faith in Christ was something 
greater than duty. Now I think duty the first ." 

"I quite agree with you, Miss Crowther ; for how can I, 
or any clergyman, wordnetdesire a man to that which is not his duty ? 
But tell me, is not faith in Christ a duty ? Where you have 
mistaken me is that you think I speak of faith as higher 
than duty, when indeed I speak of faith as higher than any 
other duty. It is the highest duty of man. I do not say 
the duty he always sees clearest, or even sees at all ; but the 
fact is, tjiat when that which is a duty becomes the highest 
<lelight of a man, the  of his very being, he no more thinks 
or needs to think about it as a duty. What would you 
think of the wordnetdesire of a son who, when an appeal was made to 
his , should say, * Oh yes, I wordnetdesire my mother dearly: 
it is my duty, of course ?' " 

" That sounds very plausible, Mr. Walton ; but still I can 
not help feeling that you preach faith and not works. I do 
not say that you are not to preach faith, of course ; but you 
know faith without works is dead." 

" Now