374 KEEPERS OF THE HERD OF SWINE * 



side on which the rapid judgment and the 

 ignorance of the literature of the subject lie. I 

 think I may promise them very little trouble, and 

 a good deal of entertainment. 



Mr. Gladstone is of opinion that the Gadarene 

 swinefolk were " Hebrews bound by the Mosaic 

 law " (p. 274) ; and he conceives that it has not 

 occurred to me to learn what may be said in 

 favour of and against this view. He tells us 

 that 



Some commentators have alleged the authority of Joseplms 

 for stating that Gadara was a city of Greeks rather than of Jews, 

 from whence it might be inferred that to keep swine was inno- 

 cent and lawful. (P. 273.) 



Mr. Gladstone then goes on to inform his 

 readers that in his painstaking search after truth 

 he has submitted to the labour of personally 

 examining the writings of Josephus. Moreover, 

 in a note, he positively exhibits an acquaintance, 

 in addition, with the works of Bishop Wordsworth 

 and of Archbishop Trench ; and even shows that 

 he has read Hudson's commentary on Josephus. 

 And yet people say that our Biblical critics do 

 not equal the Germans in research ! But Mr. 

 Gladstone's citation of Cuvier and Sir John 

 Herschel about the Creation myth, and his ignor- 

 ance of all the best modern writings on his own 

 side, produced a great impression on my mind. I 

 have had the audacity to suspect that his ac- 

 quaintance with what has been done in Biblical 



