Naturally, therefore, the phrase has been a good deal

discussed. Quite lately Dr. Robertson Nicoll has directed attention

to the phrase, and he has taken it as a text of a remarkable

discourse upon the 'Renascence of Wonder in Religion.' I am tempted

to quote some of his words:-Amongst the Logia recently discovered by the explorers of the Egypt

Fund, there is one of which part was already known to have occurred

in the Gospel according to the Hebrews. It runs as follows:--'Let

not him that seeketh cease from his search until he find, and when

he finds he shall wonder: wondering he shall reach the kingdom, and

when he reaches the kingdom he shall have rest.'...We believe that

Butler was one of the first to share in the Renascence of Wonder,

which was the renascence of religion....Men saw once more the

marvel of the universe and the romance of man's destiny. They

became aware of the spiritual world, of the supernatural, of the

lifelong struggle of the soul, of the power of the unseen.

The words quoted by Dr. Nicoll might very appropriately be used as a

motto for Aylwin and also for its sequel The Coming of

Love: Rhona Boswells Story.



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