| 4. | Runs amok. — Maddened by drink, these wretches run wildly through the streets, slaying all they meet until they themselves are slain. Only the gospel of Christ can save such. | |
| 8. | Yataghan. — The Afghan sword. | |
| XII. 12. | The writer is evidently thinking of the "Bessemer converter". | |
| XIII. 1. | "The comedy is finished". | |
| 5-7. | A reference to Hamlet and the Players. | |
| 10. 11. | Reference to Keats' Belle Dame sans Merci. | |
| XIV. 10. | Blood-bought bastards. — Christians! O Saviour! what didst Thou come to save? | |
| 6. | Quoted from Arnold's Song Celestial. | |
| 7. 8. | Quoted from a magical Coptic papyrus. | |
| THE INITIATION | ||
| III. | This shocking sonnet awakes pity and disgust in equal proportions. If even then they had only turned to the "Great Physician!" But no! "God hardened Pharaoh's heart". | |
| IV. 14. | Alas! no doubt that the reference is to our blessed Lord and Master, The barren fig-tree has been no doubt a stumbling-block to many weak souls. But the fig tree has here a | |
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