IN cases of conscience Dr. Duncan’s advice was most valuable; and he could be very freely consulted, for he entered into the inquirer’s position with singular quickness of apprehension. He had the tender unsophisticated conscience that is the best casuistry. Once, when the case was put whether one who had wronged another was bound not only to make restitution, but also to confess to the injured person, he said promptly, “He must confess. The mind is so constituted that without confession it cannot be at peace. It may in certain cases be right to withhold confession, when the interests of others are at stake, never when our own only is concerned. A man is not in a right state unless he is willing, at any hazard to himself, to confess the wrong. He can never be fully assured of his willingness to confess till he has made confession. Hence till the wrong has been confessed settled peace of mind is impossible.”—Dr. Moody Stuart’s Recollections of Dr. Duncan (pp. 107. 8).