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by H. C. G. Moule

Prefatory Note

The purpose and the method of this book are both so simple that no more-than a ‘Note’ is befitting by way of Introduction.

The writer has taken up this heart-moving Epistle with the single intention of expounding it after the manner of a ‘Bible Reading,’ not for literary criticism or enquiry but in ue of. =of divine: messages fe for heart. and life. AoA plat er

“Personal attention to the very words of Holy. Scripture, in the spirit of obedience and prayer, was never more needed in the Christian Church

than now. Happy will the writer be if by pro- fi de,

ducing a modest specimen of such study he may promote its exercise by others.

The Poem which follows the expository chapters was written and published as long ago as 1876, and is now reprinted unaltered. Its form was suggested by the well-known ancient narrative of the martyrdom (probably in 155) of St. Polycarp, in a Letter from the Church of Smyrna to Philomelium and other Churches.

AUCKLAND OAsTLE, March 1905.

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Lieut after darkness, gain after loss, Strength after suffering, crown after cross Sweet after bitter, song after sigh,

Home after wandering, praise after cry;

Sheaves after sowing, sun after rain,
Sight after mystery, peace after pain,
Joy after sorrow, calm after blast,
Rest. after weariness, sweet rest at last.

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