36 PEEP AT OUR NEIGHBORS.

to teach them everything. But what he
did try to do, he did, and did well. I
don’t remember ever hearing him dis-
course to us about the “ determination
of the will,’’ much less of « volition.”? I
am quite sure he never tried to enlighten
us in the mysteries of «innate ideas,” or
the ‘vicarious nature of Christ’s sacri-
fice,” or ‘retributive justice,” or the
‘* divine essence.”

What could we have understood of
these things, if he had talked about them
until he made himself hoarse 2 Why
should children be expected to under-
stand such things, any better than they
could the * differential and integral cal-