16 JULY 1898, Page 13

ABRAHAM AND THE FIRE-WORSHIPPER.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—Many of your readers will remember, and some may like to be reminded, that the beautiful legend translated in the Spectator of July 9th forms the final paragraph of Jeremy Taylor's " Liberty of Prophesying." Hallam calls this work, "the first famous plea in this country for tolerance in religion on a comprehensive basis and on deep-seated foundations." The Bishop's noble argument for Christian charity has lost none of its value with the lapse of years, and it would have been impossible to find an apter illustration of the breadth that charity demands than the legend which Taylor professes to have taken from " the Jews' books."—