58.] "A profound reconstruction is demanded," he says, "and for those who have eyes to see has been already for some time in progress.

The new type of Christianity will be more Christian than the old, because it will be more moral.

A number of unworthy beliefs about God are being tacitly dropped, and they are so treated because they are unworthy of Him." He sees the future of Christianity as a deep moral and spiritual power in the hearts and minds of men who have at length learned the value of the new currency, and have exchanged profession for experience.
But this Erasmus, far more learned than the other, and with a courage which far exceeds the other's, and with an impatience of nature, an irritability of mind, which the other seldom knew, is nevertheless patient of change.

He does not lead as decisively as he might.

He does not strike as often as he should at the head of error.