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d just spoken. '_I know in whom I have_----' 'My dear sir,' interrupted the Rabbi, 'you must never let even a preposition come between you and your Saviour!' And when Dr. Alexander, of Princeton, was dying, a friend endeavored to fortify his faith by reciting some of the most familiar passages and promises. Presently he ventured upon the words: '_I know in whom I have believed, and_----' But the sick man raised his hand. 'No, no,' exclaimed the dying Principal, 'it is not "I know _in_ whom" but "I know _whom_"; I cannot have even the little word "_in_" between me and Christ. _I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day!_' John Oxenham has expressed the same thought with an accent and emphasis well worthy of the theme: Not What, but _Whom_, I do believe, _That_, in my darkest hour of need, Hath comfort that no mortal creed To mortal man may give. Not What but _Whom_. For Christ is more than all the creeds, And His full life of gentle deeds Shall all the creeds outlive. Not What I do believe, but _Whom_. _Who_ walks beside me in the gloom? _Who_ shares the burden wearisome? _Who_ all the dim way doth illume, And bids me look beyond the tomb The larger life to live? Not what I do believe, But _Whom_! Not What, But _Whom_! It was a Person, a Living and Divine Person, of whom Faraday was so certain and on whom he rested so securely at the last. V Is there in all Scottish literature a more robust, more satisfying, or more lovable character than _Donal Grant_? Readers of George Macdonald will cherish the thought of Donal as long as they live. He was the child of the open air; his character was formed during long and lonely tramps on the wide moor and among the rugged mountains; it was strengthened and sweetened by communion with sheep and dogs and cattle, with stars and winds and stormy skies. He was disciplined by sharp suffering and bitter disappointments. And he became to all who knew him a tower of strength, a sure refuge, a strong city, and the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. As a shepherd-boy among the hills he learned to read his Greek Testament; and, later on, he became tutor at the Castle Graham. It was his business in life to instruct little Davie, the younger son of Lord Morven; and he had his own way of doing it. 'Davie,' he said one day, 't
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