teandmagnifyafew,shouldnotbesubstitutedfortheworld-redeemingcreedofChrist.Thereis—Irepeatit—adifferenditisagood,andnotabadaarkbroadlyandclearlythelineofseparatioweenthem.

    Theworldmaynotliketoseetheseideasdissevered,forithasbeenacedtoblendthem;findingitveomakeexternalshowpassforsterlingworth—toletwhite-washedwallsvouchforshrimayhatehimwhodarestoscrutiniseandexpose—torasethegilding,andshowbasemetalu—topeethesepulchre,andrevealelrelics:buthateasitwill,itisiedtohim.

    AhabdidnotlikeMicaiah,becauseheneverprophesiedgoodinghim,butevil;probablyhelikedthesycophantsonofaaner;yetmightAhabhaveescapedabloodydeath,hadhebutstoppedhisearstoflattery,ahemtofaithfulsel.

    Thereisamaninourowndayswhosewordsarenotframedtotickledelicateears:who,tomythinking,esbeforethegreatonesofsociety,muchasthesonofImlahcamebeforethethronedKingsofJudahandIsrael;andwhospeakstruthasdeep,orophet-likeandasvital—amienasdauntlessandasdaring.Isthesatiristof“VanityFair”admiredinhighplaces?Iottell;butIthinkifsomeofthoseamongstwhomhehurlstheGreekfireofhissarcasm,andoverwhomheflashesthelevin-brandofhisdenunciatiootakehiswarningsiheyortheirseedmightyetescapeafatalRimoth-Gilead.

    WhyhaveIalludedtothisman?Ihavealludedtohim,Reader,becauseIthinkIseeinhimanintellectprofounderandmoreuhanhisporarieshaveyetreised;becauseIregardhimasthefirstsocialregeoroftheday—astheverymasterofthatwcorpswhowouldrestoretorectitudetheedsystemofthings;becauseIthinknoentatoronhiswritingshasyetfoundtheparisonthatsuitshim,thetermswh