that Christ said, nor all the words that He said. We must also remember that it was often His method to make wide-reaching statements, and leave His hearers to find out the necessary limitations and qualifications by thought and experience. Ruskin has said that in teaching the principles of art he was never satisfied until he had contradicted himself several times. If verbal contradictions cannot be avoided in expounding principles of art, is it likely that they can be avoided in setting forth for