HAVE YOU A LEGAL MIND?
By Dr. S. M. Buckley
"I HAVE a legal mind," said a young man to his mother, who had earned the money to educate him, "and therefore cannot believe in Christianity." So? Sir Matthew Hale, and Lord Bacon, and Sir William Blackstone found no difficulty. Several of the greatest lawyers in this and neighboring States are the most devout believers. Hon. Luther Day, LL.D., ex-Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, died at his residence at Ravenna, Ohio. His last words were: "I am not afraid to die; yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil." This was the passage in which Daniel Webster sought for comfort when the splendor of his career passed under the shadow of the grave. Young man, have you a legal mind? If you have, and cannot believe the gospel, the trouble is not with your mind, but with your heart.—Dr. S. M. Buckley, in Christian Thought.