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And from this point the poem rises still, while welcoming free conflict with honest doubt, the fearless striving after truth that gives strength to the soul. The 99th section brings the year 1835 to the second anniversary of the death of Arthur Hallam, the 15th of September. Through autumnal thoughts of change of earthly associations, including a change of home, we pass to the third and last Christmas included in the poem. And now the Christmas thought is of the world as God, through Christ, shall make it when the fulness of His time is come.

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We dare cherish the far ideal when we know that there is no way to the attainment of it but by labour of each of us, man, woman, and child, to live our own lives faithfully and truly. It is only by the growth of into what is now the life of few, that the many succession of the generations can at last lead to "the closing cycle rich in good." Therefore, the full expression of hope for the future of humanity is framed by Mr. Tennyson as aspiration for the time when all may be what Arthur Hallam was. ledge is below Wisdom:

"Let her know her place; She is the second, not the first.

A higher hand must make her mild,
If all be not in vain; and guide
Her footsteps, moving side by side
With Wisdom, like the younger child:

For she is earthly of the mind,

But Wisdom heavenly of the soul. O friend, who camest to thy goal So early, leaving me behind,

Know

I would the great world grew like thee,
Who grewest not alone in power
And knowledge, but by year and hour
In reverence and in charity."

The poem closes fitly at the season of spring— extending thus over an imagined period from the winter of 1833 to the spring of 1836-and its last thoughts are of hope, with assured Faith through Love; with God felt, in full conviction of man's immortality; with certainty that all is moving Godward, and with the peace of God that passeth understanding.

But there is added to the poem, and it forms an essential part of it, a song written for a sister's marriage some nine years after the death of Arthur Hallam. The blessing on the marriage leads to prayer for the birth from it of new life that shall be "A closer link Betwixt us and the crowning race

Of those that, eye to eye, shall look

On knowledge; under whose command
Is Earth and Earth's, and in their hand
Is Nature like an open book;

No longer half-akin to brute,

For all we thought and loved and did, And hoped, and suffer'd, is but seed Of what in them is flower and fruit;

Whereof the man, that with me trod This planet, was a noble type Appearing ere the times were ripe, That friend of mine who lives in God,

That God, which ever lives and loves,
One God, one law, one element,
And one far-off divine event,
To which the whole creation moves."

It is a divine event "far off;" but still the forward movement may be felt. Among the days in which we live, our Illustrations of English Religion end as in the midst of the history of an unfinished war. Unsubdued passions of men no longer require that we should build a church of stone, as Durham Cathedral was built, in some defensible position, adorned for God's service and also strengthened to meet attack of men who may come against it with the lance and bow. It is now war only of mind against mind, where it was once also of body against body; but there is still much of the old temper which in spiritual battle-though it be for the best cause-turns victory itself into defeat;

NOT THIS THE END, not yet the end of strife.
While Zeal that works for the good seed's increase
Adds bitter ferment to the bread of life,

Not yet has Righteousness the kiss of Peace.

High aims, true words, true deeds abounding still,
Our corn is good; the fault is in the leaven:
That must be love, if we would have God's will
Be done on earth as it is done in heaven.

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with his Epitaph, 260.

Alfred, King, 18--20.

"All Stands in Change," by John Lydgate, 115, 116.
Analogy of Religion to Nature, Joseph Butler's, 348-350.
Andrewes, Lancelot, 238-240.

Andrew's Day, St., from John Keble's "Christian Year," 407.
Anger, Geoffrey Chaucer on, 103-106.

Arnold, Dr. Thomas, of Rugby, 412-416.

Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, from a Sermon by Donne, 237.
Atoms, Concurrence of, from Stillingfleet's "Origines Sacræ,"
324.

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of Tithes," 250, 251.

Aylmer, John, 175, 176.

Bacon, Francis, 183-190.

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Roger, 55, 56,

Bale, John, 160-163.

Barrow, Isaac, 327, 328.

Baxter, Richard, 298, 304-309, 327.

Bede, 10-12; Close of his "Ecclesiastical History," 10, 11;
Cuthbert's Account of his Death, 11, 12.

Beginning of Marriage, In the, from Jeremy Taylor's Sermon
on The Marriage Ring," 288.

Behaviour in Church, from Mirk's "Instructions for Parish
Priests," 119, 120.

Bestiary, The Substance of a, 56, 57.

Bible Translation, The Lord's Prayer from the Gospels in First
English, 17; Psalm lxvii., from Nicholas of Hereford's
Version of the Old Testament, 75; Matthew, ch. vi., from
Wiclif's Version of the New Testament, 75, 76; Matthew,
ch. vi., from Tyndale's Version of the New Testament, 147.
The Voice of the, from Maurice's "Lectures on the
Epistle to the Hebrews," 421, 422.

The, from S. T. Coleridge, 426.

Birds of Scotland, James Grahame's, A Passage from, 401, 402.
Blackmore, Sir Richard, 342, 343.

Blair, Robert, 369.

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Burton, Nicholas, Cruel Handling and Burning of, from Fox's

"Acts and Monuments," 170-172.

Butler, Joseph, 347-351.

Cadmon, 3-5; The Opening of his Paraphrase, 5-9.

Call for Christ, by Cynewulf, 15, 16.

Carlyle, Thomas, 427.

Cathedrals, &c., from Wordsworth's "Ecclesiastical Sonnets, "404.
Catholicism against Parties, Baxter's Association for, 305.
Chalmers, Thomas, 397-400.

Change by Death, The, from Jeremy Taylor's "Holy Dying,"
286, 287.

Character of a Methodist, by John Wesley, 362, 363.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, 102-106.
Chillingworth, William, 281.

Christ, Cynewulf's Call for, 15, 16.

and the World, from Quarles's "Emblems," 275, 276.
Christian Love, from John Howe's Sermons, 292-295.
Christianity, William Paley's Evidences of, 387.
Christians, Pacific, Rules for a Society of, by Locke, 337, 338.
Christmas Day, John Milton's "Ode on the Morning of Christ's
Nativity, 270-273.

Christmas Eve and Easter Day, by Robert Browning, 428, 429.
Christ's Teaching of Nicodemus, from the "Ormulum," 49-52.
Victory, Giles Fletcher's, 243---246.

Church Divisions, A Direction from Baxter's Cure of, 307, 308.
Future of the, from Wordsworth's "Ecclesiastical Son-
nets," 405.

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Music and Preaching, from Roger Bacon's Opus
Tertium," 55, 56.

Porch, Verses from George Herbert's, 266, 267.

, Prayer on Entering, from the "Private Prayers" of
Lancelot Andrewes, 239.

Prayer for Peace in the, by John Hales, 297, 298.
Churchyard, The New, from William Wordsworth's "Eccle-
siastical Sonnets," 404.

Clergy; Chaucer's Town Parson, 112, 113.

; John Audelay's "Pastor Bonus," 114.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 426.

Colet, John, 141-144.

Collect on Use of the Scriptures (A.D. 1549), 158.
Collins, William, 369.

Concurrence of Atoms, from Stillingfleet's "Origines Sacrae,"324.
Constable, Henry, 214.

Content, an Essay by Addison, from the Spectator, 341, 342.
Controversies of the Church of England, Francis Bacon on the,
184-190.

Controversy, The Style of, from Isaac Barrow's "Sermons
against Evil-Speaking," 328.

Corrupt Patronage of Livings, from Hugh Latimer's Sermon on
"The Ploughers," 152, 153.

Corruption of Religious Orders, from the "Itinerary of Wales,"
by Giraldus Cambrensis, 43, 44.

Corruptions of Christianity, Joseph Priestley's History of the,
Dedication from, 388.

Covetousness, Hugh Latimer's Sermon on, 153-158.
Cowper William, 375-379, 382-385; Autobiographical Pas-
sages from,375-379; James Montgomery's Reference to, 392.

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Cudworth, Ralph, 328, 329.

Cursor Mundi, Passages from the, 69, 70.
Cynewulf, 15, 16.

David, from a Sermon by J. F. D. Maurice, 425.

Davies, John, 226–232.

Death, To, from Robert Herrick's "Noble Numbers," 280.
The Change by, from Jeremy Taylor's "Holy Dying,"
286, 287.

The Eloquence of, from Raleigh's "History of the
World," 233.

of Joseph, from the early English Poem of "Genesis
and Exodus," 57, 58.

; Prayers of Samuel Johnson on the Death of his Wife,
371, 372; and of his Mother, 372; Lines by Samuel John-
son on the Death of Robert Levet.

of James Grahame, John Wilson's Poem on the, 400, 401.
Declaration concerning Lawful Sports (A.D. 1633), 301, 302.
Departed Friends, from Vaughan's "Silex Scintillans," 289.
Divisions in the Church, Reginald Pecock on, 125, 126.

-; A" Direction" and "Three Ways of
Life," from Baxter's Cure of Church Divisions," 307, 309.
Donne, John, 234-237.

Drayton, Michael, 211-213.

Drummond, William, of Hawthornden, 259, 260.
Dryden, John, 331-333.

Duty of Moderation, from a Sermon by John Wilkins, 325.
Dyer, John, 364–366.

Easter Day, Elfric's Homily on, 22-25.

Sermon, by Lancelot Andrewes, 239, 240.
Poem by Browning, 428, 429.

"Ecclesiastical Polity," Richard Hooker's, 219–226.
Eloquence of Death, from Raleigh's "History of the World," 233.
"Emblems;" The Preacher, from George Wither's, 275.

; Between Christ and the World, from Quarles's, 275, 276.
Enlarging of the Heart, The, from Christopher Harvey's
Schola Cordis," 269.

Epigrams, Divine, from Crashaw's "Steps to the Temple," 279.
Evening Hymn, Thomas Ken's, 332.

by Reginald Heber and Richard Whately, 419.
Prayer, by Lancelot Andrewes, 238, 239.
Evidences of Christianity, William Paley's, 387.
Evil Overcome with Good, from John Colet's Lectures on St.
Paul's Epistle to the Romans, 143.

"Faërie Queene," The First Book of Spenser's, 193–211.
Fair-Virtue, the Mistress of Philarete, Wither's, 255–258.
Faith, Dead and Living, A Homily on, by Cranmer, 159, 160.
Fisher, John, 136-141.

Fletcher, Giles, 243, 246.

Phineas, 276-278.

Forgiveness of Injuries, from Johnson's Rambler, 371, 372.

Fortune of the Church, from William Wordsworth's "Eccle-

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Gospels, Commentaries on the, in Wiclif's Time, 74, 75;
Matthew, ch. vi., from Wiclif's Bible, 75, 76; Matthew,
ch. vi., from Tyndale's Bible, 147.

Grace for a Child, from Herrick's "Noble Numbers," 280.
Grahame, James, 400-402; John Wilson on the Death of, 400.
Grave, Lines from Robert Blair's Poem of the, 369.

Great Deliverance, The (A.D. 1688), Tillotson's Sermon on,
334-336.

Gregory's Day, Elfric's Homily on, 25-28.

Pastoral Care, King Alfred's Introduction to, 18, 19.
Grey, Lady Jane, Roger Ascham's Account of, 175.

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Hind and Panther, Lines from John Dryden's, 331.
Holy Places, Sawulf's Visit to the, 28-31.

Spirit, Robert Herrick's Litany to the, 280.

Homilies. See Sermons.

Hooker, Richard, 214-226.

Hope amidst Billows, by Robert Leighton, 329-331.
Howe, John, 292–295.

Humility, from Robert Herrick's "Noble Numbers," 280.
Hymn to God the Father, by John Donne, 236.

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to God, my God, in my Sickness, by John Donne, 236.

Morning, by Thomas Ken, 331, 332.

Evening, by Thomas Ken, 332.

Veni Creator, Dryden's Paraphrase, 333.

Sincere Praise, by Isaac Watts, 343, 344.

for Morning or Evening, by Isaac Watts, 343, 344.

on his Witness for God, by Whitefield, 358, 359.

for the Kingswood Colliers, by John Wesley, 361.
on the Admission of any Person into the Society, by
John Wesley, 362.

The Storm Hushed, by John Newton, 381, 382.
Light Shining out of Darkness, by William Cowper, 382.
Peace after a Storm, by William Cowper, 382, 383.
Retirement, by William Cowper, 383.

The Name of Jesus, by John Newton, 383.

James Montgomery's, for a Sheffield Reform Meeting
(1794), 391.

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Missionary, by Reginald Heber, 397.

Evening, by Reginald Heber and Richard Whately,

I Would and I Would Not, by Nicholas Breton, 247, 248.

419.

Idea of God, The, from Cudworth's "Intellectual System of
the Universe," 329.

Idleness and Mischief, Against, from Isaac Watts's "Divine
Poems for Children," 344.

Immortality, William Wordsworth's Ode on the Intimations of,
in Early Childhood, 402-404.

Injuries, The Forgiveness of, from Johnson's Rambler, 370, 371.
In Memoriam, by Alfred Tennyson, 429-432.
Interlude of the Temptation of Our Lord, Bale's, 161–163.
Isaiah, chapter xii., Michael Drayton's Verses from, 211.

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212, 213.

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Lecture by John Jewel, Close of a, 173, 174.
Leighton, Robert, 329, 331.

Lent, To Keep a True, from Robert Herrick's "Noble Num-
bers," 280, 281.

Letter of John Knox to Mrs. Bowes, 166.

to his Brethren in Scotland, 166–168.
Edmund Grindal to Queen Elizabeth, 178-183.
Richard Hooker to the Archbishop of Canterbury, 217.
John Donne to James I., 234, 235.
James I. to James Usher, 254, 255.

Liberty, Obligation of Civil to Religious, from William Words-
worth's Ecclesiastical Sonnets," 204.

Library, Alcuin's Lines on a, 12.

Liddon, Henry Parry, 427.

Life, Three Ways of, from Richard Baxter's "Cure of Church
Divisions," 308, 309.

Light Shining out of Darkness, by Cowper, from "Olney
Hymns," 382.

Lindsay, David, 165.

Lindsey, Theophilus, Dedication to, of Priestley's "History of
the Corruption of Christianity," 388.

Linking in of Things Together, from Philip Sidney's Translation
of Du Plefois Mornay on
66 The Trueness of the Christian
Religion," 213, 214.

Litany to the Holy Spirit, Robert Herrick's, 280.

Locke, John, 337-339.

Lollard, A, described by John Audelay, 114.

Lord's Prayer, The, in First English, 17.

Love, Christian, from a Sermon by John Howe, 292–295.

Married, from Jeremy Taylor's Sermon on the "Marriage
Ring," 288.

Lydgate, John, 114-119.

Malmesbury, William of, his Account of Aldhelm, 9, 10.
Man, and Man's Medley, from Herbert's "Temple," 268, 269.
of Ross, from Alexander Pope's Epistle on the Use of
Riches, 346, 347.

Mannyng, Robert, of Brunne, 58-63.

Map, Walter, 35-38.

Marriage and Married Love, from Jeremy Taylor's Sermon on

the "Marriage Ring," 287, 288.

Maurice, John Frederick Denison, 420-425.

Meditations, Joseph Hall's, 282, 285.
Mercy, William Collins's Ode to, 369.

Methodist, The Character of a, by John Wesley, 362, 363.
Milton, John, 270-273; 317-323.

Mind in Creation, from Richard Blackmore's "Creation," 343.
Miracle-play of the Raising of Lazarus, by Hilarius, 39-42.

of Abraham, from Wakefield Mysteries, 65-68.
Miracles of St. Swithin, from First-English, 20, 21; of St.
Kevin and St. Colman, from Giraldus Cambrensis, 42, 43.
Mirk, John, 119, 120.

Missionary Hymn, by Reginald Heber, 397.

Moderation, The Duty of, from a Sermon by John Wilkins,

325.

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Oath of Supremacy, James Usher's Speech on the, 253, 254.
Ode on the Morning of Christ's Nativity, by Milton, 270-273.
to Mercy, by William Collins, 369.

on the Intimations of Immortality in Early Childhood, by
William Wordsworth, 402 404.

Oglethorpe's Jail Committee, Lines on, from James Thomson's
"Seasons," 355.

Origines Sacræ, Edward Stillingfleet's, from the Dedication of
and Preface to, 323, 324.

"Ormulum," A Sermon from the, 49-52.

Orthodox or Scriptural, from a Letter of Richard Whately to
Edward Bouverie Pusey, 417, 418.

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on Entering Church

238, 239.

239.

for God's Mercy, by John Hayward, 249.

for Peace in the Church, by John Hales, 297, 298.
Laud's Last, 303.

and Song of the Aged Christian, from Isaac Watts's
Adaptation of the Psalms, 344, 345.

The Universal, from Pope's "Essay on Man," 347.
Samuel Johnson's, on the Rambler, 370; his Three
Prayers on the Death of his Wife, 371, 372; his Prayer on
the Death of his Mother, 372.

Thomas Arnold's, read every Morning with the Sixth
Form at Rugby, 413, 414,

without Ceasing, from John Fisher's Treatise on "The
Need of Prayer," 137, 138.

Preacher, The, from George Wither's "Emblems," 275.
Preaching, Roger Bacon on, from his "Opus Tertium," 55, 56.
Neglect of, from Hugh Latimer's Sermon on "The
Ploughers," 153.

Edmund Grindal's Letter to Elizabeth
on abridging the Number of the Preachers, 178-183.
Prelate, the Busiest, in England, from Hugh Latimer's Sermon

on "The Ploughers," 151.

"Pricke of Conscience," Passages from R. Rolle's, 70, 71.
Priestley, Joseph, 385.

Profane Wit, from Robert Boyle on "The Style of the Scrip-
tures," 326.

Prologue to Pecock's "Repressor," 123.

Prophesyings; Edmund Grindal's Letter to Queen Elizabeth on
Suppressing the Prophesies, 178-183.

Psalm xv., in verse, by George Sandys, 278.

xxiii., in William of Shoreham's Version, 74.
in verse, by Joseph Addison, 358.

lxvii., in First-English, 16, 17.

in Early English, 74.

in Nicholas of Hereford's Translation of the Old

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