Pontius Pilate. By Jeanie Morison (Mrs. Campbell of Ballochylo.) (Daldy
and Isbister.)—Mrs. Campbell describes iu vigorous (though sometimes faulty) verse, some of the closing scenes of the Scripture narrative ; and, having small regard to the unities, carries on her renders to the Neronian persecution, and to the legendary suicide of Pilate near Lucerne. The task is one of extra- ordinary difficulty. Who can be equal to the simple force of do story with which wo are so familiar ? Mre. Campbell, too, makes at least one grave mistake. The " First Soldier" is made to relate the Resurrection, after the manner of the messenger in a Greek play. But is it not a cardinal point in Christian belief that our Lord appeared after his resurrection only " to chosen witnesses "P The whole doctrine of his Spiritual Presence is bound up with this fact. We cannot say more for Pontius Pilate than that it shows a power which might have been better used.
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