16 JULY 1887, Page 7

MORTIFICATION.

[To Tax EDITOR Or TUE '‘ SPECT.011.1 -S111,—In his defence of the Roman Catholic view of mortifica- tion, Father Clarke relies upon the text,—" This kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting." May I point out that the words zat ml-Eiqe are deleted by Westeott and Hort, and the Revisers, in accordance with the reading of the oldest manu- scripts? This is not the only place where the received text bears the marks of the asceticism of transcribers.—I am, Sir, Sze.,

H. R.