31 October–6 November 1831

God is not in a hurry. Don't be impatient of riding in a stage coach and talking less religiously than the orthodox passenger, and wish yourself shown to them doing something, because you would act as a religious being, though it is not in you to talk after their manner. God will pro- vide opportunities. Calmly wait. Now is an op- portunity. You can't be true to their principles, but you can to yours now in sitting with them. Your understanding of religion is that it is doing right from a right motive. Stick to that mighty sense. Don't affect the use of an adverb or an epithet more than belongs to the feeling you have.

Friday.