Mormon is said to have taught polygamy; we believe it was not taught in his lifetime. With such exceptions the book may be strongly recommended. Let us hope the learned author will look narrowly into all these minutiæ. He will not take it amiss if we ask him whether anything worth the name of an authority can be found for ascribing the foundation of the Gaulish and British Churches to St. Paul and St.

Joseph of Arimathea?" The case is doubtful enough in all conscience in regard to St. Paul, but with respect to Joseph of Arimathea we have always looked upon the legends about him as unquestionably fables.

The Vicarious Sacrifice grounded in Principles of Universal Obligation. By HORACE BUSHNELL, D.D. London: A. STRAHAN. ACCORDING to the Scriptures Christ suffered. He either suffered for himself or for others; but he did not suffer for himself, and we are, therefore, shut up to the principle of a vicarious suffering. Now a vicarious suffering is a sacrifice, and every true sacrifice involves the idea of vicariousness or substitution. Dr. Bushnell, in this profound and thoughtful book, ranges his whole subject under four separate heads-I. "Nothing superlative in vicarious sacrifice, or above the universal principles of right and duty;" 2. "The life and sacrifice of Christ is what he does to become a renovating and saving power;" 3. "The relations of God's law and justice to his saving work in Christ;" 4. "Sacrificial symbols and their uses." Whatever the reason, there is in many minds an unconquerable antipathy to the term "Vicarious," just as in other minds there is a strong dislike of the word "Sacrifice," when applied to Christ. As for the latter, it cannot fairly be excepted to by those who admit the paramount authority of the Holy Scriptures. The other, "Vicarious," is confessedly a compendious and convenient word for summing up and setting forth a truth which the Bible teaches in other terms; and it is to be opposed or defended on the same principles as "Trinity," and other theological words. According to Dr. Bushnell, the true conception of the Vicarious Sacrifice is "that Christ, in what is called his vicarious sacrifice, simply engages, at the expense of great suffering, and even of death itself, to bring us out of our sins themselves, and so out of their penalties; being Himself profoundly identified with us in our fallen state, and burdened in feeling with our evils." The volume will require, and we are convinced will repay, a close and attentive perusal; and now that English divines do not often produce exhaustive works on theological, or rather, doctrinal questions, needed though they be, we strongly urge the claims of this very profound and valuable publication.

The Sacrifice of the Death of Christ. A Sermon. By Lord Arthur HERVEY, M.A. London: Macmillan and Co.

THIS sermon was preached in Ely Cathedral at the ordination held by the Bishop on Advent Sunday last. The text is Acts iv. 12, and the discourse itself is a clear, faithful, and earnest exhibition and applica

tion of the subject, in its relation to the persons addressed. If the gentlemen who heard the sermon strive by God's grace to minister in harmony with its teachings, it will be well for them and the flocks they

oversee.

The Prayer Book Interleaved, with Historical Illustrations and Explanatory Notes arranged parallel to the Text. By Rev. W. M. CAMPION, B.D., and Rev. W. J. BEAMONT, M.A. With Preface by the LORD BISHOP OF ELY. London: Rivingtons.

THE plan of this book is ingenious, the text occupying every page on the right hand, and the notes and illustrations the pages opposite. The editors have performed their part in a thoroughly scholar-like manner, and their elaborate commentary, as we may style it, appears to be every way trustworthy. Not only is the work singularly accurate, so far as we can test it, but the materials supplied by the editors have been selected with good taste and judgment. The exceeding variety of these materials, drawn, too, from most numerous, and often recondite sources, shews that a large amount of patient research has been employed in their preparation. Many of the notes are curious and interesting, as well as practically valuable, and we do not remember any other work which throws so much real and direct light upon the Book of Common Prayer. Acts of uniformity and numerous other documents of importance are either reproduced at length or extensively quoted. The sources of most of the contents of the Prayer Book are indicated. Literary and historical items are scattered in profusion over the pages, and the articles are wisely introduced. The volume will be of inestimable value to all who wish to know the history and structure of the national formulary; and we may safely say we have seldom seen a book more creditable to editors and publishers alike.

Discourses delivered on Special Occasions. By R. W. Dale, M.A. London: Jackson, Walford, and Hodder.

MR. DALE is the well-known minister of Carr's Lane Chapel, Birmingham; and he is held in high esteem as an eloquent preacher, an able thinker, and a man of learning. These discourses are ten in number; four were delivered before the author's congregation, and the remainder in different parts of the country. The subjects are diversified and attractive; some of them very important, and all of them treated in an excellent manner. There are few Nonconformist ministers in this country who are better qualified to deal with great questions, and we doubt not this volume will be read with much interest and profit by many of different religious denominations. In these critical times it is refreshing to meet with sermons which are characterized by the breadth, vigour, transparency and earnestness which distinguish these. It would be difficult to find in them anything which can be designated narrow and one-sided; but easy to find in them the proof that the preacher is a man of strong convictions, who speaks out boldly and fearlessly whatever he believes to be God's truth. Therefore, while on the one hand

they are marked by decided originality and individuality, they present broad and comprehensive views on all principal matters. Their language is elevated, pure, and transparent, singularly free from conventionalisms, and founded on the best models. Without specifying particular sermons we can say that they are all powerful, and some of them admirable.

Sermons and Expositions. By the late JOHN ROBERTSON, D.D. With a Memoir by Rev. J. G. YOUNG. London: A. Strahan.

DR. Robertson was born in Perth in 1824, and died in January, 1865. In 1857 he became the minister of Glasgow cathedral, in which office he remained till his lamented decease. He was a man of great personal excellence, and zeal, and his ministerial endowments were such as to make him both popular and useful. Our readers will be much interested in the memoir of him which precedes his sermons. The sermons are of a very superior character, and some of them worthy of any pulpit. They are followed by a series of "Thoughts and Expositions," among which are some of particular interest and value, not merely for the sentiments they embody, but for the proof they give of the author's desire to excel in all learning. The characters of eminent piety and unquestionable orthodoxy are unmistakeably impressed upon this work, which we receive with gratitude and lay down with regret, for who among us can but regret the too early removal of one who had not only given so much promise, but the earnest of its realization?

Christian Light of the World. By C. J. VAUGHAN, D.D. London: Strahan and Co.

Free and Open Worship. A Sermon by C. J. VAUGHAN, D.D. London: Macmillan and Co.

DR. Vaughan needs no introduction. His volume, entitled "Christ the Light of the World," comprises a series of twelve sermons, homilies, or discourses, meditations, or chapters, we know not which they are to be called. The subjects relate to Christ and the gospel, and are as follows: -Why he came; the Lamp and the Light; Nunc dimittis; Uses of Light; a Man of Sorrows; the Gospel of the Fall; the Gospel of the Flood; Christ the Lord of Nature; the Conqueror of Satan, the Destroyer of Death; the Sinner's Friend; Cast out and Found. treatment is simple, graceful, practical and devout; the volume, therefore, is to be confidently recommended to those who desire "the words of the wise in quiet," for personal edification. The separate sermon on free and open worship deserves to be recorded, and we must say, to be read, although it scarcely comes within the range of our criticism.

Thoughts on Personaal Religion, being a Treatise on the Christian Life in its two chief elements, Devotion and Practice. By E. M. GOULBURN, D.D. New edition. London: Rivingtons.

Ir must be very gratifying to Dr. Goulburn, as it is to multitudes

besides, to find this admirable book so widely appreciated. The rapid issue of, we believe, eight editions in four years or thereabouts supersedes the necessity for criticism.

Theology and Life, Sermons chiefly on Special Occasions. By E. H. PLUMPTRE, M. A. London: A. Strahan.

PROFESSOR Plumptre is very well known as a Biblical and classical scholar and critic; and the discourses now before us bear unmistakeable evidence to his zeal for learned research. Of the twenty-one sermons contained in this volume very few, if any, fail to shew that the preacher is learned as well as wise, and that however he may differ from this or that school, his thoughts and theories are his own, and with reasons to back them. Whatever ridicule or pity may be bestowed upon the modern pulpit by some classes of society, it is madness to say that the pulpit has no life, intelligence, or power, while it produces discourses like those before us. Without accepting every critical opinion advanced by the author, we are happy to call attention to this volume as one of a very superior order, and by no means to be classed with the ordinary run of sermons. It may suffice to shew that Professor Plumptre is not moved by noisy and pretentious but shallow men, to observe that he calls Bishop Butler, the "greatest thinker of the English Church.” To our mind, he is about correct; but is he à la mode? Strange that we should have to employ this last phrase; but who can deny that there is a fashion in philosophy and science, in doctrine and in ritual, just as there used to be fashionable saints, and earlier still, fashionable gods? Happily there is one Sun in heaven, however often men may change their colours.

St. John Chrysostom on the Priesthood. In Six Books. Translated from the original Greek by B. HARRIS COWPER. London: Williams and Norgate.

THAT many portions of Chrysostom's Greek are stubbornly opposed to receiving an English dress is known to his readers; and it happens rather unfortunately that the work on the Priesthood is by no means easy in all places to translate. Nevertheless it has been rendered more or less frequently into Latin, German, and French, while four or five versions in English preceded the present. The high reputation of the work and the utility of it being admitted, it is singular that copies in English should be so rare as to be procured with difficulty. The frequent demand for the book and other considerations seemed to justify a new translation, which has been executed by the editor of this Journal, with what success other critics must declare. The principles which have guided him are expounded in his introduction, and all turn upon that of presenting an intelligible rendering of Chrysostom's work as it is, without regarding his conformities or non-conformities with the phraseology and views, practices and requirements of existing churches. Although, for obvious reasons, the book cannot be reviewed in these

pages, it is allowable to state that it is elegantly got up, and that every endeavour has been made to facilitate its use by a careful display of its chapters, and a consecutive numbering of all its lesser sections. The introduction includes a view of some of the leading features of this remarkable treatise.

Sacred Allegories. By the Rev. W. ADAMS, M.A. New Edition, illustrated. London: Rivingtons.

THIS very neat edition of an esteemed and excellent work will be welcomed by many. It is elegant in appearance, and written in a style of much purity and beauty. The principles embodied are in all respects those of the Church of England. To youthful readers especially it will be a source of never-failing delight and wholesome instruction. Some of the allegories are wonderfully constructed, and it has been said with reason that the "Old Man's Home" is one of the best which has been produced since the days of John Bunyan.

Science and Christian Thought. By JOHN DUNS, D.D., F.R.S.E. London Religious Tract Society.

We have been much pleased with this thoughtful and able consideration of some of the great problems of the day. It exhibits in a popular form many of those facts and arguments to which attention is called in our controversial age. The author shews himself to be master of his subject, and has produced one of the most useful manuals we have seen for general reading. City missionaries and all who are brought into contact with the immense and protean mass of unbelief which floats among the working classes will do well to obtain this convenient volume. It is both scholarlike and scientific, and based on sound principles. We thoroughly approve of the author's leading positions and conclusions.

The Angels' Song. By THOMAS GUTHRIE, D.D. London: Strahan. A CHARMING little book on some of the most interesting and important topics connected with human redemption. It is characterized by the peculiar excellencies which distinguish its pious and talented author. The style is glowing and brilliant, and the tone throughout is that of fervent and unwavering faith. We anticipate for it an extensive circulation.

Lyra Fidelium. Twelve Hymns on the twelve articles of the Apostles' Creed. By S. J. STONE, B.A. London: Parker.

THIS is a very nice book elegantly got up. The plan is ingenious: the poetry occupies the left hand pages, while those on the right are adorned with prose paraphrases of the successive article, and a happy selection of appropriate texts. The versification is smooth and simple, the sentiments are scriptural and devout, and the measures adopted conform to those of some of our sweetest tunes. Mr. Stone has on