Where it was, or what it was, he knew not,
nor exactly what it would do next, but he knew exceedingly well that
go where he would it was undermining him; that it was too persistent
for him; that Christina and Charlotte liked it a great deal better
than he did, and that it could end in nothing but Rome. Easter
decorations indeed! Christmas decorations- in reason- were proper
enough, but Easter decorations! well, it might last his time.
This was the course things had taken in the Church of England during
the last forty years. The set has been steadily in one direction. A
few men who knew what they wanted made catspaws of the Christinas
and the Charlottes, and the Christinas and the Charlottes made
catspaws of the Mrs. Goodhews and the old Miss Wrights, and the Mrs.
Goodhews and old Miss Wrights told the Mr. Goodhews and young Miss
Wrights what they should do, and when the Mr. Goodhews and the young
Miss Wrights did it the little Goodhews and the rest of the
spiritual flock did as they did, and the Theobalds went for nothing;
step by step, day by day, year by year, parish by parish, diocese by
diocese this was how it was done. And yet the Church of England
looks with no friendly eyes upon the theory of Evolution or Descent
with Modification.
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