The house was now so full and so still that a sigh could be heard; and when a group from the street pushed noisily in, and stood by the entrance, impatient expressions leaped from pew to pew. Bayard looked up at the disturbance. There by the green baize doors stood the Italian, Job Slip, and the young fellow (with the eyebrows) who did not drink, two or three other spectators of the fight, and the girl in the reefer. An uninvited delegation from Angel Alley, these children of the devil had crept among those godly men and women, and stared about. “A circumstance,” complained Mr. Hermon Worcester afterwards to Professor Carruth, “which might not happen on such an occasion in our New England churches once in twenty years.” Bayard had been singularly gentle and patient with his tormentors up to this moment. But now he gathered himself, and fought for his life like a man. Brand after brand, the inventions of theology were flung hissing upon him. Did he believe that heathen, unacquainted with Christ, were saved? What did he hold became of the souls of those who died in infancy? If they happened to be born dead, what was their fate? Explain his views on the doctrine of Justification by Faith. State explicitly his conception of the Trinity. Had none? Ah--ah! Were the three Persons in the Trinity separate as qualities or as natures? Did not _know_? Ah--ah. State the precise nature, province, and character of each Person. Did not feel qualified to do so? Ha--hum. What was the difference between Arianism and Socinianism? Did the Son exist coördinate with, and yet subordinate to the Father? What is the distinction between the attributes and the faculties of the Deity? Did an impenitent person ever pray? Describe the doctrine of Free Will. Is a sinner ever able to repent, of his own choice? Is he punished for not being able to do so? Is the human race responsible for the guilt of Adam? Why not? Explain the process of sanctification, and the exact province of the Holy Spirit. Carefully elucidate your views on Total Depravity. Could a man--did we understand you?--become regenerate without waiting for the compelling action of the Holy Spirit? Is there any Scriptural ground for belief in the possibility of a second probation? What? Please repeat that reply. Did not the first sin of a child justly expose him to eternal punishment? _What?_ At this point in the trial, Bayard was acutely conscious of the controlled voice of Professor Carruth, who had asked no question up to that moment. Dear old Professor! he was trying to haul his favorite student out of the fire before it was too late. “But,” he asked gently, “is not one act of sin an infinite wrong?” “I believe it is; or it may reasonably become so.” “Is it not a wrong committed against an Infinite Being?” “Yes, sir, it is.” “Does not an infinite wrong committed against an Infinite Being deserve an infinite punishment?” pleaded the Professor of Theology.