(r) What portion of the sums collected is applied to religious and charitable uses external to the parish? What were these uses last year? (s) With whom does the disposal of the alms rest, and in what way are they applied? (t) What steps are taken to prevent the alms being an encouragement to mendicancy and pauperism? (u) In cases of real need, is help ever refused because of the religious opinions of the applicant? (v) What annual parish festivals are observed? and can you mention any improvement which has recently taken place in their observ ance ? (w) Have you established anything of this kind? and with what object? K. THE CHURCHWARDENS. (a) At what time of the year and how are the Churchwardens elected, and who are the present holders of that office? (b) Have the last wardens duly rendered their accounts to the Incumbent and parishioners, and made over to their successors the moneys and goods belonging to the Church or parish which were in their hands? (c) What subordinate officials, such as parish clerks, vergers, beadles, sextons, &c., are employed? Are they persons of good character, and competent for their several offices? What salaries are they paid, and from what sources? (d) Do the wardens themselves attend the services in Church? (e) Do they fulfil their duty in preserving order and decorum in Church? (f) Do they take an active part in the Church work of the parish? To the Churchwardens. (a) Are the Clergymen of your parish persons of sober and exemplary life? (b) Are they physically competent to discharge the duties of their office? (c) Are they regular, punctual, and diligent in the performance of Divine service? (d) Do they perform Divine Service audibly and reverently? (e) Are they ready and careful to visit the sick, and to perform their other duties? (f) Have you any charge of neglect, &c., to bring against them? (g) Have any of them, to your knowledge, taken part in the public worship of sectaries, or allowed them to officiate in the Church or schoolrooms? (h) Do you take care that the names of strange officiants are duly entered in a book, with the name of the Bishop who ordained them? (i) Have such repairs and improvements as were ordered at the last Visitation been undertaken or completed? (j) Have any alterations or additions been made in the fixtures, furniture, or services of the Church since the last Visitation, and if so, what? (k) Have you any suggestions to make for the furthering of Church work in the parish ? * Denotes works of primary importance to those who can procure only a few books. † Denotes that the book must be read with much caution. HOLY SCRIPTURE. Vulgate. (A)* Horne's Introduction to O. and N. T. 12th ed. 4 v. Also abridged edition. (A) Wordsworth's Hulsean Lectures. 1846. (A) Bp. Jebb's Sacred Literature. (A) Lee on Inspiration. (C) Turpie's Old Test. in the New. (A) Blunt's Undesigned Coincidences. (A)* Davison on Prophecy. (A) Cosin, Scholastical Hist. of Canon. (A) Lyall, Propædia Prophetica. (C) Fairbairn's Typology of Holy Scripture. Scripture Textbook and Treasury. (C) Keach's Tropologia. (A) Walton's Polyglott. (L) Polyglotten Bibel von Stier und Theile. (A) Abp. Trench's Hulsean Lectures. (A) Hannah's Bampton Lectures. (L) Delitzsch, Biblical Psychology. (C) Fairbairn on Prophecy. (R) Glaire, Abrégé d'Introd. A. et N. Test. (A) Westcott, The Bible in the Church. Concordantia Maxima in Bibl. Vulg. (R) vols. fol. 1724. Cornelii à Lapide Comment. in (C) Matthew Henry, Exposition of O. and N. T. (L) Calovius, Biblia Illustrata. Rosenmüller, Scholia in Vet. et (A) Wordsworth's Bible. (R) Tostatus, Opera omnia. (R) Menochius, Comment. in SS. (R) Sa, (Emmanuel,) Notationes in totam Scrip. (R) Estius in difficiliora loca SS. annot. Bibl. Sacr. cum Glossa Ordinaria. Antw. 1634. OLD TESTAMENT. Theile's Hebrew Bible. (L) Tischendorf's Septuagint. Ed. 4. (A) Bp. Lowth's Sacra Poesis Hebræ orum. (L) Carpzov, Introd. ad Libr. Canonic. V. T. (L) Hävernick, Handb. d. Einleitung in d. A. T. (L) Keil, Lehrbuch d. Einleitung in d. A. T. (L) Hengstenberg, Christology of Old Test. (Clark's F. T. L.) (L)† Bleek, Introd. to Old Test. trans. by Venables. (L) Jahn, Introd. in Vet. Test. Trommii Concord. in LXX. Drusius, Test. Vet. Interpret. Cocceius, Comm. in Vet. Test. (L) Keil and Delitzsch on Old Test. (Clark's F. T. L.) (R) Fernandez in Visiones Veteris Tes tamenti. (A) Maclear's Class Book of Old Test. History. (L)+ De Wette's Introd. to Old Test. Biblia Rabbinica Magna, v. 4. (L)+ Maurer, Comment. in Vet. Test. (C) Etheridge, Targums on Pentateuch. (L) Hävernick, Der Pentateuchus. (L) Hengstenberg, Der Pentateuchus. (C) Ainsworth on Pentateuch, Psalms, and Song of Songs. (R) Smith (W.) on Pentateuch. (C) Macdonald on Pentateuch. (C) Jukes on Types in Genesis. (L) Delitzsch, Die Genesis ausgelegt. (C)† Calvin on Genesis. (J)+ Kalisch on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus. (R) Lorinus in Lib. Numerorum. (A) Spencer, De Legibus Hebræorum. (L)† Ewald, Dichter d. Alten Bundes. (A) Plain Commentary on Psalms. (L) Hengstenberg, Das Hohe Lied. (A) Littledale on the Song of Songs. (Lt Ginsburg on the Song of Songs. (A) Thrupp on the Song of Songs. (A) Galton on the Song of Songs. (A) Bp. Lowth on Isaiah. (C) Vitringa in Jesaiam. (L) Hengstenberg, Jesaia. (L) Knobel, Der Prophet Jesaia. (A) Gesenius, Der Prophet Jesaia. (L) Delitzsch, Jesaia. (A) Payne Smith on Isaiah. (A) Blayney on Jeremiah and Lamen tations. (L) De Wette, Comment. u. d. N. T. (L) Lange's Hom. Bibelwerk. (A) Westcott's Introd. to Gospels. (L) Olshausen, Comm. ü. N. T. (A) Maclear's Class-book of New Test. History. (A) Jebb on Parallelism. (R) Hug, Introd. to New Test. (L) Schöttgen, Hora Hebraicæ in N. T. (A) Middleton on Greek Article (H. J. Rose.) (A) Scrivener's Codex Beza. (A)* Plain Commentary on Four Gospels. (A) Ford's Illustrations of Gospels. (A)* Denton on Gospels for Sundays and Holy Days. (R) Maldonatus in Evangelia. (A) Trench's Studies in the Gospels. (R) Lucas Brugensis in Evangelia. Catena Aurea. (C) Lightfoot, Hora Hebraicæ in IV. Evang. (A) Townson's Harmony of Gospels. (A) Greswell's Harmony of Gospels. (A) Isaac Williams' Study of the Gospels. (R) Sylveira in Evang. (R) Stapleton, Antidota Evangelica. (R) Stapleton, Antidota Apostolica. (R) Barradius, Concord. et Hist. IV. Evang. (R) Hirsch, Betrachtungen über die sonntäglischen Evangelien (Tübingen.) (R) Piconius, Triplex Expositio in Evangelia. (R) Paulus de Palacio in Matthæum. (A) Greswell on Parables. S. Augustine on the Sermon on the Mount. (Trench.) (A)* Trench on the Parables. S. Augustine on S. John. (Oxf. (R) Ferus, Enarrat. in Ev. Johannis. (L) Lampe, Commentarius in Joannem. (C) Oosterzee, Apologetical Lectures on John's Gospel. (L) Hengstenberg on S. John. (A) Ford's Illustrations of the Acts. (L) Baumgarten's Apostolic History. (A) Lewis's Life and Ep. of S. Paul. (R) Faber Stapulensis in Epistolas Pauli. (R) Natalis Alexander in Epistolas Pauli. * PERSON AND WORK OF CHRIST. (R)* Ludolfi de Saxonia Vita CHRISTI. (A) Jeremy Taylor's Life of CHRIST. (A) Williams on the Nativity. (A) Williams on the Ministry. (A) Williams on the Holy Week. (A)* Williams on the Passion. (A)* Williams on the Resurrection. (L) Stier's Words of the LORD JESUS (Clark's F. T. L.) (A)* Liddon's Bampton Lect. for 1866. (R) S. Bonaventura, Life of CHRIST. (C) Pressensé, JESUS CHRIST. (A) The Messiah. (A) Ellicott's Historical Lectures on the Life of our LORD. (L) Dorner on the Person of CHRIST. (Clark's F. T. L.) (A) Wilberforce on the Incarnation. (R) Oxenham's Catholic Doctrine of the Atonement. 2nd ed. (R) Digest of S. Thomas Aquinas on the Incarnation. (L) Neander's Life of CHRIST. (L) Lange, Life of CHRIST. (L) Ebrard, Gospel History. (C) Tulloch, The CHRIST of the Gospels. (A) Sadler's Emmanuel. (C) Macpherson on the Resurrection of CHRIST. (R) Petavius de Incarn. Verbi. (R) Canisius, Opus Catechisticum. (A) Abp. Ussher on Prayer for the Dead. (E) Macaire, Introd. à la Théologi Orthodoxe. (A) Newman's Sermons on Justifica tion. (R) Canon Eccles on Justification. (A) Abp. Laurence's Lectures. (A) Bull, Defensio Fidei Nicene. (A) Bull on Justification. (R) Kuhn, Gotteslehre. (R) Kuhn, Trinitatslehre. (R) Kuhn, Lehre von Göttl. Gnade. (L) Bähr, Lehre der Kirche vom Tode JESU in ersten 3 Jahrhundert. (L) Baur, CHRISTI Lehre von der Versohnung. (R) Petavius de Trinitate. (R) Petavius de DEO. (L)+ Rothe, Theologisch. Ethik. (R)* Möhler, Symbolik. Eng. Tr. by Robertson. (R) Pereira, Tentativa Theologica. (A) Harvey on the Three Creeds. (R) Dieringer, Lehrbuch der Kathol. Dogmatik. (R) Thomassin, De Incarn. Verbi Di- (A)* Sadler's Church Doctrine Bible vini. (R) Kuhn, Leben JESU. (C)+ M'Leod Campbell on Atonement. † Ecce Homo. Truth. (R)* Aquinas, Summa Theologiæ. (R) Compendium Theologiæ universe, Thomas de Charmes. (R) Perrone, Prælectiones Theol. (R) Estius in Sententias. (A) Pearson's Minor Works, ed. Chur ton. (R) Francisci Veronii Regula Fidei. (A)* Blenkinsopp on Development. Plitt, Evangelische Glaubenslehre. (R) Euvres de Card. de Luzerne. (L) Müller, Christian Doctrine of Sin (F. T. L.) (A)* Dr. T. Jackson's Works. Reuss, Théologie Chrétienne. (R) Melchior Canus de Locis Theol. (A) Forbes à Corse, Instruct. Hist. Theol. SACRAMENTS IN GENERAL. (A) Thorndike's Laws of the Church. (A)* J. H. Blunt on Sacraments. (R) Le Tourneaux, Instructions sur les Sacraments. (R) Catech. Sem. Mechlinensis. |