Theophilus, WHERE I LOCATE GOD? I locate him in the centre of the
universe, or, in better phrase, at the central focus, which must
exist somewhere, of all the stars that make the universe, and
which, borne onward in a common movement, gravitate together
around this focus."

Much more, of an equally scientific character, follows; but in
fairness to the reader, who is already blaming us for wasting the
precious moments over such sorry trash, we may as well conclude
our sketch of this new line of speculation.

May, 1872.



III. THE JESUS OF HISTORY.[15]

[15] The Jesus of History. Anonymous. 8vo. pp. 426. London:
Williams & Norgate, 1869.

Vie de Jesus, par Ernest Renan. Paris, 1867. (Thirteenth edition,
revised and partly rewritten.)

In republishing this and the following article on "The Christ of
Dogma," I am aware that they do but scanty justice to their very
interesting subjects. So much ground is covered that it would be
impossible to treat it satisfactorily in a pair of
review-articles; and in particular the views adopted with regard
to the New Testament literature are rather indicated than
justified. These defects I hope to remedy in a future work on