H. T. G.

Hull.

_The Forlorn Hope_ (Vol. viii, p. 569.), _i.e._ the advanced guard.--This

explains what has always been to me a puzzling expression in Gurnall's

_Christian in Complete Armour_ (p. 8. of Tegg's 8vo. edit., 1845):

"The fearful are _in the forlorn_ of those that march for hell."

See Rev. xxi. 8., where "the fearful and unbelieving" stand at the head of

the list of those who "shall have their part in the lake which burneth with

fire and brimstone."

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