But  I  will  not  attempt  to  enumerate  the  external  evi-
dences, which  gradually  overcame  my  objective  difficul-
ties. As  I  continued  to  study  the  sacred  oracles,  their
intrinsic  excellence,  and  transcendent  sublimity  and
divinity,  were  increasingly  manifest ;  and  I  became
more  and  more  penetrated  with  the  assurance  of  their


OR,    HIGHER   THAN   HAPPINESS.  369

celestial  origin.     These  convictions,  however,  were  of
of  the  reason,  rather  than  of  the  heart.
