I said to myself, in bitterness and anger, 'How dare a watchman on the walls of Zion point to an enemy afar off, of whose movements and power and organization he knows but little, while the very gates of the city are being stormed and its walls broken down ?' But you must excuse me, Mr.
Dinneford.

I lose my calmness sometimes when these things crowd my thoughts too strongly.

I am human like the rest, and weak, and cannot stand in the midst of this terrible wickedness and suffering year after year without being stirred by it to the very inmost of my being.

In my intense absorption I can see nothing else sometimes." He paused for a little while, and then said, in a quiet, business way, "In seeking a remedy for the condition of society found here, we must let common sense and a knowledge of human nature go hand in hand with Christian charity.

To ignore any of these is to make failure certain.