CHAPTER III

THE SPIRITUAL LIFE

Dejection. Friendship with Miss Nicholson: religious experiences and speculations--Letters to Miss Nicholson and Miss Clarke. II. The reality of the unseen world--The conviction of sin--The pains of hell--Hunger after righteousness--"All for the Love of God." III. Independent development of Miss Nightingale's religious thought--The service of God as the service of man--Her testing of religious doctrine by practical results--Her attitude to Roman Catholicism--Desire for a church of works, not doctrines 46