"How could they, when,
from the very making of the world, they have been going on
changing and changing, hardly ever even seeming to standstill?"
"You frighten me, Mary! You will do something terrible in my
house, and I shall get the blame of it!" said Hesper, laughing.
But she did in truth feel a little uncomfortable. The shadow of
dismay, a formless apprehension overclouded her. Mary's words
recalled sentiments which at home she had heard alluded to with
horror; and, however little parents may be loved or respected by
their children, their opinions will yet settle, and, until they
are driven out by better or worse, will cling.
"When I tell you what I was really thinking of, you will not be
alarmed at my opinions," said Mary, not laughing now, but smiling
a deep, sweet smile; "I do not believe there ever will be any
settlement of things but one; they can not and must not stop
changing, until the kingdom of heaven is come. Into that they
must change, and rest."
"You are leaving politics for religion now, Mary. That is the one
fault I have to find with you--you won't keep things in their own
places! You are always mixing them up--like that Mrs.--what's her
name?--who will mix religion and love in her novels, though
everybody tells her they have nothing to do with each other! It
is so irreverent!"
"Is it irreverent to believe that God rules the world he made,
and that he is bringing things to his own mind in it?"
"You can't persuade me religion means turning things upside
down.
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