EDITED BY L . P .

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TH E IN H E R ITAN C E O F TH E S AI N TS
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W HO IN THEIR L IVE S

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AN D W I TH THE A N G EL S

N OW D W EL L
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IN a book devoted to o ne subj ect by several writers

there must needs be some reiteration of theme ;
but as every mind sees a subj ect di fferently the
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light thrown on it may fo r this very reason be

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particularly valuable and reiteration be in that

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case not a loss but a gain .

To secure this as much as possible has been the

aim and endeavour of the present collection and ,

if here and there appears even some di vergence o f

View it will not o n s o high a subj ect be unwelcome
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o r strange provided that no clearly revealed

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principles of Holy Scripture are left o u t o f co n

sideration a risk which I trust will be found to have
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been guarded against in the following work .

It is necessary however j ust to s ay that each

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writer is o f course responsible only for his o wn

contribution .

I am quite unable adequately to thank those who

have so willingly help ed me by writing the various
papers which appear in this volume This i s esp eci
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ally the case in regard to o ne friend without whose

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help and sympathy the book would hardly have

come to its present form .

I must also thank both friends and publishers

for allowing me to give the extracts which will be
found in this book
The Bishop of Rochester and the Editor of the
G uardian for permission to reprint part of the
Bishop s Serm on at the Weym outh C ongress
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Messrs Lo ngm ans G reen and Co for Bishop M oberly s

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S ermons J H N ewman s Dream of G ero ntius

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and Univers ity S erm ons ; and with the Rev J O , . . .

J ohnston D r Li ddo n s works

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M essrs M acmillan and C o Ltd

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Brooks s New S tarts in Life Bishop Westco tt s

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Historic Faith and Christina Rossetti s Poems,

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M r John Murray for T Gambier Parry s M inistry of

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Fine Art .
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M essrs Thomas N elson and S ons for B M s Ezekiel

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and other Poems .

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M essrs Burns and Oates for F ab er s Poems

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M r J P arker for S erm ons by Canon T T Carter and

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Dean Randall .

The S ociety for Promoting Christian K nowledge : for

Chris tina Rossetti s The Face of the Deep and ’

with M iss Church for Dean Church s Mess age o f ,

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Peace .
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The M aster and Fellows of Trinity Hall Cambridge ,

for Henry Latham s A S ervice of Angels ’

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