ister before the Lord. And he read the song of gratitude which Hannah sang: and which says, who it is who maketh poor and maketh rich, and bringeth low and exalteth-how the poor shall be raised up out of the dust and how, in his own might, no man shall be strong. Then he read how Samuel's mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year when she came up to offer the yearly sacrifice. And then, in her sweet simple way, George's mother made commentaries to the boy upon this affecting story. 1 Sam. 2. 19.

ROBERT L. STEVENSON

Treasure Island

It was a round spot about the size of a crown piece. One side was blank, for it had been the last leaf; the other contained a verse or two of Revelation-these words among the rest, which struck sharply home upon my mind: "Without our dogs and murderers." The printed side had been blackened with wood ash, which already began to come off and soil my fingers; on the blank side had been written with the same material the one word "Deposed." Rev. 22. 15.

WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE

A Certain Rich Man

The gaunt old woman stretched out her hands and cried: "Oh, John Barclay, prove your god. Tell him to come and give you a moment's happiness--set him to work to restore your good naine; command him to make Jeanette happy. These things my God can do! Let your mammon," she cried with all the passion of her soul, "let your mammon come down and do one single miracle like that." Her voice broke and she sobbed. "What a tower of Babel you are building, John-you and your kith and kind! The last century

gave us Schopenhauers and Kants, all denying God, and this one gives us Railroad Kings, all by their works proclaiming that mammon has the power and the glory and the Kingdom: ye workers of iniquity!" She cried, and her voice lifted, "ye wicked and per verse."

And as John Barclay let his soul rise with the swelling music, he felt the solace of a great peace in his heart; he turned his wet face upward and cried, “Oh, mother, mother; I feel like a child!" Then Mary Barclay knew that her own had let Him in, knew in her own heart all the joy there is in heaven over one sinner. that repenteth. Luke 16. 13; Gen. 11. 1-9; Matt. 7. 23; Matt. 17. 17; Luke 15. 7.

VICTOR HUGO

Les Misérables

I perceive that I shock you. You think it very arrogant in a poor priest to ride an animal that was used by Jesus Christ. I have done so from necessity, I as sure you, and not from vanity. Matt. 21. 5.

Ecclesiastes calls you the All-powerful; the Maccabees call you the Creator; the Epistle to the Ephesians calls you Liberty; Baruch calls you Immensity; The Psalms calls you Wisdom and Truth; John calls you Light; the Books of Kings call you Lord; Exodus calls you Providence; Leviticus, Sanctity; Esdras, Justice; the creation calls you God; man calls you Father; but Solomon calls you Compassion, and that is the most beautiful of all your names. 1 Kings 8. 50.

Questioned in regard to leaving his house unguarded, the Bishop replied, "Unless the Lord guard the house, in vain do they watch who guard it." Psa. 127. 1.

Dialog with the Member of the Convention:

Ah, Monsieur Priest, you love not the erudities of the truth. Christ loved them. His scourge full of lightnings was a harsh speaker of truths. When he cried, Sineto Parvulos, he made no distinction between the little children. It would not have embarrassed him to bring together the Dauphin of Barabbos and the Danphin of Herod. Innocence, Monsieur, is its own crown. Innocence has no need to be a highness. It is as august in rags as in fleurs de lys. . . .

The Bishop hung his head and replied, Vermis sum— I am a worm. Mark 10. 11; Job 25. 6.

He did not attempt to impart to his chansable the folds of Elijah's mantle. 2 Kings 2. 8.

HALL CAINE

The Eternal City

I came here to see Mary Magdalene and I find the soul of the Mother of God herself.

GEORGE ELIOT

Adam Bede, Romola

These are full of religious discussions but contain very few direct quotations from the Bible.

WALTER SCOTT

Ivanhoe, Rebecca's Hymn

Exod. 33. 9.

Exod. 15. 20.

John 5. 35.

Psa. 137. 2.

Psa. 51. 17.

JAMES LANE ALLEN

The Choir Invisible

"I shall go softly all my days." Said by Mrs. Falconer when twice disappointed in love affairs. 38. 15.

Isa.

CHAPTER XX

THE SONGS OF THE BIBLE

IN this chapter are collected the songs which occur in the first eight books of the Bible. They are taken from Geden's "Introduction to the Hebrew Bible." The longer songs, like the Song of Solomon and the various Psalms, are treated by themselves. The beautiful songs in connection with the annunciation deserve careful study. Other songs have been discussed in connection with the narratives.

The chief songs or poetical extracts, contained in the first eight books of the Bible:

(1) Gen. 4. 23, 24. Song of Lamech. (2) Gen. 9. 24-27.

Noah's Curse on Canaan, and

Blessing on Japheth.

(3) Gen. 27. 27-29. Isaac's Blessing of Jacob. (4) Gen. 27. 39, 40. Isaac's Blessing of Esau. (5) Gen. 49. 2-27. Jacob's Prophecy of the Future of his Sons.

(6) Exod. 15. 1-18, 21. Song at the Red Sea of Moses and the Children of Israel, and of Miriam. (7) Exod. 20. 2-17. The Ten Words. Compare Deut.

5. 6-21.

(8) Num. 10. 35, 36.

Setting down (9) Num. 21. 14, 15.

(10) Num. 21. 17, 18.

(11) Num. 21. 27-30.

Words for the Taking up and of the Ark.

Song of the Valley.
Song of the Well.

Satire on the Fall of Heshbon.
Oracles of

(12) Num. 23. 7-10, 18-24; 24. 3-9, 15-24.

Balaam, the Son of Beor.

(13) Deut. 27. 15-26.

(14) Deut. 32. 1-43.

Curses of the Law.
Song of Moses.