ofpulling
down
the
strongholds
of
Satan
.
In
any
other
matter
he
could
act
coolly
,
and
with
deliberation
;
in
this
he
was
an
enthusiast
.
He
had
a
keen
Roman
nose
.
He
could
scent
a
priest
anywhere
in
the
United
Kingdom
.
He
could
smell
Jesuitry
in
the
Queen
's
drawing-room
,
a
cabinet
council
or
convocation
,
though
he
had
never
been
at
either
.
His
eye
was
beyond
a
falcon
's
;
he
saw
things
that
were
invisible
.
It
penetrated
through
all
disguises
.
He
knew
a
secret
emissary
of
the
Pope
by
the
cock
of
his
hat
,
or
the
color
of
his
stockings
.
At
least
,
he
thought
so
,
and
thousands
of
persons
acted
on
his
estimate
of
himself
.
“
This
case
,
”
said
he
to
the
little
man
,
when
he
had
concluded
his
report
,
“
though
not
in
its
first
incidents
so
grave
as
we
were
led
to
expect
,
is
,
in
another
point
of
view
,
very
serious
.
Here
is
a
man
,
as
you
have
expressed
it
,
'
indifferent
'
to
his
child
's
life
—
animal
and
spiritual
.
The
mother
,
with
a
true
Protestant
heart
,
and
a
fine
breast
of
milk
,
is
longing
to
nurture
her
child
,
and
to
deliver
it
from
the
toils
of
the
Papacy
.
But
the
husband
,
what
's
his
name
?
...
.
Ginx
—
Ginx
?
a
very
bad
name
for
a
case
,
by
the
way
—
GINX
'S
CASE
!
—
this
Ginx
has
given
up
his
child
to
the
Sisters
of
Misery
.
How
are
we
to
get
it
away
again
,
without
his
cooperation
?
...
.
Well
,
we
must
try
.
”
The
solicitor
of
the
Association
was
forthwith
summoned
.
When
the
matter
had
been
laid
before
him
,
he
expressed
doubts
,
offered
and
withdrew
courses
of
action
,
and
ended
by
suggesting
that
he
should
take
the
opinion
of
counsel
.
“
Mr.
Stigma
,
I
suppose
?
”
said
he
to
the
secretary
.
“
Oh
,
yes
,
Sir
Adolphus
Stigma
is
one
of
our
principal
supporters
,
and
his
son
's
heart
is
thoroughly
with
us
.
”
Messrs.
Roundhead
,
Roundhead
and
Lollard
,
drew
up
a
case
to
be
submitted
to
Mr.
Stigma
.
I
will
only
transcribe
the
latter
paragraphs
:
—
Mr.
Ginx
being
indifferent
,
and
Mrs.
Ginx
being
ready
to
assist
in
regaining
the
custody
of
her
child
,
to
be
conveyed
to
a
Protestant
Home
,
“
YOU
ARE
REQUESTED
TO
ADVISE
:
“
1.
Whether
a
summons
should
be
taken
out
before
a
magistrate
against
the
Lady
Superior
of
the
convent
,
for
enticing
away
or
detaining
the
infant
,
under
the
56th
sect
.
of
24
and
25
Vict.
,
c
.
100
Or
,
“
2.
Whether
the
proper
remedy
is
by
a
writ
of
Habeas
Corpus
?
and
,
if
so
,
whether
it
is
necessary
that
the
father
should
be
joined
in
the
proceedings
or
his
leave
obtained
to
prosecute
them
?
Or
,
failing
these
,
“
3.
Whether
counsel
is
of
opinion
that
this
is
a
case
within
Talfourd
's
Act
,
and
an
application
might
not
be
made
to
the
Lord
Chancellor
,
or
the
Master
of
the
Rolls
,
on
the
mother
's
behalf
for
the
custody
of
her
child
?
And
,
“
4.
To
advise
generally
on
behalf
of
the
infant
.
”
Mr.
Adolphus
Stigma
took
ten
days
to
consider
.
Meanwhile
,
the
infant
Ambrosius
continued
to
thrive
on
conventual
pap
.
Then
Mr.
Stigma
wrote
his
opinion
.
It
was
a
model
for
a
barrister
.
You
took
the
advice
at
your
own
peril
—
not
his
.
Therefore
I
transcribe
it
.
“
OPINION
.
“
I
have
given
to
this
case
my
most
careful
attention
;
and
it
is
one
of
great
difficulty
.
Having
regard
to
the
questions
put
to
me
,
I
think
—
“
1.
Section
56
of
the
Act
of
24
and
25
Vict.
,
c
.
100
,
appears
at
first
sight
to
be
directed
against
the
stealing
and
abduction
of
children
for
marriage
,
or
other
improper
purposes
.
It
provides
that
'
Whosoever
shall
UNLAWFULLY
,
either
by
force
or
fraud
,
lead
or
take
away
,
or
decoy
,
or
entice
away
,
or
detain
any
child
,
etc.
,
with
intent
to
deprive
ANY
parent
,
etc.
,
of
the
possession
of
such
child
'
—
shall
be
guilty
of
felony
.
It
is
perfectly
clear
,
that
in
the
case
before
me
,
the
infant
was
not
,
'
by
force
or
fraud
,
led
or
taken
away
,
or
decoyed
,
or
enticed
away
.
'
The
statute
,
however
,
uses
the
word
'
detain
;
'
and
this
,
it
appears
to
me
,
has
much
the
same
force
and
intention
as
the
previous
words
.
It
is
to
be
noted
,
however
,
that
it
is
separated
from
them
by
the
disjunctive
'
or
;
'
and
,
therefore
,
it
might
be
argued
with
some
plausibility
that
any
act
of
forceful
or
fraudulent
detention
,
after
notice
,
by
persons
who
have
originally
acquired
a
child
's
custody
in
a
lawful
way
,
came
within
the
section
.
The
point
is
new
,
and
of
great
importance
;
and
if
the
Protestant
Detectoral
Association
feel
disposed
to
try
it
,
they
would
do
so
under
favorable
circumstances
in
the
present
case
.
Should
they
decide
to
do
so
,
a
written
demand
should
be
served
upon
the
authorities
of
the
convent
,
by
the
mother
,
or
some
one
acting
on
her
behalf
,
to
give
up
the
infant
.
“
2.
The
second
question
is
also
involved
in
difficulty
.
Were
the
father
to
be
joined
in
the
proceedings
,
the
writ
of
Habeas
Corpus
would
be
the
correct
remedy
.
But
his
probable
refusal
necessitates
the
inquiry
whether
the
mother
can
alone
apply
for
the
writ
.
The
general
rule
of
law
is
,
that
the
father
is
entitled
to
the
custody
and
disposition
of
his
children
.
In
Cartlidge
and
Cartlidge
,
31
,
L
.
J
.
,
P.
M
.
+
D
.
85
,
it
was
held
that
this
rule
would
not
be
generally
departed
from
by
the
Divorce
Court
;
but
in
Barnes
v.
Barnes
,
L
.
R
.
I
,
P.
+
D
.
463
,
the
court
made
an
order
,
giving
the
custody
of
two
infant
children
to
the
mother
,
respondent
in
a
suit
for
a
dissolution
of
marriage
,
on
the
ground
that
the
mother
's
health
was
suffering
from
being
deprived
of
their
society
,
and
that
they
were
living
with
a
stranger
,
and
not
with
the
father
.
These
cases
were
,
however
,
in
the
Divorce
Court
,
and
do
not
apply
.
But
,
as
there
seems
to
be
much
ground
in
the
peculiar
circumstances
here
,
for
arguing
that
the
mother
should
have
the
custody
of
the
child
,
or
,
at
least
,
that
it
should
not
be
left
to
that
of
persons
of
a
different
religion
from
both
parents
,
an
application
might
be
made
to
the
Queen
's
Bench
to
try
the
question
.
“
3.
Should
the
common
law
remedies
fail
,
resort
may
perhaps
be
had
to
the
powers
in
Chancery
under
Talfourd
's
Act
,
but
on
this
point
I
should
like
to
confer
with
an
equity
counsel
before
giving
a
decided
opinion
.
It
has
been
decided
under
this
Act
that
the
court
has
power
to
give
the
custody
of
children
under
seven
to
the
mother
.
(
Shillito
v.
Collett
,
8
,
W
.
R
.
683-696
.
)
As
this
infant
is
but
six
weeks
old
it
comes
within
that
case
.
“
4.
I
have
no
general
advice
to
give
on
behalf
of
the
infant
.
“
ADOLPHUS
STIGMA
,
“
9
,
Plumtree
Court
.
”
If
none
of
the
courses
suggested
by
Mr.
Stigma
was
very
decided
,
Messrs.
Roundhead
,
Roundhead
and
Lollard
were
not
sorry
to
have
three
strings
to
their
bow
.
The
Detectoral
Association
were
good
clients
;
most
of
their
funds
went
into
their
lawyers
'
pockets
.
It
was
part
of
their
policy
to
be
litigious
.
Thereby
the
world
was
kept
alive
to
the
existence
of
Papacy
within
its
bosom
.
Who
shall
say
the
Association
were
wrong
?
Some
healthy
daylight
was
occasionally
let
in
upon
the
mysteries
of
Jesuitism
,
and
there
are
people
who
think
that
worth
while
at
the
risk
of
a
chance
injustice
.
Though
the
Devil
should
not
get
his
due
,
few
would
give
him
any
sympathy
.
The
solicitor
at
once
instructed
Mr.
Dignam
Bailey
,
Q.C.
,
to
apply
with
Mr.
Stigma
to
a
magistrate
for
a
summons
.
Mr.
Bailey
,
Q.C.
,
was
not
chosen
for
his
partialities
.
In
religious
matters
he
was
a
perfect
Gallio
;
but
he
was
like
St.
Paul
in
one
particular
,
he
could
be
all
things
to
all
men
.
V.
—
Magistrate
's
Law
.
The
personnel
of
the
magistrate
to
whom
Mr.
Dignam
Bailey
,
Q
.
C
.
,
(
with
him
Mr.
Adolphus
Stigma
)
,
applied
in
the
case
of
re
an
infant
,
exparte
Ginx
,
is
not
material
to
this
history
.
He
was
like
his
fellow
stipendiaries
—
mild
as
to
humor
,
vigilant
in
his
duties
,
opinionated
in
his
views
,
resenting
the
troublesome
intrusion
into
his
court
of
a
barrister
,
apt
to
treat
him
with
about
one-eighth
of
the
courtesy
extended
to
the
humblest
junior
by
the
Queen
's
Bench
,
and
curiously
unequal
both
with
himself
and
his
brother
magistrates
in
adjusting
punishment
.
It
will
be
most
convenient
to
insert
the
report
of
the
Daily
Electric
Meteor
:
—
“
WESTMINSTER
.
“
Mr.
Dignam
Bailey
,
Q.C.
,
(
with
whom
was
Mr.
Adolphus
Stigma
)
,
applied
for
a
summons
against
Mary
Dens
,
commonly
called
Sister
Suspiciosa
,
of
the
convent
of
the
Sisters
of
Misery
,
in
Winkle
Street
,
for
abducting
and
detaining
a
male
child
of
John
Ginx
and
Mary
his
wife
.
“
Mr.
D'ACERBITY
.
On
whose
behalf
do
you
apply
?
“
The
learned
counsel
stated
that
he
was
instructed
by
the
Protestant
Detectoral
Association
to
apply
on
behalf
of
the
mother
.
The
case
was
also
watched
by
the
solicitors
of
the
Society
for
Preventing
the
Suppression
of
Women
and
Children
.
“
Mr.
D'ACERBITY
.
Does
the
father
join
in
the
application
?
“
Mr.
BAILEY
.
No
,
sir
.
“
Mr.
D'ACERBITY
.
Why
?
He
ought
to
be
joined
if
living
.
“
Mr.
BAILEY
.
Perhaps
you
will
allow
me
,
sir
,
to
state
the
case
.
The
circumstances
are
peculiar
.
The
fact
is
—
—
“
Mr.
D'ACERBITY
.
I
cannot
understand
why
the
father
should
not
be
represented
if
the
child
has
been
abducted
.
Where
was
it
taken
from
?
“
Mr.
Bailey
proceeded
to
state
that
the
child
had
been
taken
by
a
nun
from
No.
5
,
Rosemary
Street
,
without
the
mother
's
consent
,
and
was
now
imprisoned
in
the
convent
.
The
father
appeared
to
be
indifferent
,
or
to
have
given
a
sort
of
general
acquiescence
.
This
was
Mrs.
Ginx
's
thirteenth
child
,
around
whom
gathered
the
concentrated
affections
“
Mr.
D'ACERBITY
(
interrupting
the
learned
gentleman
)
.
We
have
no
time
for
sentiment
here
,
Mr.
Bailey
.
If
the
father
consented
,
can
you
call
it
abduction
?
It
looks
like
reduction
.
(
Laughter
.
)
“
Mr.
Bailey
called
attention
to
the
consolidated
statutes
of
criminal
law
,
and
said
he
was
going
for
illegal
detention
rather
than
abduction
,
and
argued
at
great
length
from
section
56.
At
the
conclusion
of
the
argument
,
after
refusing
to
hear
Mr.
Stigma
,
“
Mr.
D'Acerbity
said
that
the
case
clearly
did
not
come
within
the
section
,
and
he
was
afraid
the
learned
counsel
knew
it
.
The
father
had
been
a
consenting
party
,
on
the
counsel
's
own
statement
,
to
the
child
's
removal
,
and
no
suggestion
had
been
made
that
he
had
withdrawn
his
consent
.
He
should
refuse
a
summons
.
“
Mr.
Bailey
endeavored
to
address
the
magistrate
but
was
stopped
.
“
Mr.
D'ACERBITY
.
I
have
no
more
to
say
.
You
can
apply
to
the
Queen
's
Bench
.
I
have
no
sympathy
with
you
whatever
.
”
Mr.
D'Acerbity
's
law
was
good
,
but
—
what
has
justice
to
do
with
“
sympathies
?
”
Surely
the
day
after
this
report
appeared
the
magistrate
must
have
had
a
letter
from
the
Home
Secretary
?
VI-Popery
and
Protestantism
in
the
Queen
's
Bench
.
The
application
to
the
magistrate
was
far
from
satisfactory
.
There
had
not
even
been
an
exposure
,
and
the
Windmill
Bulletin
gayly
bantered
the
Detectoral
Association
.
Meanwhile
had
happened
the
grand
christening
,
of
which
a
circumstantial
account
was
in
the
hands
of
the
council
of
the
Detectoral
Association
shortly
after
the
ceremony
had
been
performed
.
Here
was
a
monstrous
indignity
to
a
Protestant
child
!
The
account
was
at
once
printed
,
together
with
a
verbatim
report
of
the
application
to
the
magistrate
as
well
as
one
of
“
a
conversation
held
with
the
mother
by
an
agent
of
the
Association
.
”
Board-men
paraded
the
great
thoroughfares
carrying
this
appeal
:
—
PROTESTANT
DETECTORAL
ASSOCIATION
.
NO
POPERY
!
Abduction
Of
an
Infant
!
Assault
on
the
Liberty
of
the
Subject
!
Mysterious
and
Awful
Proceedings
!
Baptism
of
a
Protestant
Child
in
a
Convent
!
OUTRAGE
Upon
the
Nation
by
Foreign
Mercenaries
!
Every
Father
and
Mother
is
Invited
to
Co-operate
in
Maintaining
the
PROTESTANT
RELIGION
,
The
Sanctity
of
Home
,
and
the
Inviolability
of
BRITISH
FREEDOM
!
NO
SURRENDER
!
If
there
was
no
coherency
in
this
production
,
it
should
be
noted
how
little
that
is
of
the
essence
of
popular
appeal
.
The
metropolis
was
in
an
uproar
.
Meetings
were
held
,
subscriptions
poured
in
,
dangerous
crowds
collected
in
Winkle
Street
.
When
Mr.
Dignam
Bailey
,
Q
.
C
.
,
went
down
to
Westminster
,
to
move
the
Court
of
Queen
's
Bench
,
multitudes
besieged
it
.
Protestant
champions
and
Papal
ecclesiastics
vied
in
their
efforts
to
get
seats
.
The
writ
had
gone
from
judge
's
chambers
returnable
to
the
full
court
.
Sister
Suspiciosa
,
bearing
the
infant
Ambrosius
,
and
supported
by
two
novices
and
Father
Certificatus
,
had
been
smuggled
into
court
through
mysterious
passages
in
its
rear
.
Mrs.
Ginx
also
,
brought
from
Rosemary
Street
by
the
little
man
who
provided
her
with
a
bonnet
trimmed
with
orange-colored
ribbons
,
sat
staring
with
red
eyes
at
her
child
,
now
enveloped
in
a
robe
that
was
embroidered
with
little
crosses
.
Why
need
I
tell
you
,
how
dead
silence
fell
upon
the
Court
after
the
stir
caused
by
the
entrance
of
the
judges
;
how
everybody
knew
what
was
coming
when
a
master
beneath
the
bench
rose
,
and
called
out
,
“
Re
Ginx
,
an
infant
,
Exparte
Mary
Ginx
!
”
How
the
Chief
Justice
,
fresh
and
rosy-looking
,
then
blew
his
nose
in
a
delicate
mauve-colored
silk
handkerchief
:
how
he
tried
and
discarded
half-a-dozen
pens
,
amid
breathless
silence
;
how
in
his
blandest
manner
he
said
:
“
Who
appears
for
the
Respondent
?
”
and
Mr.
Dignam
Bailey
,
Q
.
C
.
,
and
Mr.
Octavius
Ernestus
,
Q
.
C
.
,
rose
together
to
say
that
Mr.
Ernestus
did
!
Mr.
Ernestus
was
a
Catholic
.
He
was
assisted
by
half-a-dozen
counsel
.
He
riddled
the
affidavits
on
the
other
side
,
and
read
voluminous
ones
on
his
own
;
bitterly
animadverted
upon
the
absence
of
an
affidavit
by
the
father
;
held
up
to
the
scorn
of
a
civilized
world
the
course
pursued
towards
his
meek
and
gentle
clients
by
the
“
fanatical
zealots
of
the
Protestant
Detectoral
Association
;
”
in
moving
tones
referred
to
the
shrinking
of
“
quiet
recluses
,
from
the
gaze
of
a
rude
,
unsympathizing
world
;
”
cited
cases
from
the
time
of
Magna
Charta
,
down
;
called
upon
the
Court
to
vindicate
Protestant
justice
,
ending
his
peroration
with
the
aphorism
of
Lord
Mansfield
,
Fiat
justitia
ruat
caelum
.
One
cannot
do
Justice
to
Mr.
Dignam
Bailey
's
argument
,
when
after
lunch
he
rose
to
reply
.
He
was
logical
and
passionate
,
vindictive
and
pathetic
by
turns
.
He
inveighed
against
the
Lady
Superior
,
against
her
attorneys
,
against
Father
Certificatus
,
against
Ginx
,
—
“
craven
to
his
heaven-born
rights
of
political
and
religious
freedom
,
”
—
against
the
Roman
Catholic
religion
,
the
Pope
,
the
Archbishop
of
Westminster
,
the
Virgin
Mary
.
The
Court
knew
,
and
every
one
else
knew
,
that
this
was
pure
pyrotechny
,
and
Mr.
Bailey
knew
that
best
of
all
;
but
,
though
the
Bench
is
swift
to
speak
,
slow
to
hear
,
it
felt
obliged
,
in
a
case
of
this
public
interest
,
to
sit
by
,
and
be
witnesses
of
the
exhibition
.
Mr.
Bailey
concluded
by
a
play
on
the
aphorism
cited
by
his
learned
friend
.
“
He
would
say
that
if
such
justice
were
to
be
done
,
as
his
friend
had
urged
,
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
in
England
would
rush
to
its
fall
.
”
The
Court
at
once
decided
that
,
as
the
father
had
confided
the
custody
of
the
infant
to
the
Sisters
of
Misery
,
and
did
not
appear
to
desire
that
it
should
be
withdrawn
,
they
,
disregarding
the
religious
clouds
in
which
the
subject
had
been
too
carefully
involved
on
both
sides
,
gave
judgment
for
the
defendant
,
with
costs
.
As
they
passed
out
of
Court
,
Mr.
Stigma
said
to
his
clients
,
“
Quite
as
I
anticipated
;
you
remember
I
told
you
so
in
my
Opinion
.
”
VII
.
—
A
Protestor
,
but
not
a
Protestant
.
The
infant
Ambrosius
and
his
conductors
could
scarcely
reach
the
convent
in
safety
.
The
building
showed
few
windows
to
the
street
,
but
they
were
all
broken
.
What
might
have
happened
in
a
few
days
,
but
that
Ginx
's
Baby
took
the
matter
into
his
own
hands
,
none
can
say
.
The
treatment
to
which
the
little
saint
was
subjected
soured
his
temper
.
His
kind
nurses
had
choked
him
twice
a
day
with
incense
,
and
now
he
had
inhaled
for
seven
hours
the
air
of
the
Queen
's
Bench
.
On
his
return
to
the
convent
he
was
hastily
fed
,
and
carried
to
the
chapel
to
give
thanks
for
the
victory
of
the
day
.
Wrapped
in
a
handsome
chasuble
,
they
laid
him
on
the
steps
of
the
altar
.
In
the
most
solemn
part
of
the
service
he
coughed
,
and
grew
sick
.
The
chasuble
was
bespattered
.
When
the
officiating
priest
,
to
save
that
garment
,
took
the
child
in
his
arms
,
he
nefariously
polluted
the
sacerdotal
vestments
and
the
altar
steps
.
Then
he
kicked
toward
the
altar
itself
,
roared
lustily
,
and
finally
went
into
convulsions
in
Sister
Suspiciosa
's
arms
.
Like
most
women
,
the
Lady
Superior
required
her
enthusiasm
to
be
fed
with
success
.
She
began
to
think
that
she
had
been
cozened
:
Ginx
's
Baby
was
too
evidently
a
spiritual
miscarriage
.
He
must
,
like
the
rest
of
his
family
,
be
,
indeed
,
“
Protestant
to
the
backbone
.
”
Father
Certificatus
agreed
with
her
.
His
robes
and
best
chasuble
were
befouled
.
“
Let
us
not
risk
a
repetition
of
this
conduct
,
”
said
he
;
“
let
the
child
be
given
up
.
He
is
baptized
,
and
cannot
be
severed
from
the
Church
.
He
will
return
after
many
days
.
”
Next
morning
the
solicitors
of
the
Protestant
Detectoral
Association
received
a
letter
from
their
opponents
.
In
this
they
said
that
—
presuming
Messrs.
Roundhead
,
Roundhead
,
and
Lollard
,
intended
to
apply
to
the
Master
of
the
Rolls
,
the
authorities
of
the
convent
had
decided
,
after
having
vindicated
themselves
in
the
Queen
's
Bench
,
to
give
up
the
child
,
which
would
be
,
for
twenty-four
hours
,
at
the
order
and
disposal
of
the
Association
,
and
afterwards
of
his
parents
.
“
We
are
instructed
by
our
clients
,
”
they
added
,
“
to
ask
you
to
bear
in
mind
that
the
child
has
been
admitted
,
and
is
a
member
of
the
Catholic
Church
,
owing
allegiance
to
the
Holy
Father
at
Rome
,
a
bond
from
which
only
the
Papal
excommunication
can
absolve
him
.
”
VIII
.
—
“
See
how
these
Christians
love
one
another
.
”
A
mass-meeting
of
Protestants
had
been
summoned
for
three
o'clock
on
the
day
designated
in
the
letter
of
the
Papist
attorneys
,
to
be
held
in
the
Philopragmon
Hall
.
That
was
the
favorite
centre
of
countless
movements
,
both
well-meant
and
well-executed
,
and
of
others
as
futile
as
they
were
foolish
.
Yet
one
could
not
say
that
a
larger
proportion
of
the
latter
were
connected
with
the
Hall
than
existed
in
as
many
other
human
enterprises
of
any
sort
.
The
concession
of
the
Romanists
at
first
dashed
the
managers
of
the
demonstration
.
Their
grievance
was
gone
.
Still
there
remained
topics
for
a
meeting
:
they
would
rejoice
over
victory
,
and
consult
about
the
future
of
the
Protestant
Baby
.
The
Secretary
was
an
old
hand
at
these
meetings
.
He
planned
to
import
into
this
one
a
sensation
.
Ginx
's
Baby
,
brought
from
the
convent
,
stripped
of
his
papal
swathings
and
enveloped
in
a
handsome
outfit
presented
by
an
amiable
Protestant
Duchess
,
was
placed
in
a
cradle
with
his
head
resting
on
a
Bible
.
I
am
afraid
he
was
quite
as
uncomfortable
as
he
had
ever
been
at
the
convent
.
When
,
at
the
conclusion
of
the
chairman
's
speech
,
in
which
he
informed
the
audience
of
their
triumph
,
this
exhibition
was
deftly
introduced
upon
the
platform
,
the
huzzas
,
and
clappings
,
and
waving
of
handkerchiefs
were
such
as
even
that
place
had
never
seen
.
The
child
was
astounded
into
quietness
.
Mr.
Trumpeter
took
the
chair
—
believed
by
many
to
be
,
next
to
the
Queen
,
the
most
powerful
defender
of
the
faith
in
the
three
kingdoms
.
I
never
could
understand
why
the
newspapers
reported
his
speeches
—
I
cannot
.
When
he
had
done
,
Lord
Evergood
,
“
a
popular
,
practical
peer
,
of
sound
Protestant
principles
,
”
as
the
Daily
Banner
alliteratively
termed
him
next
morning
,
rose
to
move
the
first
resolution
,
already
cut
and
dried
by
the
committee
—
“
That
the
infant
so
happily
rescued
from
the
incubus
of
a
delusive
superstition
,
should
be
remitted
to
the
care
of
the
Church
Widows
'
and
Orphans
'
Augmentation
Society
,
and
should
be
supported
by
voluntary
contributions
.
”
Before
Lord
Evergood
could
say
a
word
murmurs
arose
in
every
part
of
the
hall
.
He
was
a
mild
,
gentlemanly
Christian
,
without
guile
,
and
the
opposition
both
surprised
and
frightened
him
.
He
uttered
a
few
sentences
in
approval
of
his
proposition
and
sat
down
.
An
individual
in
the
gallery
shouted
—
“
Sir
!
I
rise
to
move
an
amendment
!
”
Cheers
,
and
cries
of
“
Order
!
order
!
Sit
down
!
”
etc.
The
Chairman
,
with
great
blandness
,
said
:
“
The
gentleman
is
out
of
order
;
the
resolution
has
not
yet
been
seconded
.
I
call
upon
the
Rev.
Mr.
Valpy
to
second
the
resolution
.
”
Mr.
Valpy
,
incumbent
of
St.
Swithin's-within
,
insisted
on
speaking
,
but
what
he
said
was
known
only
to
himself
.
When
he
had
finished
there
was
an
extraordinary
commotion
.
On
the
platform
many
ministers
and
laymen
jumped
to
their
feet
;
in
the
hall
at
least
a
hundred
aspirants
for
a
hearing
raised
themselves
on
benches
or
the
convenient
backs
of
friends
.
The
Chairman
shouted
,
“
Order
!
ORDER
,
gentlemen
!
This
is
a
great
occasion
;
let
us
show
unanimity
!
”
There
seemed
to
be
an
unanimous
desire
to
speak
.
Amid
cheers
,
cries
for
order
,
and
Kentish
fire
,
you
could
hear
the
Rev.
Mark
Slowboy
,
Independent
,
the
Rev.
Hugh
Quickly
,
Wesleyan
,
the
Rev.
Bereciah
Calvin
,
Presbyterian
,
the
Rev.
Ezekiel
Cutwater
,
Baptist
,
calling
to
the
chair
.
A
lull
ensued
,
of
which
advantage
was
taken
by
Mr.
Stentor
,
a
well-known
Hyde
Park
orator
,
who
bellowed
from
a
friend
's
shoulders
in
the
pit
,
“
Mr.
Chairman
,
hear
ME
!
”
an
appeal
that
was
followed
by
roars
of
laughter
.
What
was
the
matter
?
Why
the
proposal
to
hand
over
the
baby
to
an
Anglican
refuge
stirred
up
the
blood
of
every
Dissenter
present
.
It
was
lifting
the
infant
out
of
the
frying-pan
and
dexterously
dropping
him
into
the
fire
.
But
the
chairman
was
accustomed
to
these
scenes
.
He
stayed
the
tumult
by
proposing
that
a
representative
from
each
denomination
should
give
his
opinion
to
the
audience
.
“
Whom
would
they
have
first
?
”
The
loudest
cries
were
for
Mr.
Cutwater
,
who
stood
forth
—
a
weak
,
stooping
,
half-halting
,
little
man
,
with
a
limp
necktie
,
and
trousers
puffy
at
the
knees
—
but
with
honest
use
of
them
,
let
me
say
.
It
is
quite
credible
that
if
Dr.
Watts
's
assertion
be
true
that
—
“
Satan
trembles
when
he
sees
The
weakest
saint
upon
his
knees
,
”
that
arch-enemy
was
unusually
perturbed
when
Ezekiel
Cutwater
was
upon
his
.
On
these
he
had
borne
manly
contests
with
evil
.
Two
things
—
yea
,
three
—
were
rigid
in
Ezekiel
's
creed
;
fire
would
never
have
burned
them
out
of
him
:
hatred
of
Popery
,
contempt
of
Anglican
priestcraft
and
apostolic
succession
,
and
adhesion
to
the
dogma
of
adult
baptism
and
total
immersion
.
Whoso
should
not
join
with
him
in
these
let
him
be
Anathema
Maranatha
.
His
eye
kindled
as
he
looked
at
the
seething
audience
.
“
Sir
,
”
said
he
,
“
I
beg
to
move
an
amendment
to
the
motion
of
the
noble
lord
.
(
Cheers
.
)
That
motion
proposes
to
transfer
to
the
care
of
the
Established
Church
this
tender
and
unconscious
infant
(
bending
over
Ginx
's
baby
)
,
just
snatched
from
the
toils
of
a
kindred
superstition
.
(
Oh
,
oh
,
hisses
and
cheers
.
)
I
withdraw
the
expression
;
I
did
not
mean
to
be
offensive
.
(
Hear
.
)
This
is
a
grand
representative
meeting
—
not
of
the
English
Church
,
not
of
the
Baptist
Church
,
not
of
the
Wesleyan
Church
—
but
of
Protestantism
.
(
Cheers
and
Kentish
fire
.
)
In
such
an
assembly
is
it
right
to
propose
any
singular
disposition
of
a
representative
infant
?
This
is
now
the
adopted
child
,
not
of
one
,
but
of
all
denominations
.
(
Cheers
.
)
Around
his
,
or
her
—
I
am
not
sure
which
—
cherubic
head
circle
the
white-winged
angels
of
various
Churches
,
and
on
her
or
him
,
whichever
it
may
be
—
—
”
The
Chairman
said
that
he
might
as
well
say
that
he
had
authentic
information
that
it
was
HIM
.
“
Him
then
—
concentrate
the
sympathies
of
every
Protestant
heart
.
Let
us
not
despoil
the
occasion
of
its
greatness
by
exhibiting
a
narrow
bigotry
in
one
direction
!
Let
us
bring
into
this
infantile
focus
the
rays
of
Catholic
unity
.
(
Loud
cheering
and
Kentish
fire
.
)
To
me
,
for
one
,
it
would
be
eminently
painful
to
think
—
what
doubtless
would
occur
if
the
motion
is
adopted
—
that
within
a
week
of
his
entrance
into
the
asylum
of
the
society
named
in
it
,
this
diminutive
and
unknowing
sinner
should
go
through
the
farce
of
a
supposititious
admission
into
the
Church
of
Christ
.
(
Oh
!
)
Yes
!
I
say
a
farce
,
whether
you
regard
the
age
of
the
acolyte
or
the
indifferent
proportion
of
water
with
which
it
would
be
performed
.
(
Uproar
,
oh
,
oh
!
and
some
cheering
from
the
Baptist
section
.
)
But
I
will
not
now
further
enter
into
these
things
,
”
said
Mr.
Cutwater
,
who
knew
his
cue
perfectly
well
,
“
I
can
hold
these
opinions
and
still
love
my
brethren
of
other
denominations
.
I
move
,
as
an
amendment
,
that
a
committee
,
consisting
of
one
minister
and
one
layman
to
be
selected
from
each
of
the
Churches
,
be
appointed
to
take
charge
of
the
physical
well-being
and
mental
and
spiritual
training
of
the
infant
.
”
By
this
proposition
,
which
was
received
with
enthusiasm
,
Ginx
's
Baby
was
to
be
incontinently
pitched
into
an
arena
of
polemical
warfare
.
Every
one
was
willing
that
a
committee
should
fight
out
the
question
vicariously
;
and
,
therefore
,
when
Mr.
Slowboy
seconded
the
amendment
,
it
was
carried
with
loud
acclamations
.
But
they
were
not
yet
out
of
the
wood
.
On
proceeding
to
nominate
members
of
the
committee
,
the
Unitarians
and
Quakers
claimed
to
be
represented
.
The
platform
and
the
meeting
were
by
the
ears
again
.
It
was
fiercely
contended
that
only
Evangelical
Christians
could
have
a
place
in
such
a
work
,
and
many
of
the
nominees
declared
that
they
would
not
sit
on
a
committee
with
—
well
,
some
curious
epithets
were
used
.
The
Unitarians
and
Quakers
took
their
stand
on
the
Catholic
principles
embodied
in
the
amendment
,
and
on
the
fact
that
Ginx
's
Baby
had
now
“
become
national
Protestant
property
.
”
Mr.
Cutwater
and
a
few
others
,
moved
by
the
scandal
of
the
dispute
,
interfered
,
and
the
committee
was
at
length
constituted
to
the
satisfaction
of
all
parties
.
It
was
to
be
called
“
The
Branch
Committee
of
the
Protestant
Detectoral
Union
for
promoting
the
Physical
and
Spiritual
Well-being
of
Ginx
's
Baby
.
”
A
fourth
resolution
was
adopted
,
“
That
the
subject
should
be
treated
in
the
Metropolitan
pulpits
on
the
next
Sabbath
,
and
a
collection
taken
up
in
the
various
churches
for
the
benefit
of
the
infant
.
”
This
promised
well
for
Master
Ginx
's
future
.
The
meeting
had
lasted
five
hours
,
and
while
they
were
discussing
him
the
child
grew
hungry
.
In
the
tumult
every
one
had
forgotten
the
subject
of
it
,
and
now
it
was
over
,
they
dispersed
without
thought
of
him
.
But
he
would
not
allow
those
near
him
at
all
events
to
overlook
his
presence
.
Some
,
foreseeing
that
awkwardness
was
impending
,
slipped
away
;
while
three
or
four
stayed
to
ask
what
was
to
be
done
with
him
.
“
Hand
him
over
to
the
custody
of
the
Chairman
,
”
said
a
Mr.
Dove
.
“
I
should
be
most
happy
,
”
said
he
,
smoothly
,
“
but
Mrs.
Trumpeter
is
out
of
town
.
Could
your
dear
wife
take
him
,
Mr.
Dove
?
”
Mr.
Dove
's
wife
was
otherwise
engaged
.
The
Secretary
was
unmarried
—
chambers
at
Nincome
's
Inn
.
In
the
midst
of
their
distress
a
woman
who
had
been
hanging
about
the
hall
near
the
platform
,
came
forward
and
offered
to
take
charge
of
him
,
“
for
the
sake
of
the
cause
.
”
Every
one
was
relieved
.
After
her
name
and
address
had
been
hastily
noted
,
the
Protestant
baby
was
placed
in
her
arms
.
My
Lord
Evergood
,
the
Chairman
,
the
clergy
,
the
Secretary
,
and
the
mob
went
home
rejoicing
.
Some
hours
after
,
Ginx
's
Baby
,
stripped
of
the
duchess
's
beautiful
robes
,
was
found
by
a
policeman
,
lying
on
a
doorstep
in
one
of
the
narrow
streets
,
not
a
hundred
yards
behind
the
Philopragmon
.
By
an
ironical
chance
he
was
wrapped
in
a
copy
of
the
largest
daily
paper
in
the
world
.
IX
.
—
Good
Samaritans
,
and
Good-Samaritan
Twopences
.
At
every
breakfast-table
in
town
next
morning
the
report
of
the
great
Protestant
meeting
was
read
,
and
a
further
report
,
in
leaded
type
,
of
the
discovery
of
Ginx
's
Baby
at
a
later
period
of
the
evening
by
a
policeman
.
A
pretty
comment
on
the
proceedings
!
The
Good
Samaritan
put
his
patient
on
his
ass
and
carried
him
to
an
inn
;
while
the
priest
and
the
Levite
,
though
the
latter
looked
at
him
,
at
least
let
him
alone
.
To
have
called
a
public
meeting
to
discuss
his
fate
before
deserting
him
,
would
have
been
a
refinement
of
inhumanity
.
The
committee
were
rather
ashamed
when
they
met
.
Instant
measures
were
taken
to
recover
the
child
and
place
him
in
good
hands
.
The
duchess
again
provided
baby-clothes
.
The
next
Sunday
sermons
were
preached
on
his
behalf
in
a
score
of
chapels
.
The
collections
amounted
to
L
800
,
a
sum
increased
by
donations
and
subscriptions
to
the
handsome
total
of
L
1360
10s
.
3
1
/
2d
.
It
will
be
seen
hereafter
what
the
committee
did
with
the
baby
,
but
I
happen
to
have
an
account
of
what
became
of
the
funds
.
They
were
spent
as
follows
,
according
to
a
balance
sheet
never
submitted
to
the
subscribers
:
—
Pounds
s.
d
.
Committee-rooms
...
...
...
...
.
45
0
0
2
Secretaries
employed
by
the
Committee
...
...
...
...
...
.
120
0
0
Agents
,
canvassing
,
etc
...
...
...
.
88
6
2
Printing
Notices
,
Placards
,
Pamphlets
,
a
“
Daily
Bulletin
of
Health
,
”
“
Life
of
Ginx
's
Baby
,
”
“
Protestant
Babyhood
,
a
Tale
,
”
“
The
Cradle
of
an
Infant
Martyr
,
”
“
A
Snatched
Brand
,
”
and
other
Works
issued
by
the
Committee
...
...
596
13
5
Advertisements
of
Meetings
,
Sermons
,
etc
...
...
...
...
...
261
1
1
Legal
Expenses
...
...
...
...
...
77
6
8
Stationery
...
...
...
...
...
.
35
10
0
Postage
,
Firing
,
and
Sundries
...
...
.
27
19
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Total
Pounds
1251
16
6
This
left
L
108
13s
.
9
1
/
2d
.
for
the
baby
's
keep
.
No
child
could
have
been
more
thoroughly
discussed
,
preached
and
written
about
,
advertised
,
or
advised
by
counsel
;
but
his
resources
dwindled
in
proportion
to
these
advantages
.
Benevolent
subscribers
too
seldom
examine
the
financial
items
of
a
report
:
had
any
who
contributed
to
this
fund
seen
the
balance
sheet
they
might
have
grudged
that
so
little
of
their
bounty
went
to
make
flesh
,
bone
,
and
comfort
for
the
object
of
it
.
A
cynic
would
tell
them
that
to
look
sharply
after
the
disposal
of
their
guerdon
was
half
the
gift
.
Their
indifference
was
akin
to
that
satirized
by
the
poet
—
“
Prodigus
et
stultus
dedit
quae
spernit
et
odit
.
”
In
an
age
of
luxury
we
are
grown
so
luxurious
as
to
be
content
to
pay
agents
to
do
our
good
deeds
for
us
;
but
they
charge
us
three
hundred
per
cent
.
for
the
privilege
.
X
.
—
The
Force
—
and
a
Specimen
of
its
Weakness
.
Ginx
's
baby
had
been
discovered
by
a
policeman
swaddled
in
a
penny
paper
,
distressingly
familiar
to
metropolitan
travellers
by
rail
.
To
omit
the
details
of
his
treatment
at
the
hands
of
that
great
institution
,
“
The
Force
,
”
would
be
invidious
.
The
member
thereof
who
fell
in
with
him
was
walking
a
back
street
,
sighting
doors
with
his
bull's-eye
.
He
was
provided
with
massive
boots
,
so
that
a
thief
could
hear
him
coming
a
hundred
yards
off
;
he
was
personally
tall
and
unwieldy
,
and
a
dexterous
commissioner
had
invented
a
dress
designed
to
enhance
these
qualities
—
a
heavy
coat
,
a
cart-horse
belt
,
and
a
round
cape
.
He
had
been
carefully
drilled
not
to
walk
more
than
three
miles
an
hour
.
He
was
not
a
little
startled
when
the
rays
of
his
lamp
fell
upon
a
struggling
newspaper
,
out
of
which
,
as
from
a
shell
,
came
mysterious
cries
.
He
took
up
a
corner
of
the
paper
and
peeped
in
upon
the
face
of
Ginx
's
Baby
;
then
he
occupied
a
quarter
of
an
hour
in
embarrassing
reflections
.
A
nearly
naked
child
crying
in
the
cold
ought
to
be
housed
as
soon
as
possible
,
but
X
99
was
ON
HIS
BEAT
,
and
those
magic
words
chained
him
to
certain
limits
.
This
,
of
course
,
was
the
rule
under
a
former
commissioner
,
and
every
one
knows
that
such
absurd
strategy
has
been
abolished
in
the
existing
regime
.
At
that
time
,
however
,
each
watchman
had
his
beat
,
to
leave
which
was
neglect
of
duty
,
except
with
a
prisoner
,
and
then
it
was
neglect
of
all
the
householders
within
the
magic
compass
.
Had
X
99
heard
the
baby
crying
across
the
street
,
which
was
part
of
the
beat
of
X
101
,
he
would
have
passed
on
with
a
cheery
heart
,
for
the
case
would
have
been
beyond
his
jurisdiction
.
Unhappily
the
baby
was
on
his
beat
,
and
he
was
delivered
from
the
temptation
of
transferring
it
to
the
other
by
the
appearance
of
X
101
's
bull's-eye
not
far
off
.
What
was
he
to
do
?
The
station
was
a
mile
away
—
the
inspector
would
not
arrive
for
an
hour
—
and
it
would
be
awkward
,
if
not
undignified
,
to
carry
on
his
rounds
a
shouting
baby
wrapped
in
the
largest
daily
paper
.
If
he
left
it
where
it
was
,
and
it
perished
,
he
might
be
charged
with
murder
.
He
was
at
his
wits
'
end
—
but
having
got
there
,
he
resolved
on
the
simplest
process
,
namely
to
carry
it
to
the
station
.
No
provision
was
made
by
the
regulations
of
the
force
to
protect
a
beat
casually
deserted
even
for
a
proper
purpose
.
Hence
,
while
X
99
was
absent
on
his
errand
of
mercy
,
the
valuable
shop
of
Messrs.
Trinkett
and
Blouse
,
ecclesiastical
tailors
,
was
broken
into
,
and
several
stoles
,
chasubles
,
altar-cloths
and
other
decorative
tapestries
were
appropriated
to
profane
uses
.
At
the
station
the
baby
was
disposed
of
according
to
rule
.
Due
entry
was
first
made
in
the
night-book
by
the
superintendent
of
all
the
particulars
of
his
discovery
.
Some
cold
milk
was
then
procured
and
poured
down
the
child
's
throat
.
Afterwards
,
wrapped
in
a
constable
's
cape
,
he
was
placed
in
a
cell
where
,
when
the
door
was
locked
,
he
could
not
disturb
the
guardians
of
the
peace
.
The
same
night
,
in
the
next
cell
,
an
innocent
gentleman
,
seized
with
an
apoplexy
in
the
street
but
entered
in
the
charge-sheet
as
drunk
and
incapable
,
died
like
a
dog
.
XI
.
—
The
Unity
of
the
Spirit
and
the
Bond
of
Peace
.
When
the
committee
met
,
every
one
discovered
his
incongruity
with
the
rest
.
Each
was
disposed
to
treat
Ginx
's
Baby
in
a
different
way
—
in
other
words
,
each
wished
to
reflect
the
views
of
his
particular
sect
on
the
object
of
their
charity
.
They
were
a
new
“
Evangelical
Alliance
,
”
agreed
only
in
hatred
to
Popery
.
Finding
at
their
first
meeting
that
the
discussion
needed
to
be
brought
into
a
focus
,
the
committee
appointed
three
of
their
number
to
draw
up
a
minute
of
the
matters
to
be
argued
.
This
committee
reported
that
there
arose
,
respecting
the
child
,
the
following
questions
:
—
“
I
.
As
touching
the
body
:
a
.
Wherewithal
he
should
be
fed
and
clothed
?
b
.
In
what
manner
and
fashion
that
should
be
done
?
II
.
As
touching
the
mind
and
spirit
:
a
.
Whether
he
should
be
educated
?
If
so
,
b
.
What
were
to
be
the
subjects
of
instruction
?
c
.
What
creed
,
if
any
,
should
be
primarily
taught
?
d
.
Should
he
be
further
baptized
?
If
so
,
1.
Into
what
communion
?
2.
By
what
ceremonial
?
”
This
programme
,
it
appeared
to
its
concoctors
,
embraced
everything
that
concerned
Ginx
's
Baby
except
his
death
by
the
act
of
God
or
the
Queen
's
enemies
.
No
sooner
was
the
report
made
than
adopted
.
Then
a
member
,
eager
for
the
fray
,
moved
the
postponement
of
the
first
division
of
questions
until
the
others
had
been
determined
.
Why
should
apostles
of
truth
trouble
themselves
to
serve
tables
?
These
were
very
subordinate
questions
to
them
—
though
,
I
think
,
of
first
importance
to
Ginx
's
Baby
.
It
was
decided
to
discuss
little
Ginx
's
future
before
considering
his
present
.
The
ball
was
opened
by
the
Venerable
Archdeacon
Hotten
,
who
,
amid
much
excitement
,
contended
that
from
the
earliest
buddings
of
thought
in
an
infant
mind
religion
should
be
engrafted
upon
it
;
there
could
be
no
education
worth
the
name
that
was
not
religious
.
That
with
the
A
should
be
taught
the
origin
,
and
with
the
Z
the
final
destiny
and
destruction
,
of
evil
.
To
separate
education
from
religion
was
to
clip
the
wings
of
the
heavenly
dove
.
He
asserted
that
the
committee
ought
at
once
to
have
the
child
baptized
in
Westminster
Abbey
,
though
he
was
rather
of
opinion
that
the
previous
baptism
was
canonically
valid
;
that
he
should
be
taught
the
truths
of
our
most
holy
faith
,
and
since
there
could
be
no
faith
without
a
creed
,
and
the
only
national
creed
was
that
of
the
Church
of
England
,
the
baby
should
be
handed
over
to
the
care
of
a
clergyman
,
and
then
be
sent
to
a
proper
religious
school
.
He
need
not
say
that
he
excluded
Rugby
under
its
then
profane
management
.
The
Church
was
,
however
,
divided
against
itself
,
for
the
Dean
of
Triston
said
he
would
give
more
latitude
than
his
very
reverend
brother
.
You
ought
not
to
define
in
an
infant
mind
a
rigid
outline
of
creed
.
In
fact
,
he
did
not
acknowledge
any
creed
,
he
was
not
obliged
to
by
law
and
was
disinclined
to
by
his
reason
.
He
would
rather
allow
the
inner
seeds
of
natural
light
—
the
glorious
all-pervading
efflorescence
of
the
Deity
in
all
men
's
hearts
,
to
grow
within
the
young
spirit
.
The
Dean
was
assuredly
vague
and
far
less
earnest
than
his
brother
cleric
.
The
“
Rev.
”
Mr.
Bumpus
,
Unitarian
,
met
the
suggestions
of
the
Archdeacon
with
the
scorn
they
merited
.
It
was
impossible
to
apply
to
a
representative
child
of
an
enlightened
age
theories
so
long
exploded
.
The
Dean
had
certainly
come
nearer
the
truth
with
that
broad
sympathy
for
which
he
was
noted
.
He
himself
proposed
that
the
child
should
be
made
a
model
nursling
of
the
liberalism
of
a
new
era
.
Old
things
were
passing
away
;
—
all
things
had
become
new
.
Creeds
were
the
discarded
banners
of
a
mediaeval
past
,
fit
only
to
be
hung
up
in
the
churches
,
and
looked
at
as
historic
monuments
;
never
more
to
be
flaunted
in
the
front
of
battle
!
The
education
of
the
day
was
that
which
taught
a
man
the
introspection
whereby
he
recognized
the
Divine
within
himself
—
under
any
aspect
,
under
any
tuition
,
whether
of
Brahma
,
Confucius
,
or
Christ
.
Truth
was
kaleidoscopic
,
and
varied
with
the
media
through
which
it
was
viewed
.
As
for
the
child
,
every
aspect
of
truth
and
error
should
be
allowed
to
play
upon
his
mind
.
Let
him
acquire
ordinary
school
learning
for
fifteen
years
,
and
then
send
him
to
the
London
University
.
Here
the
Chairman
,
and
half-a-dozen
members
of
the
committee
,
protested
that
the
said
University
was
a
school
of
the
devil
,
and
several
interchanges
of
discourtesy
took
place
.
Mr.
Shortt
,
M
.
P.
,
begged
to
suggest
,
as
a
matter
of
business
,
that
for
the
present
the
child
was
not
capable
of
receiving
any
ideas
whatever
,
and
might
die
,
or
prove
to
be
dumb
,
or
an
idiot
,
and
so
require
no
education
.
Ought
they
not
to
postpone
this
discussion
until
the
subject
was
old
enough
to
be
worth
consideration
?
It
was
Mr.
Shortt
's
habit
to
show
his
practical
vein
by
business-like
obstructions
of
this
kind
.
He
had
been
able
a
score
of
times
to
demonstrate
to
the
House
of
Commons
how
silly
it
was
to
consider
probabilities
.
In
fact
,
he
was
opposed
heart
and
soul
to
prophetic
legislation
;
he
would
live
,
legislatively
,
from
hand
to
mouth
.
But
the
committee
would
not
allow
Mr.
Shortt
to
run
away
with
the
bone
of
contention
.
The
Rev.
Dr.
M'Gregor
Lucas
,
of
the
National
Caledonian
Believers
,
had
been
silent
too
long
to
contain
himself
further
.
This
man
needs
some
particular
description
whenever
his
name
is
made
public
.
Nay
,
for
this
he
lives
,
and
by
it
,
some
think
.
At
all
events
,
he
appears
to
be
equally
eager
for
rebuke
and
applause
;
they
both
involve
notoriety
,
and
notoriety
is
sure
to
pay
.
Few
absurdities
had
been
overlooked
by
his
shallow
ingenuity
.
Simply
to
have
invested
his
limited
mental
endowments
in
trying
to
make
the
world
believe
him
a
genius
,
would
have
been
only
so
like
what
many
thousands
are
doing
as
to
have
absolved
him
from
too
harsh
a
judgment
;
but
he
traded
in
perilous
stuff
.
Cheap
prophecy
was
his
staple
.
It
was
his
wont
to
give
out
about
once
in
five
years
,
that
the
world
would
shortly
come
to
an
end
,
and
,
like
Mr.
Zadkiel
,
he
found
people
who
thought
their
inevitable
disappointment
a
proof
of
his
inspiration
.
Had
you
heard
the
honeyed
words
dropping
from
his
lips
,
you
would
have
taken
him
for
a
Scotch
angel
,
and
,
consequently
,
a
rarity
.
Could
such
lips
utter
harsh
sayings
,
or
distil
vanities
?
Show
him
a
priest
,
and
you
would
hear
!
The
Pope
was
his
particular
born
foe
;
Popery
his
enemies
'
country
—
so
he
said
.
It
was
safe
for
him
to
stand
and
throw
his
darts
.
No
one
could
say
whether
they
hit
or
did
not
;
while
most
spectators
had
the
good
will
to
hope
that
they
did
.
How
he
would
have
lived
if
Daniel
and
St.
John
had
dreamed
no
dreams
,
one
cannot
conjecture
.
As
it
was
,
they
provided
the
doctor
with
endless
openings
for
his
fancy
.
Since
no
one
could
solve
the
riddle
of
their
prophecies
,
it
was
certain
that
no
one
could
disprove
his
solutions
.
Yet
these
came
so
often
to
their
own
disproof
by
lapse
of
time
,
that
I
can
only
think
that
the
good
doctor
hoped
to
die
before
his
critical
periods
came
,
or
was
so
clever
as
to
trust
the
infallibility
of
human
weakness
.
I
describe
Dr.
Lucas
at
so
great
a
length
,
because
it
will
be
easier
and
more
edifying
to
the
reader
to
conceive
what
he
said
,
than
for
me
to
recount
it
.
He
showed
the
Baby
to
be
one
of
seven
mysteries
.
He
was
in
favor
of
teaching
him
at
once
to
hate
idolatry
,
music
,
crosses
,
masses
,
nuns
,
priests
,
bishops
,
and
cardinals
.
The
“
humanities
,
”
the
Shorter
Catechism
,
the
Confession
of
Faith
,
and
“
The
whole
Duty
of
Man
,
”
would
,
in
his
opinion
,
be
the
books
to
lay
the
groundwork
in
the
child
's
mind
of
a
Christian
character
of
the
highest
type
.
Mr.
Ogle
,
M
.
P.
,
here
vigorously
intervened
.
Said
he
:
—
“
I
ca
n't
,
with
all
deference
,
agree
to
any
of
these
suggestions
.
They
involve
hand-to-hand
fighting
over
this
baby
's
body
.
No
one
of
us
is
entitled
to
take
charge
of
him
.
Else
why
did
we
all
unite
to
rescue
him
from
the
nunnery
?
He
will
be
torn
to
pieces
among
contending
divines
!
I
think
a
purely
secular
education
is
all
that
as
a
committee
we
should
aim
at
.
We
have
,
but
just
withdrawn
the
child
from
the
shadow
of
a
single
ecclesiastical
influence
—
would
you
transfer
it
to
another
?
Every
Protestant
denomination
is
contributing
to
his
support
,
how
can
you
devote
their
gifts
to
rearing
him
for
one
?
You
would
have
no
peace
;
better
at
once
treat
him
as
the
man
of
Benjamin
treated
his
wife
,
cut
him
up
into
enough
pieces
to
send
to
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
,
summoning
them
to
the
fight
.
I
say
we
have
nothing
to
do
with
this
just
now
;
let
him
be
educated
in
a
secular
academy
,
and
let
each
sect
be
free
to
send
its
agents
to
instruct
him
out
of
school
hours
as
they
please
.
”
The
Rev.
Theodoret
Verity
,
M.A.
,
rose
in
anger
.
“
Surely
,
sir
,
you
cannot
seriously
propound
such
a
scheme
!
Would
you
leave
this
precious
waif
to
be
buffeted
between
the
contending
waves
of
truth
and
error
,
in
the
vague
hope
that
by
some
lucky
wind
he
might
finally
be
cast
upon
a
rock
of
safety
?
I
protest
against
all
these
educational
heresies
—
they
are
redolent
of
brimstone
.
Truth
is
truth
,
or
there
is
none
at
all
.
If
there
be
any
,
it
is
our
duty
to
impart
it
to
this
immortal
at
the
outset
of
his
existence
.
Secular
education
!
What
do
you
mean
by
it
?
Who
shall
sever
one
question
from
another
,
and
call
one
secular
and
the
other
religious
?
Is
not
every
relation
and
every
truth
in
some
way
or
other
connected
with
religion
?
”
etc.
etc.
Mr.
Verity
has
been
saying
the
same
thing
any
time
these
forty
years
.
“
Forgive
me
,
”
replied
Mr.
Ogle
,
“
if
I
say
that
this
is
very
vague
talking
.
I
have
not
proposed
to
sever
one
question
from
another
.
I
only
propose
to
do
in
a
different
way
that
which
is
being
done
now
by
the
most
rigid
of
Mr.
Verity
's
friends
.
It
is
impossible
to
comprehend
what
is
meant
by
such
a
statement
as
that
every
truth
is
somehow
connected
with
religion
.
It
may
be
that
the
notion
—
if
it
really
is
not
,
as
I
suspect
it
to
be
,
mere
verbiage
and
clap-trap
,
used
by
certain
fools
to
mislead
others
—
means
that
there
is
some
such
coherency
between
all
truths
as
there
is
,
for
instance
,
between
the
elements
of
the
body
.
I
would
admit
that
,
but
is
not
blood
a
different
and
perfectly
severable
thing
from
bone
?
Each
has
its
place
,
office
,
relation
.
But
who
would
say
that
one
could
not
be
regarded
by
a
physicist
in
the
largest
variety
of
its
aspects
apart
from
the
other
?
Yet
the
physicist
comes
back
again
to
consider
with
respect
to
each
its
relations
to
all
the
rest
!
The
separate
study
has
rather
prepared
him
for
more
profound
insight
into
those
relations
.
Thus
it
is
with
the
body
of
truth
.
In
spite
of
Mr.
Verity
I
affirm
that
there
are
truths
that
have
not
in
themselves
any
element
of
religion
whatever
.
The
forty-seventh
proposition
of
Euclid
will
be
taught
by
a
Jesuit
precisely
as
it
is
taught
in
the
London
University
;
geography
will
affirm
certain
principles
and
designate
places
,
rivers
,
mountains
—
that
no
faith
can
remove
and
cast
into
unknown
seas
.
These
subjects
and
others
are
taught
in
our
most
bigoted
schools
in
separate
hours
and
relations
from
religion
.
What
then
do
you
mean
by
affirming
that
there
can
be
no
secular
education
of
this
child
—
apart
from
religious
teaching
?
We
are
not
likely
to
agree
,
if
I
may
judge
from
what
I
have
seen
,
on
any
one
method
of
religious
instruction
for
it
,
therefore
I
wish
first
to
fix
common
bounds
within
which
our
common
benevolence
may
work
.
Well
,
we
all
go
to
the
Bible
.
We
agree
that
between
its
covers
lies
religious
truth
somewhere
.
If
you
like
let
him
have
that
—
and
let
him
have
some
kindly
and
holy
influences
about
him
in
the
way
of
practice
and
example
,
such
as
many
of
our
sects
can
supply
many
instances
of
.
Give
him
no
catechism
—
let
him
read
a
creed
in
our
daily
life
.
The
articles
of
faith
strongest
in
his
soul
will
be
those
which
have
crystallized
there
from
the
combined
action
of
truth
and
experience
,
and
not
as
it
were
been
pasted
on
its
walls
by
ecclesiastical
bill-posters
.
'
What
is
truth
?
'
he
must
ask
and
answer
for
himself
,
as
we
all
must
do
before
God
.
Do
n't
mistake
me
;
I
hope
I
am
not
more
indifferent
to
religion
than
any
here
present
—
but
I
differ
from
them
on
the
best
method
of
imbuing
the
mind
and
heart
with
it
.
Surely
we
need
not
,
we
cannot
—
it
would
be
an
exquisite
absurdity
—
pass
a
resolution
in
this
committee
that
the
child
is
to
be
a
Calvinist
!
Who
then
would
agree
to
secure
him
from
any
taint
of
Arminian
heresy
in
years
to
come
?
Dare
you
even
resolve
that
he
shall
be
a
Christian
and
a
Protestant
!
I
would
not
insure
the
risk
.
But
,
with
so
many
of
Christ
's
followers
about
me
,
surely
,
surely
without
providing
any
ecclesiastical
mechanism
,
there
will
be
testified
to
him
simply
how
he
may
be
saved
.
Your
prayers
,
your
visits
,
your
kindly
moral
influence
and
talk
,
your
living
example
of
a
goodness
derived
not
from
dogmas
but
from
affectionate
following
of
a
holy
pattern
and
trust
in
revealed
mercies
,
your
pointing
to
that
pattern
and
showing
the
daily
passage
of
these
mercies
will
prompt
his
search
after
the
truth
that
has
made
you
what
you
are
.
Let
some
good
woman
do
for
him
a
mother
's
part
,
but
choose
her
for
her
general
goodness
and
not
for
the
dogmas
of
her
church
.
The
simpler
her
piety
the
better
for
him
I
should
say
!
”
This
straightforward
speech
fell
like
a
new
apple
of
discord
in
the
midst
of
the
committee
.
Angry
knots
were
formed
,
and
the
noble
chairman
found
that
he
could
not
restore
order
.
An
adjournment
was
agreed
to
.
Luckily
for
the
body
of
Ginx
's
Baby
,
he
had
been
meanwhile
sent
to
a
home
where
Protestant
money
secured
to
him
for
the
time
good
living
,
while
his
benefactors
were
discussing
what
to
do
with
his
soul
.
Surely
,
it
were
no
impertinence
to
interrupt
this
history
and
advert
to
the
fact
,
that
,
in
the
discussion
just
related
,
every
one
was
to
some
extent
right
and
to
some
extent
agreed
.
That
religious
teaching
was
due
to
an
immortal
spirit
—
some
notion
and
evidence
of
the
Divine
and
the
Great
Hereafter
to
be
conveyed
to
it
—
scarce
was
disputed
.
Nor
was
there
collision
over
the
necessity
of
what
is
called
intellectual
cultivation
.
The
boy
must
be
taught
something
of
the
world
in
which
he
was
to
live
;
nay
,
this
latter
knowledge
seemed
to
be
most
immediately
practical
.
As
each
disputant
fixed
his
eye
on
one
or
the
other
aim
that
end
appeared
to
him
to
be
the
most
important
.
Hence
,
by
a
natural
lapse
,
they
came
to
treat
subjects
as
antagonistic
which
were
,
in
fact
,
parallel
and
quite
consistent
.
The
one
called
the
others
godless
—
the
others
threw
back
the
aspersion
of
bigotry
.
Then
came
complication
.
What
was
“
religion
?
”
Intellectual
culture
they
could
agree
about
—
it
embraced
well-known
areas
;
but
this
religion
divided
itself
into
many
disputable
fields
.
These
brother
Protestants
were
like
country
neighbors
who
must
encounter
each
other
at
fairs
,
markets
,
meets
,
and
balls
,
and
smile
and
greet
,
though
each
,
at
heart
,
is
looking
savagely
at
the
other
's
landmarks
,
and
most
are
very
likely
fighting
bitter
lawsuits
all
the
while
.
It
was
because
religion
meant
CREED
to
most
members
of
the
committee
,
and
because
it
so
implies
to
the
vast
bodies
they
represented
,
that
they
could
not
come
to
terms
about
Ginx
's
Baby
or
any
other
infantile
immortal
.
Not
always
,
perhaps
,
but
often
,
they
fought
for
futile
distinctions
.
Had
Mahomet
's
creed
consisted
of
but
one
article
,
There
is
one
God
,
the
blood
of
many
nations
might
never
have
given
testimony
against
the
creed
they
resented
when
to
it
he
tacked
and
Mahomet
is
His
prophet
.
Could
Protestants
but
consent
to
agree
in
their
agreement
and
peacefully
differ
in
their
petty
differences
,
how
would
the
aggregated
impulse
of
a
simple
faith
roll
down
before
it
all
the
impediments
of
error
!
When
Ginx
