[75] The elder Mr. Mill, however, appears to have seriously leaned to this as a conceivable solution of the contradictory phenomena of existence. [76] _Life_ vol. ii., 359, 360. [77] Much use has here been made of a truly remarkable article in the _Spectator_, Jan. 31st, 1885. [78] 2 Cor. v. 13-15. [79] John i. 43. [80] 1 John iv. 19. [81] 1 John ii. 3. [82] 1 John iii. 4, v. 17. [83] Every one who reads Greek should refer to the magnificent passage, _S. Joann. Chrysos., in Joann., Homil._ ii. 4. [84] 1 John iv. 2; 2 John v. 7. See notes on the passages. [85] Psalm lviii. 18. [86] John vi. 53. DISCOURSE IV. _THE IMAGE OF ST. JOHN'S SOUL IN HIS EPISTLE._ "He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend."--PROV. xxii. 11. ὁ θεμελιος.... ὁ δευτερος σαπφειρος.--APOC. xxi. 19. "We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding that we may know Him that is true, and we are in Him that is true, even in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life."--1 JOHN v. 18-20. Much has been said in the last few years of a series of subtle and delicate experiments in sound. Means have been devised of doing for the ear something analogous to that which glasses do for another sense, and of making the results palpable by a system of notation. We are told that every tree for instance, according to its foliage, its position, and the direction of the winds, has its own prevalent note or tone, which can be marked down, and its _timbre_ made first visible by this notation, and then audible. So is it with the souls of the saints of God, and chiefly of the Apostles. Each has its own note, the prevalent key on which its peculiar music is set. Or we may employ another image which possibly has St. John's own authority. Each of the twelve has his peculiar emblem among the twelve vast and precious foundation stones which underlie the whole wall of the Church. St. John may thus differ from St. Peter, as the sapphire's azure differs from the jasper's strength and radiance. Each is beautiful, but with its own characteristic tint of beauty.[87]