THE GOSPEL OF ST. MATTHEW

WHERE so much attention has of late been given to the various questions connected with the Gospels, and so much ability and learning been expended on their elucidation, it may appear useless for persons who do not in many respects claim equality with their fellow-labourers in this field to enter upon it at all; but further reflection sets aside this idea as both unjust and ungenerous. There is no harvest so carefully gathered but that something remains for the gleaner, and the few olive berries which remain after the tree has been shaken not unfrequently grow upon some of its most fruitful branches.