ends, and His Times_, by J.C.
Colquhoun, p. 102.]

[Footnote 830: Sir James Stephen, _Essays in Ecclesiastical Biography_.]

[Footnote 831: 'Mr. Wilberforce's "Practical View,"' writes Thomas
Scott, 'is a most noble and manly stand for the Gospel; full of good
sense and most useful observations on subjects quite out of our line,
and in all respects fitted for usefulness; and coming from such a man,
it will probably be read by many thousands who can by no means be
brought to attend either to our preaching or writings, especially the
rich.'--_Life of T. Scott_, 311.]

[Footnote 832: Newton's 'Letters to a Nobleman,' published in his works,
were addressed to Lord Dartmouth.]

[Footnote 833: See _Life and Correspondence of Mrs. Hannah More_, by W.
Roberts, Esq., i. 395. The _Quarterly Review_ vehemently combated the
notion of Dr. Johnson's conversion. In reference to the passage in
Roberts' _Life of H. More_, it said, 'This attempt to persuade us that
Dr. Johnson's mind was not made up as to the great fundamental doctrine
of the Christian religion, until it was enforced on him _in extremis_ by
sectarian or Methodistical zeal, cannot redound to the credit of Mr.
Roberts' understanding,' &c. Those who care to enter into this bygone
controversy may be referred to the _Christian Observer_ for May 1843,
pp. 281-287.]

[Footnote 834: One of Newton's bon-mots was, 'The place of honour in an
army is not with the baggage or among the women.']

[Footnote 835: See one of Newton's characteristically tender and
sympathetic letters in answer to Hannah More's description of her
spiritual state: 'What you are pleased to say, my dear madam, of the
state of your mind, I understand perfectly well; I praise God on your
behalf, and I hope I shall earnestly pray for you. I have stood upon
that ground myself. I see what you want, to set you quite at ease; and
though _I_ cannot give it you, I trust that He who has already taught
you what to desire will in His own best time do everything for you and
in you which is necessary to make you as happy as is compatible with our
present state of infirmity and warfare; but He must be waited _on_ and
waited _for_, to do this.' Hannah More had before this expressed her
liking for Newton's 'Cardiphonia, though not for every sentiment or
expression which it contains.' See Roberts' _Life_, i. 236.]

[Footnote 836: Roberts, ii. 260.]

[Footnote 837: See _Life of H. More_, by H. Thompson, p. 81.]