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 humor. Self-wise or  purse-proud,  they  think  the Church should  come  out  to  them,  strain  her  dogmas and discipline  to  suit  their  advanced  ideas  and  lofty station, invoke  her  God  for  them  in  polished  phrases, and remove  their  moral  leprosies  by  some  means more dramatic  than  the  humble  confessional  and  the prosy devotions  of  the  vulgar  herd. Are not  the rivers of  Syria  better  than  all  the  waters  of  Israel? Are not,  say  they,  the  cultivation  of  the  arts  and sciences and  of  letters  and  a  high  standard  of  culture more conducive  to  morality  than  the  Church's  tedious rites and  ceremonies? Thus they  would  fain  accept the essentials  of  religion  without  its  accessories,  and dictate to  the  Church  and  to  the  Lord  which  shall  be and  which  shall  not  be  the  channels  of  His  grace. They err,  being  wise  in  their  own  conceits,  for  says Samuel: "  The  Lord  came,  and  a  great  wind  rent  the mountains  before  Him,  but  the  Lord  was  not  in  the wind;  and  after  the  wind  an  earthquake,  but  the  Lord was  not  in  the  earthquake;  and  after  the  earthquake, a  fire,  but  the  Lord  was  not  in  the  fire;  and  after  the fire,  a  still  small  voice  and  the  Voice  was  the  Lord." Just such  a  voice  came  to  Naaman,  now  grown  calm, when one  of  his  officers  approaching  said:  "  Master, had  the  prophet  asked  something  great  of  thee,  all thy  treasure,  or  some  great  achievement,  thou  hadst complied;  why  not  do  the  little  he  asks?" It was the expression  of  his  own  better  afterthought,  and immediately turning  he  rode  to  the  Jordan,  where having washed  seven  times,  his  flesh  was  cleansed  and restored as  the  flesh  of  a  little  child. So, too,  sanctity