315. Lo, it is I: _John_ vi, 20.

316. Without avail: Was Sir Launfal's long quest entirely without

avail? Compare the last lines of Tennyson's _Holy Grail_, where Arthur

complains that his knights who went upon the Holy Quest have followed

"wandering fires, lost in the quagmire," and "leaving human wrongs to

right themselves."

320, 321. _Matthew_ xxvi, 26-28; _Mark_ xiv, 22-24.

322. Holy Supper: The Last Supper of Christ and his disciples, upon

which is instituted the communion service of the churches. The spirit

of the Holy Supper, the communion of true brotherhood, is realized

when the Christ-like spirit triumphs in the man. "Inasmuch as ye have

done it unto one of the least of these, my brethren, ye have done it

unto me." (_Matthew_ xxv, 40.)

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