1000 hours
I am speaking of course under correction , and with only a slight acquaintance with the faith of muscular Christianity , gathered almost entirely from the witty expositions and comments of persons of a somewhat dyspeptic habit , who are not amongst the faithful themselves . Indeed , I am not aware that any authorized articles of belief have been sanctioned or published by the sect , Church , or whatever they may be . Moreover , at the age at which our hero has arrived , and having regard to his character , I should say that he has in all likelihood thought very little on the subject of belief , and would scarcely be able to give any formal account of his own , beyond that contained in the Church Catechism , which I for one think may very well satisfy him for the present . Nevertheless , had he suddenly been caught at the gate of St. Ambrose 's College , by one of the gentlemen who do the classifying for the British public , and accosted with , `` Sir , you belong to a body whose creed it is to fear God , and walk 1000 miles in 1000 hours ; '' I believe he would have replied , `` Do I , sir ? I 'm very glad to hear it . They must be a very good set of fellows . How many weeks ' training , do they allow ? ''