had struck him to the ground. The theory of epilepsy, though it has much to recommend it, is not without difficulties. Professor Denney, who admits that “there is no religious interest in affirming or denying any physical explanation of the matter whatever,” yet points out that “epileptic attacks, if they occur with any frequency at all, invariably cause mental deterioration,” whereas the epistles are evidence that Paul’s mind grew year after year in the apprehension of the Christian revelation.