BROWNING'S THEOLOGY.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
Six,—The article in the Spectator of December 5th, which is entitled " Browning's Theology" reminded me of an incident which I heard Browning describe fifteen years ago. He was induced to listen to one of the tub-orators in the park' a few' days before he narrated the anecdote. He found the man was preaching atheism to a crowd of working people. When the preacher had finished, Browning mounted the tub and delivered a short speech to the crowd. He pointed out to his listeners, who were mostly poor people, that the teaching to which they had just given ear was not only false, but that it was calculated- to make their lives miserable by depriving them of all hope in a future state where the inequalities of this life will be rectified. Mr. Browning certainly would not have told Ihe story unless it had been true, neither would he have taken the trouble to address these people, who were strangers to "him, unless he had been a firm believer in a futtire, spiritual life for human
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