Produced by Al Haines [Transcriber's note: This book had varying page headings. They have been collected into chapter titles, and into a Table of Contents.] BESIDE STILL WATERS BY ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON FELLOW OF MAGDALENE COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE "_I will run the way of Thy commandments; when Thou hast set my heart at liberty._" FOURTH IMPRESSION LONDON SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE 1910 [All rights reserved] Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & Co. At the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh CONTENTS I The Family--The Scene--The Church--Childhood--Books II The Schoolmaster--School Life--Companions III The Public School--Friendships--The Opening Heart--The Mould--The Last Morning IV Undergraduate Days--Strain--Recovery--A First Book V Practical Life--The Official World--Drudgery--Resignation-- Retirement VI His Father's Friendship--His Sister's Death--The Silent River VII Liberty--Cambridge--Literary Work--Egotism VIII Foundations of Faith--Duality--Christianity--The Will of God IX Art--The End of Art X Retrospect--Renewal of Youth--The New Energy XI Platonism--The Pure Gospel--The Pauline Gospel--The Harmony XII Sacrifice--The Church--Certainty XIII Waiting for Light XIV Dreariness--Romance--The Choice of Work--Dulness--A Creed XV The Pilgrim's Progress--The Pilgrimage--Development--The Eternal Will XVI Humanity--Individuality--The Average XVII Spring--Wonder XVIII His Father's Death--Illness--A New Home--The New Light XIX Women--The Feminine View--Society--Frank Relations-- Coldness--Sensitiveness XX Limitations--Sympathy--A Quiet Choice--The Mind of God-- Intuition XXI A Far-off Day--A Compact--Fragrant Memories XXII Death--The Real and the Ideal--A Thunder Shower--Storm and Shadow XXIII The Club--Homewards--The Garden of God XXIV The Romance of Life--The Renewal of Youth--Youth XXV A Narrow Path--A Letter--Asceticism--The Narrow Soul XXVI Activity--Work--Isolation XXVII Progress--Country Life--Sustained Happiness--The Twilight XXVIII Democracy--Individualism--Corporateness--Materialism XXIX Bees--A Patient Learner XXX Flowers--The Garden XXXI A Man of Science--Prophets--A Tranquil Faith--Trustfulness XXXII Classical Education--Mental Discipline--Mental Fertilisation--Poetry--The August Soul--The Secret of a Star--The Voice of the Soul--Choice Studies--Alere Flammam XXXIII Music--Church Music--Musicians--The Organ--False Asceticism XXXIV Pictorial Art--Hand and Soul--Turner--Raphael--Secrets of Art XXXV Artistic Susceptibility--An Apologia--Temperament--Criticism of Life--The Tangle XXXVI The Mill--The Stream's Pilgrimage XXXVII A Garden Scene--The Wine of the Soul XXXVIII The Lakes--On the Fell--Peace