She wished to inspire her with religion, and not enforce it upon her.

Full of good sense and toleration, she left her with confidence to her reason, and sought neither to repress nor dry up the sap which would hereafter produce its fruit in her heart.

A servile, not voluntary religion, appeared to her degradation and slavery which God could not accept as a tribute worthy of him.

The pensive mind of her daughter naturally tended towards the great objects of eternal happiness or misery, and she was sure, at an earlier age than any other, to plunge deeply into their mysteries.

The reign of sentiment began in her through the love of God.