▁He ▁dropped ▁his ▁drink ing ▁compan ions ▁and ▁res umed ▁att ending ▁H ens low ' s ▁Friday ▁evening ▁soir ées . ▁For ▁the ▁exam ▁he ▁s log ged ▁away ▁at ▁Greek ▁and ▁Latin , ▁and ▁studied ▁William ▁Pale y ' s ▁Ev id ences ▁of ▁Christian ity , ▁becoming ▁so ▁delight ed ▁with ▁Pale y ' s ▁logic ▁that ▁he ▁lear nt ▁it ▁well . ▁This ▁was ▁a ▁text ▁he ▁also ▁had ▁to ▁study ▁for ▁his ▁final s , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁" con vin ced ▁that ▁I ▁could ▁have ▁written ▁out ▁the ▁whole ▁of ▁the ▁Ev id ences ▁with ▁perfect ▁correct ness , ▁but ▁not ▁of ▁course ▁in ▁the ▁clear ▁language ▁of ▁Pale y ." ▁Later , ▁on ▁the ▁Be agle ▁expedition , ▁he ▁saw ▁evidence ▁which ▁challeng ed ▁Pale y ' s ▁rose - t int ed ▁view , ▁but ▁at ▁this ▁time ▁he ▁was ▁convinced ▁that ▁the ▁Christian ▁revel ation ▁established ▁" a ▁future ▁state ▁of ▁reward ▁and ▁pun ishment " ▁which ▁" g ives ▁order ▁for ▁confusion : ▁makes ▁the ▁moral ▁world ▁of ▁a ▁piece ▁with ▁the ▁natural ". ▁As ▁with ▁Cambridge ▁University , ▁God ▁gave ▁authority ▁and ▁assigned ▁stations ▁in ▁life , ▁mis con duct ▁was ▁pen al ised ▁and ▁excell ence ▁b ount iful ly ▁reward ed . ▁Charles ▁took ▁the ▁one - day ▁ver bal ▁exam ination ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁March ▁ 1 8 3 0 . ▁There ▁were ▁three ▁hours ▁in ▁the ▁morning ▁on ▁the ▁class ics ▁and ▁three ▁in ▁the ▁afternoon ▁on