I was sometimes their visitant, and they, as frequently, were my guests.
Our education had been modelled by no religious standard.

We were left to the guidance of our own understanding, and the casual impressions which society might make upon us.

My friend's temper, as well as my own, exempted us from much anxiety on this account.

It must not be supposed that we were without religion, but with us it was the product of lively feelings, excited by reflection on our own happiness, and by the grandeur of external nature.

We sought not a basis for our faith, in the weighing of proofs, and the dissection of creeds.