TENNYSON AND THE BIBLE. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1
Srn,—I think the following extract from Lord Tennyson's new edition of "In Memoriam" is specially interesting just
now, bearing as it does very forcibly on the religions question in elementary schools :—
"That my father was a student of the Bible, those who have read In Memoriam know. He also eagerly read all notable works within his reach relating to the Bible, and traced with deep
interest such fundamental truths as underlie the great religions of the world. He hoped that the Bible would be more and more studied by all ranks of people, and expounded simply by their teachers ; for he maintained that the religion of a people could never be founded on mere moral philosophy: and that it could only come home to them in the simple, noble thoughts and facts of a Scripture like ours."
41 York Terrace.
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