And what is he to do, when pietists and other cows from Swabia explain their miserable every day lives in their smoky hovels by means of the Finger of God, a miracle of grace, of Providence, of experiences of salvation The most modest effort of the intellect, not to speak of decent feeling, ought at least to lead these interpreters to convince themselves of the absolute childishness and unworthiness of any such abuse of the dexterity of God's fingers.