22 NOVEMBER 1873, Page 15

(TO THE EntTOn 01 senarkrott.1

Six, In your impression of the 15th inst. the following paragraph occurs in your review of the "Fair Haven," by Mr. Samuel Butler :—" Finally, be [Mr. Butler] points out the undeniable fact that Christ nowhere declares himself to have risen from the dead." Does not the following passage somewhat weaken that statement ?—

" Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, and said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day . . And ye are witnesses of these things."—St. Luke xxiv., 45, 46, 48."