This was a catastrophe the explanation of which is not far to seek. Dr Newman had in him the elements which go to make both priest and prophet. But the former proved the stronger; and the Cain, the priest in him, suppressed the Abel, the prophet in him. Thus was he a type of the Church as hitherto she has been. But, happily, not as henceforth she will be. For "now is the Gospel of Interpretation come, and the kingdom of the Mother of God," even the "Woman," Intuition,--the mind's feminine mode, wherein it represents the perceptions and recollections of the Soul--who is ever "Mother of God" in man, and whose sons the prophets ever are, the greatest of them being called emphatically, for the fulness and purity of his intuition, the "Son of the Woman" and she a "virgin." E.M. FOOTNOTES: [6] The original title of this book was "The Story of the New Gospel of Interpretation." See preface to the present edition. S.H.H. [7] Apologia pro vitâ suâ, by J. H. Newman. New edition of 1893, pp. 26, 27. FRONTISPIECES. I.--PORTRAIT OF DR. ANNA KINGSFORD. _Born, Sep. 16th, 1846; Died, Feb. 22nd, 1888._ II.--PORTRAIT OF EDWARD MAITLAND (_B.A., Cantab_). _Born, Oct. 27th, 1824; Died, Oct, 2nd, 1897._ TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE PREFACE TO THE FIRST AND SECOND EDITIONS v. PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION vii.-xiii. INTRODUCTION xv.-xix. TABLE OF CONTENTS xx.-xxii. ABBREVIATIONS xxiii. CHAPTER I. THE VOCATION. The Instruments--Their early lives--Their consciousness of a special mission, and intimations of a call--Their training in respect of circumstance, character, and faculty, until brought together for their Joint work. 1-36 CHAPTER II. THE INITIATION. A baptism of the Spirit--"At last I have found a man through whom I can speak!"--Intimation of the nature and aim of their work--The Doomed train, "No one on the engine!"--Instantaneous transfer of inspiration--"Woman, what have I to do with thee?"--The recovery of a Gospel scene, and its import--"The woman taken in adultery"--Vision of Adonai--Source of the opening sentences in St. John's Gospel--Chapter from the recovered Gnosis--The Generation of the Word. 37-70 CHAPTER III. THE COMMUNICATION.