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leave this wicked world. Come and take mother too, and make her fit to die. Amen.' The tears trickled down the mother's cheeks as the child, turning round, said, 'Tell the man to bring me a larger coffin, and tell teacher next Sunday that I am gone to heaven along with Sally.' In the night she was taken ill, and on the following day died, singing :

"I love Jesus, Hallelujah!

Jesus smiles and loves me too."

"From the day of the child's death the mother became an altered character; she gave up drinking and swearing, and now she rejoices in her Saviour. Reader, art thou a Christian? and if thou art, canst thou not do something for thy Lord? Will he not stretch out his arm to nerve thine, if thou art willing to serve him?"

Reviews.

with much effect by many of our gallant
soldiers. The number of authorities
quoted, and the extent of reading dis-
played is prodigious. It is an exhaustive
work, and must have taxed the author's
time and patience in a way that a sense
of duty could alone have enabled him
to sustain. All the trouble and pains,
however, will yield ample return in the
treasure of quotations and arguments
brought under the hand of readers
them will be the harvest so patiently
anxious to be guided in the matter. To
sown by the writer. It is by far the
most able book we know, and will be
the standard work on the subject for
years to come.-B.
Sermons and Lectures.

Biblical Commentary on the Psalms. | artillery, and we hope to see it fired off By FRANZ DELITZSCH, D.D., Professor of Old and New Testament Exegesis, Leipsic. T. & T. Clarke. WE hasten to announce the issue of this learned exposition. We cannot just now give a lengthened notice. We do not look into these two volumes for spiritual savour, but for scholarly criticism, and we are not disappointed. No one who wishes to study the original text can afford to neglect Delitzsch. A Suggestive Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans; with Critical and Homiletical Notes. By Rev. THOMAS ROBINSON. Dickinson, Farringdon St. THIS is another volume of the Van Doren series, and like its predecessors will prove of great value to men with small libraries, since it gives them the cream of all the great expositors in a small compass. We hail the multiplication of such works as one of the best signs of the times.

Subjects of Baptism. By R. INGHAM.
E. Stock, 62, Paternoster Row.
A SECOND Volume of the Handbook on
Christian Baptism, and worthy of the
former, which we heartily commended
some time ago. Mr. Ingham has a keen
eye for every point in this question of
obedience to our Lord's command, as
opposed to the traditions of men; and
when the coming time shall have arrived,
this book will play no small part in help-
ing on that inevitable spread of our
views which an awakened church will
surely exhibit. This is a huge piece of

By the late
Edinburgh:

WILLIAM M'COMBIE. T. & T. Clarke. and addresses by a member of the BapA SERIES of very thoughtful discourses tist Church, John Street, Aberdeen. În some points the theology is not our own, but the tone is good; and the congregation, which in the absence of a regular minister was able to secure so efficient a supply was fortunate indeed. editor of the Aberdeen Free Press, the author wielded a vigorous pen; and as a lecturer he was esteemed for sober thought and breadth of ideas. Would that we had in all our churches many men of like power to help in a department of Christian work which needs more and more the attention of the church.-B.

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The Problem of Evil. By ERNEST | The Jewish Temple and the Christian NAVILLE. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clarke. Church. By R. W. DALE, M.A. Hodder & Stoughton, 27, Paternoster Row.

SEVEN lectures, delivered at Lausanne,
and also at Geneva, before very large
audiences. The author has earned a
name throughout the Continent as an
eloquent expositor of philosophy in
popular forms. We hardly expected to
find any solution to this much perplexed
problem, and we are not disappointed.
So far as we can gather of the author's
meaning through the translation under
review, he confounds the occasion with
the cause, and thinks that evil arose
because it was possible to man, and
man made the possible actual by
not resisting it long enough to make
it impossible. One paragraph will suf-
fice to present the theory, which is cer-
tainly as unphilosophical a one as we
could well conceive:-"Setting out from
a state in which Evil was simply possible,
that is to say, of innocence, it had by
the effort of a free creature resisting
this possible Evil, to put an end to the
possibility itself, in order to arrive at
the state of perfection, or of holiness,
a state which derives its character from
the fact that liberty has devoted itself
to Good; such was to be the develop-
ment of virtue. If the will does every
moment what it ought, it obtains at last
a decisive victory over the possibility of
Evil. Evil has not appeared, without
ever having been destroyed, it has be-
come impossible, because it has never
actually existed." Rubbish!-B.

The Pearl of Story Books. T. Nelson &
Sons, Paternoster Row.

A SECOND edition of a very able book.
Both the author and his work are
known to many of our readers, and to be
known in their case is to be esteemed.
We have perused this series of sermons
on the Epistle to the Hebrews with
much interest: designed not for scho-
lars, but for ordinary readers, they
nevertheless furnish evidence of much
biblical knowledge, and will serve as a
commentary upon an epistle full of
types and Jewish symbols.
Martin the Weaver; or, the Power of
Gold. From the French. By Mrs.
C. OVEREND. Edinburgh: William
Oliphant & Co.

A SILESIAN narrative, admirably illust
trating the power of gold to harden the
heart. The poor weaver is indignant at
the harshness of his employer, and yet
when he himself becomes a master, he
practises precisely the same oppression
on the very workmen who were once his
comrades in toil.

Quiet Hours.

By JOHN PULSFORD. Hamilton, Adams, & Co. THIS volume comprises in one the two series heretofore known under the same title. We welcome an old friend again, with whom we have had quiet hours before, followed by thoughtful ones as the result. Few books stir up and suggest more fresh ideas than the one we now pass under review. If you disagree with the author, you are helped to some fresh light, though it may be in SELECTIONS from the Bible, arranged in an opposite direction to that intended order and in the language of Scripture: by the writer. It is a treat to pass a such is this book; and if it had been quiet hour with this book, and we adproperly labelled, we should have re-vise our more advanced readers, who: joiced to see it; but the title is apt to mislead, and we should scarcely like to disappoint a young friend by giving it to him. We deem a Bible to be one of the most interesting books for young people, and, as such, would gladly see one in the possession of all; and we have no objection to give it the title at the head of our notice; but to cull portions, and claim for that selection so pre-eminent a name, is not, in our judgment, a wise or straightforward thing. -B.

have had their senses exercised to dis-
cern between good and evil, to try it at
the earliest opportunity.-B.

Eternal Life set forth: being a complete ·
Series of the Christian Mission Tracts.
Edinburgh: Johnston & Co. Lon-
don: Partridge.

ONE of the best series of little tracts we
have ever come across; they have our
hearty commendation. They ought to
be scattered "thick as leaves in Val-
lambrosa."

The Temperance Manual. By Rev. JUSTIN EDWARDS, D.D. Partridge. WE suppose abstaining friends will consider this to be a forcible, temperate, and convincing production. We do not agree with them. In the most vehement denunciation of drunkenness we are ready earnestly to unite; but we cannot agree to condemn estimable and holy men by asserting that all who use alcoholic beverages are aiding in increasing the wickedness, augmenting the guilt, and perpetuating the wretchedness of their fellow men." Such a censure would have included in its sweep one whom we call "Master and Lord."

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Three Score and Ten; a Memorial of
the late Albert Barnes. Hamilton,
Adams & Co.

WHY not give the good man a well-
carved monumental stone? This is
only a cairn—a heap of stones thrown
together any how. Here is first a
sketch-a mere sketch of Barnes's cha-
racter, by his friend Dr. March; then
follow eighty-five pages of sermon, by
the departed himself; and then an ac-
count of his funeral and the transactions
by which his congregation and session
expressed their esteem.
We submit,
that although all this is very well, it is
not up to the mark as a memorial of the
world-renowned commentator.

Things New and Old, relative to Life;
being Sermons on Different Subjects.
By T. H. Hodder & Stoughton.
THESE are not at all commonplace dis-
courses, but are evidently the produc-
tions of a thoughtful and independent
mind; yet we do not think them adapted
for very wide usefulness, for we do not
discern in them the unction which en-
dears gospel ministry. The author is
evidently a man of great ability; we
should like to meet with him when
nearer to the cross.

Rills from the Fountain of Life; or,
Sermons to Children. By Rev. R.
NEWTON, D.D. Partridge & Co.
DR. NEWTON is quite another person
from the pretender to healing powers,
who shocked us all so much last year.
This Dr. Newton has a special gift with
children, and his books are among the

best of their class. His sermon to
children at the Tabernacle was a failure,
because very few could hear more
than a word here and there; but
with an ordinary-sized audience he is
powerful; and ́in a book he is, as
Dr. Fletcher once was, the prince of
preachers to the young.

John Wesley: his Life and his Works.
By the Rev. MATTHEW LEFEVRE.
Wesleyan Conference Office, 66, Pa-
ternoster Row.

THIS life, in the French language, gained
the prize offered by the French Con-
ference of Wesleyan Methodists for a
biography of the great founder of Metho-
dism divine. In its English form it is
very readable, and will secure a large
sale. John Wesley is in a fair way of
having his life-story widely known. So
much the better. Where could we find
his equal?

The Evangelist's Hymn Book. Price 3d.
Yapp & Hawkins, Welbeck Street.
"AND still they come." Hymn books
big and hymn books little, hymn books
for the Church, and hymn books for
Dissent-have we not yet enough?
"The Evangelist's Hymn Book" is a
very excellent, cheap, and useful col-
lection.

The Great Social Evil: its Causes,
Extent, Results, and Remedies. By
WILLIAM LOGAN. Hodder and
Stoughton.

A CHAMBER of horrors: a collection of
terrible facts and utterances upon a
hideous subject. We confess we do not
see the particular good of such a book,
or of our noticing it; it looks rather
like plucking the fruit of the tree of
knowledge of good and evil. Perhaps,
however, here and there a labourer in
the field of reformation may be stimu-
lated by seeing how dreadful is the evil
with which he is called to struggle.
The School Board Guide and Teacher's
Manual: containing the Elementary
Education Act, 1870; the New Code,
1871; &c. By THOMAS PRESTON.
Hamilton, Adams, & Co.

A VERY useful two shillings' worth, ex-
ceedingly handy for those who take a
practical part in the working of the New
Act.

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Dr. Cornwell's Spelling for Begin- | is a wild waste of deluge, covered with ners, and Poetry for Beginners, both to be loathsomeness, hidden by a darkness had of Simpkin & Marshall, are capital which may be felt. We hope that school-books. The poetry consists of Messrs. Clarke will be well repaid for pieces fitted for children's reading, and the service they have done the church in the spelling-book words which have in disinterring the fossils of those former the same vowel are formed into groups, times, which certainly were not better with an obviously instructive design. than those in which we now live.-B. If boys and girls do not learn rapidly Memoir of Isabella Macfarlane, of from such excellent books we would Strathbraan. By the Rev. D. SHAW, not give a pin for them. Free Church Minister, of Laggan, Dumfriesshire. Edinburgh: John Maclaren.

Life's True Beatitude; or, Who is Wise? a Poem. By the Rev. J. C. BASS. Wesleyan Book Room, 66, Paternoster Row.

THE memorial of a true daughter of The Great King. The Highlands of Scotland possess within their glens and straths jewels very precious to the Lord of angels, and Isabella Macfarlane was one of them. A deep, experimental Poems.nently practical and zealous. It was godliness was hers, and yet it was emi

HOLY sentiments expressed in verse. The printer, publisher, and binder have done their part remarkably well. Our copy is fit to present to a nobleman. The Creation, and other Original

Sacred and Secular. By EBENEZER BURR. J. Snow & Co. As these poems were published by subscription, and among the subscribers we observe the names of Thomas Binney, Charles Reed, and others, whose judgment stands for much, it is not needful for us to venture upon a criticism. The pieces are marked by a reverent treatment of things sacred, and a cheerful handling of things secular. The versification is pleasing, and the author's aim is to do good. Some of the hymns are of such quality, that we could have wished for more, while certain trifling rhymes might well have been omitted.

Anti-Nicene Library. Volumes XIX. and XX. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clarke. Two more volumes of this well got up and admirable series. We question if any shelf in our library has half the rubbish upon it that could be hunted up in the works of these venerated Fathers. We have conscientiously read the books as they have appeared, and we bless God that if they were not valuable for their age, they would be worthless for any practical purpose now. As it is, they are a capital fence to keep men shut up to the Scriptures for a rule of faith. If we are prepared to leave the Bible and take tradition as our guide we can clearly see from this series that there is no rest for the sole of our foot; for all

meet that some record of such a woman should be preserved. Granny's Groans. Price 6d.

and Sons.

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WE have a good deal of sympathy with Granny; he groans well, and we hope he will groan again. We suppose he meant to be a female Granny, but the fact of his being the male bird peeps out in a place or two very amusingly. The groans groan at the modern fashion of spoiling boys and girls, and at the Braddonizing of our young women. Herein is enough to make any man or woman groan, whether granny or not. Title-deeds of the Church of England to her Parochial Endowments. By EDWARD MIALL, M.P. Second Edition. Elliot Stock.

We hope that all our more intelligent Nonconformist brethren will master the contents of this important work, whose re-issue is most opportune. We have a severe struggle before us, which we must face like men, and it well becomes us to be fully armed for the fray. To be well acquainted with all the bearings of the great question of ecclesiastical endowments will be one of the best preparations for the controversy. Mr. Miall is so singularly cool and judicious, both as a speaker and writer, that he is always to be relied on, and the information which he gives may be used with confidence.

Memoranda.

To all enquiring friends we beg to say that we hope we are really better, though still very feeble. We have taken one service of each Sabbath in the past month. Though greatly pressed to rest, to travel, to take a voyage to Australia, to go to a Hydropathic Institution, to make a trip to America, to visit Switzerland, to stay in Scotland, to try Buxton, Bournemouth, Scarborough, etc., etc., we feel it our duty to begin work gently and prudently, little by little, but still to begin. Thanks, therefore, very hearty thanks, but we must decline anything but duty just now.

A beloved friend, who desires to be unknown, has sent £500 towards our College Buildings, to celebrate the publication of Sermon, No. 1,000. A thousand blessings rest on that generous heart! Our esteemed brother, Mr. Ness, who is we fear very ill, also sends £10 for the same reason and object; and another kind friend sends his guinea, with the proposal that a thousand readers of the Sermons should do the same. Again, thanks to all. We need College Buildings, because the rooms under the Tabernacle are very dark, being more and more surrounded by other erections, which diminish the light. We have to burn gas nearly all the year round, all day long, and this renders the rooms unhealthy. Besides, all our classes and other meetings increase, and ought to increase, but our space is limited. We feel we are not about to enter on a needless but absolutely necessary work, and we look up for help.

The first boy who has left the Orphanage to be settled in life, set out for Redditch July 25th. May he turn out well, and be the pioneer of many more. We shall in a few months need more openings for the lads. We thank the Christian sister who remembered us in this first case.

printed sermon, the love of the congregation was shown by the spontaneous offering of | £130. There was no collection. It was a loving, free-will gift to the College. Such actions prove the affection of our ever generous people.

We hope to make a decided step very soon towards erecting a chapel for Streatham. We only wait for a site, and hope to find that very soon.

The friends at Angel Town, Brixton, with Mr. Kew, are, we hear, putting up an iron chapel near Loughborough Road Station.

We undertook, on behalf of the London Baptist Association, to carry out the erection of a chapel in the Wandsworth Road. Our illness has delayed the work, but as soon as we can obtain the land we hope to see the builders at work. The Association finds £1,000, and we should like to spend £2,000, in order that there may be no debt. We are thankful that we have already received some help. Our dear dying brother and deacon, Mr. Cook, has sent £5: Mrs. Kelsall, of Rochdale, £50; and we have a few small sums. We will not say that this is but a small part of the whole, but that it is a first instalment. Our crowded city needs hundreds of earnest preachers, and these must have houses to preach in.

The walls of a new chapel in Cornwall Road, Brixton, for the use of our friend Mr. Asquith, are rapidly rising. The princely liberality of a brother in Christ carries out this good work. The Lord reward him.

The recognition of Mr. George Knight, from the Pastors' College, as pastor of the Baptist Church at Lowestoft, has recently been held under very favourable circumstances. On Sunday, July 9th, two sermons were preached by Mr. G. Rogers. On the following Tuesday, after a public Tea meeting, in the School-room, Mr. Rogers presided at a public Service in the chapel. Mr. J. Sage offered prayer; Mr. J. B. Blackmore, a retired pastor of the church, stated the circumstances which had led to the invitation of Mr. Knight to the pastorate. Mr. Knight then gave an account of his conversion to God, his call to the ministry, his reasons for accepting the call from that church, and his views of the fundamental doctrines of the gospel. The ordination prayer was offered by Mr. C. Daniel, of Somerleyton. The charge to the pastor was given by Mr. Rogers; and a charge to the church by Mr. J. Vincent, of The Orphanage funds will soon need re- Yarmouth. Mr. Welton, of Thetford, plenishing. On the Sabbath upon which and Mr. Swindell, of Lowestoft, also took C. H. Spurgeon preached his thousandth | part in the service. The attendance was

The Orphanage boys had a grand excursion to the farm of our friend, Mr. Priest, at Lower Morden. A kind friend took them all in his vans. Mr. Tebbutt, and other kind friends at Melton Mowbray, sent 180 pork pies, of half a pound each, for the boys' dinner, and many others sent other stores. The President was able to look on for an hour, and see the dear lads at their sports. A band of parish boys, from the Lambeth Industrial School, enjoyed the day with the orphans, and discoursed sweet music at intervals. All expenses were met from extra gifts.

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