The cardinal-flower probably open to-day. The quails are heard whistling this morning near the village.
It would be well if the false preacher of Christianity were always met and balked by a superior, more living and elastic faith in his audience; just as some missionaries in India are balked by the easiness with which the Hindoos believe every word of the miracles and prophecies, being only surprised “that they are so much less wonderful than those of their own scripture, which also they implicitly believe.”
