SOPHRON AND NEOLOGUS;

OR,

Common Sense Philosophy.

BY THE

REV. WILLIAM GRESLEY, M.A.,

PREBENDARY OF LICHFIELD,

AND INCUMBENT OF ALL SAINTS', BOYNE HILL.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY JOSEPH MASTERS AND CO.,

ALDERSGATE STREET.

Our wayward intellect, the more we learn
Of Nature, overlooks her Author more;
From instrumental causes proud to draw
Conclusion retrograde, and mad mistake:
But if His Word once teach us-shoot a ray
Through all the heart's dark chambers, and reveal
Truth undiscerned but by this holy light;

Then all is plain."

COWPER.

[Sophron is writing in his library-Neologus is announced. After friendly salutations they begin to converse.]

Sophron. Well, my good friend, I am glad to see you safe in Old England. When did you return from Germany?

Neologus. About three months ago, after an absence of nearly ten years.

1 Sophron means "sound in mind;" Neologus, "of new opinions."

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