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DEFINITIONS OF " RELIGION. "

[re THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIB,—St. James must not be made responsible for the too common misunderstanding of his chap. i. 27. He has in view a rigid ceremonialist (Opiar.o;), and would have him know that morality itself (active benevolence and purity, e.g.) is the true ceremonial (Opnocalat) of Christianity (cf. Coleridge, "Aids, &c.," Introduction, Aphorism 23, and comments). All usage proves the words employed to mean no more than this—the outward observances prompted by the inward faith, not certainly

accepted in lieu of it.—I am, Sir, &c., H. E. T.