mind,
And Colenso's*2* words have weight.

"`I still, to suppose it true, for my part,
See reasons and reasons: this, to begin--
'Tis the faith that launched point-blank her dart
At the head of a lie,--taught Original Sin,
The Corruption of Man's Heart.'"

--
*1* A volume which appeared in 1860, made up of essays and
reviews, the several authors having "written in entire
independence of each other, and without concert or
comparison". These essays and reviews offset the extreme
high church doctrine of the Tracts for the Times.

*2* John W. Colenso, Bishop of Natal, in South Africa; he
published works questioning the inspiration and historical
accuracy of certain parts of the Bible, among which was `The
Pentateuch, and the Book of Joshua critically examined'.
--

Holy-Cross Day.

On which the Jews were forced to attend an annual Christian sermon
in Rome.

The argument is sufficiently shown by what is prefixed to this poem.
The `Diary by the Bishop's Secretary, 1600', is presumably imaginary.

Saul.

This is, in every respect, one of Browning's grandest poems; and in all
that is included in the idea of EXPRESSION, is quite perfect.

The portion of Scripture which is the germ of the poem,
and it is only the germ, is contained in the First Book of Samuel 16:14-23.

To the present consolation which David administers to Saul,
with harp and song, and the Scripture story does not go beyond this,
is added the assurance of the transmission of his personality,
and of the influence of his deeds; first, through those who have been
quickened by them, and who will, in turn, transmit that quickening--
"Each deed thou hast done, dies, revives, goes to work in the world:
. . .each ray of thy will, every flash of thy passion and prowess,
long over, shall thrill thy whole people, the countless, with ardor,
till they too give forth a like cheer to their sons: who, in turn,
fill the South and the North with the radiance thy deed was the germ of";
and, then, through records that will give unborn generations their due
and their part in his being.

The consolation is, moreover, carried beyond that afforded by
earthly fame and influence. David's yearnings to give Saul
"new life altogether, as good, ages hence, as this moment,--
had love but the warrant, love's heart to dispense", pass into
a prophecy, based on his own loving d