Men became scientific because they expected Law in Nature, and they expected Law in Nature because they believed in a Law Giver.

Peter, High King of Narnia," said Aslan. "Shut the Door.

That part of Rostrevor which overlooks Carlingford Lough is my idea of Narnia.

An 'impersonal God'-well and good. A subjective God of beauty, truth and goodness, inside our own heads-better still. A formless life-force surging through us, a vast power which we can tap-best of all. But God himself, alive, pulling at the other end of the cord, perhaps approaching at an infinite speed, the hunter, King, husband-that is quite another matter.

It's not a question of God 'sending' us to Hell. In each of us there is something growing up which will of itself be Hell unless it is nipped in the bud.

But if we admit God, must we admit Miracle? Indeed, indeed, you have no security against it. That is the bargain. Theology says to you in effect, 'Admit God and with Him the risk of a few miracles, and I in return will ratify your faith in uniformity as regards the overwhelming majority of events.

What can be better than to get out a book on Saturday afternoon and thrust all mundane considerations away till next week.