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"Am I impious to say that the language used in Scripture for Christ's expresses the thoughts of my soul?
Oh, could we but understand that the kingdom of heaven is always _at hand_ to the discerner, and that God calls upon all to 'Repent, for ye shall not all disappear until it shall open.

This generation shall not pass away.'" Then follows a page of philosophizing on time and eternity, immensity and space, and "monads who may develop or fulfil their destiny in other worlds than this," a reminiscence, perhaps, of the lectures on such topics at which Mr.Curtis says Isaac used to "look in," hoping to "find an answer to his questions." Such speculations are a trait throughout the diary, though they are everywhere subordinate to the practical ends which dominantly interest him.

A day or two later comes a passage, already given in a preceding chapter, in reference to certain prophetic dreams which it has been given him to see realized.

And at once this follows: "April 24, Noon .-- The Catholic Church alone seems to satisfy my wants, my faith, life, soul.