...again, for this is a strange expression ; a broken letapbor, one might think, careless and nnscholarly. Not so: its very audacity and pithiness are intended...a man can have is therefore to be Blind. The most nnpastoral is, instead of feeding, to want to be fed, — to be a Mouth. Take the two reverses together,...

...other care they little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast Blind mouths—" I pause again, for this is a strange expression; a...most unpastoral is, instead of feeding, to want to be fed,—to be a Mouth. Take the two reverses together, and you have " blind mouths." We may advisably...

...of his fiock, and was addressed to these •a rulers of the church as well as teachers. Jacobus. — A bishop means a person who sees; a pastor means one...unpastoral is, instead of feeding, to want to be fed. The bishop's office is to oversee the flock, to number it sheep by sheep, to be ready always to give...

...very audacity and pithiness are intended to make us look close at the phrase and remember it. Thorn two monosyllables express the precisely accurate contraries...most unpastoral is, instead of feeding, to want to be fed,—to be a Mouth. Take the two reverses together, and you have "blind mouths." We may advisably...

...Bishop " means " a person who sees." A " Pastor " means " a person who feeds." The most unbishpply character a man can have is therefore to be Blind....most unpastoral is, instead of feeding, to want to be fed,—to be a Mouth. Take the two reverses together, and you have " blind mouths." We may advisably...

...is easy to write such sentences as these: 'A bishop means a person who sees. A parson means a person who feeds. The most unbishoply character a man can...feeding, to want to be fed — to be a mouth. Take the i two reverses together, and you have blind j mouths.' We have heard all this before. It becomes tiresome....

...easy to write such sentences as these: ' A bishop means a person who sees. A parson means a person who feeds. The most unbishoply character a man can have is therefore to be blind. The most uupastoral is, instead of feeding, to want to be fed—to be a mouth. Take the two reverses together,...

...again, for this is a strange expression; a broken metaphor one might think, careless and unscholarly. A Bishop means a person who sees. A Pastor means one...most unpastoral is, instead of feeding, to want to be fed,—to be a Mouth. Take the two reverses together, and you have " blind mouths." We may advisably...

...Ruskin, in his Sesame and Lilies, commenting on the strange phrase blind mouths in Milton's Lycidas, says those two monosyllables express the precisely accurate...unpastoral is, instead of feeding, to want to be fed. Nearly all the evils in the church have arisen from bishops' desiring power more than light- They want...

...other care they little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast. Blind mouths — " I pause again, for this is a strange expression; a...have arisen from bishops desiring power more than Kght. They want authority, not outlook. Whereas their real office is not to rule ; though it may be...