Thomas Chalmers : a biographical study . ? Their brethren have done it in old Scot-land—do it still in Norway, and sundry othercountries. But we shudder at the same timeto think of certain alternatives connected withthis forcible abstaining from marriage, AvhichChalmers has shrunk from discussing, and wemust all for the present shrink from. Theremust surely be some pitrer, loftier solution yetawaiting us than this—the ossification of theyouthful heart—the murder of lawful love. Iturn from the mystery, having no present callto pursue it. I cannot solve it; then why hangover it in despair ? I dr
Thomas Chalmers : a biographical study . ? Their brethren have done it in old Scot-land—do it still in Norway, and sundry othercountries. But we shudder at the same timeto think of certain alternatives connected withthis forcible abstaining from marriage, AvhichChalmers has shrunk from discussing, and wemust all for the present shrink from. Theremust surely be some pitrer, loftier solution yetawaiting us than this—the ossification of theyouthful heart—the murder of lawful love. Iturn from the mystery, having no present callto pursue it. I cannot solve it; then why hangover it in despair ? I drop the curtain with POLITICAL REVOLUTION. the sentiment which Chalmers himself hasuttered at the close of the preface to his work:— May God of His infinite mercy grant, thatwhatever the coming changes in the state andhistory of this nation may be, they shall not bethe result of a sweeping and headlong anarchy ;but rather, in the pacific march of improvement,may they anticipate this tremendous evil, andavert it from our borders!. XVII. HOME HEATHENISM, I HALMERS, in 1833-4, was residing^^ in^ Forres Street, Edinburgh, not far^^;^^§ii from the line of the Great NorthRoad by Queensferry. In his walks out tothe country in that direction, he would oftencross the lofty and spacious Dean Bridge, thennewly erected,—the latest wonder in Edinburgh,—spanning the ravine through which, far below,foams the Water of Leith, turbid and brawling,and laden with pollution. From this elevationhe would look down upon the village of theWater of Leith, — almost sunk out of sightand sound of the world, though within a fewhundred paces of the metropolis, — antiquatedand decayed ; cooped within steep narrow pre-cipices ; with tall gaunt chimneys, untenanted 22G HOME HEATHENISM. 227 and crumbling granaries, rough dirty streets,miserable hovels into which every element ofheaven may enter; with scarce any sign of lifeor action, except two or three lounging figures,the noise and froth o
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