous exaggeration.