Life and letters of Phillips Brooks . med me for halfof the time that I am to be in Philadelphia. But I thank youjust as truly as if I had been able to come and break all yourchoicest furniture, and drink all your rarest wines. You do notknow what you escape by my being unable to do the temptingthing which you propose. Think of what your house would havehad to undergo after we left it! You would have found frag-ments of broken dogmas under the chair cushions, and skeletonsof sermons in all your best-worn closets. No, my dear Weir, Imust not put your friendship to this test, and, besides, Coope
Life and letters of Phillips Brooks . med me for halfof the time that I am to be in Philadelphia. But I thank youjust as truly as if I had been able to come and break all yourchoicest furniture, and drink all your rarest wines. You do notknow what you escape by my being unable to do the temptingthing which you propose. Think of what your house would havehad to undergo after we left it! You would have found frag-ments of broken dogmas under the chair cushions, and skeletonsof sermons in all your best-worn closets. No, my dear Weir, Imust not put your friendship to this test, and, besides, Cooperand McVickar are expecting me. But I do thank you and yourwife with all my heart. And I am so sorry that I shall not see you on my visit. Iwant to get you by the hand, and it must not be long after myreturn before you give me the chance. Ever affectionately yours, P. B. A few extracts from Mr. Brookss note-book will close thestory of his eventful stay in England. They were written onshipboard as he was returning to America. / ! ( ft. TKINITY CHlKCH. EAST jet. 47] ENGLAND 439 The change to the later side of life marked, like the changefrom the northern to the southern hemisphere by the sight of newconstellations, motives, hopes, dreams, and fears. Sermon on some such text as I will praise my God while Ihave my being. The subject of the true temper of the religiouslife. Nature of temper in general, — distinct from principle,belief, or actions. The clear recognizableness of it in peoplesthoughts. The atmosphere or aroma of a life; the frequentidea of irresponsibility for temper; value of heredity. Peopletalk as if it were just discovered. Moses, from fathers to chil-dren. The beauty of such connection with all its frequenttragicalness. The religious temperament is a mingled one, yet a true unity:anxiety, yet carelessness; self-care, yet self-forgetfulness, — allresulting in a sort of serious joyousness which is in Jesus, Paul, Luther. This filling and not de
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