I had a longing for ritual, something I could cling to, a routine to make me feel well and contented. I hoped that reading Bible commentaries and theological critiques would nudge me closer to some kind of absolute that I could hold up as a torch to light my way.
“Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.”
“There is nothing which any way pertaineth to the worship of God left to the determination of human laws.”