those twelve famous verses of St.John's Gospel (chap.vii.

53 to viii.

11) which contain the history of 'the woman taken in adultery,'-- the _pericope de adultera_, as it is called.

Altogether indispensable is it that the reader should approach this portion of the Gospel with the greatest amount of experience and the largest preparation.

Convenient would it be, no doubt, if he could further divest himself of prejudice; but that is perhaps impossible.