us to contrast him with ancient Pagan deities whose legends are the unsifted survivals of savage folklore. As if any new Sacred Book in the same age would not have proceeded on the same standards; and as if the religious Jewish literature of the age of Christian beginnings were not as ascetic as the other. But inasmuch as the compilers of the Gospels could not transcend the moral standard of their time, they constantly obtrude its limitations and its blemishes. Had Mill attempted anything beyond his dithyramb, he would have been hard put to it to apply his ecstatic epithets to such teachings as these:-- Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law [of Moses]. Whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire. [Compare Matt. xxiii, 17: "Ye fools and blind"; and Luke xii, 20: "Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee."] Whosoever shall marry her [the woman divorced without good cause] shall commit adultery. Give to him that asketh thee. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth. Seek ye first [God's] kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things [that were to be disregarded] shall be added unto you. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. [Compare the warning against saying, Thou fool.] Go not into any way of the Gentiles, and enter not into any city of the Samaritans. Whosoever shall not receive you, ... as ye go forth out of that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet. Verily I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Think not that I come to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.... He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you [Chorazin and Bethsaida; because of non-acceptance of the teacher].... It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you. Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. Therefore speak I to them in parables, because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. In the end of the world the angels shall ... sever the wicked from the righteous, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire. In vain do they worship me, teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? [retort for the employer who pays the same for a day's work and for an hour's].