PRINCETON, N. J. BX 5133 .V3 S6 1876 1 4 | Vaughan, Charles John, 181. 1897. The solidity of true Shelf... . rAl inion... Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2015 https://archive.org/details/solidityoftruereOOvaug_0 THE SOLIDITY OF TRUE RELIGION. AND OTHER SERMONS PR K ACHED IN LONDON DURING THE GENERAL ELECTION AND MISSION WEEK, FEBRUARY 1874. C. J. VAUGHAN, D.D., MASTER OF THE TEMPLE, AND CHAPLAIN IN ORDINARY TO THE QUEEN. SECOND EDITION, ITonbon : MACMILLAN AND 1876. CO. All rig/its reserved, CONTENTS. I. Lay Help in London . . . . II. The Anxiety of the Churches . III. The Solidity of True Religion . IV. The Meaning of a Mission. . . I. LAY HELP IN LONDON. PHILIPPIANS IV. 3. AND I ENTREAT THEE ALSO, TRUE YOKEFELLOW, HELP THOSE WOMEN WHICH LABOURED WITH ME IN THE GOSPEL; WITH CLEMENT ALSO, AND WITH OTHER MY FELLOW-LABOURERS, WHOSE NAMES ARE IN THE BOOK. OF LIFE. PREACHED IN ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, ON THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1 874, BEFORE THE AS- SOCIATION OF LAY HELPERS FOR THE DIOCESE OF LONDON. LAY HELP IN LONDON. X "T TE have here a lively picture of Lay * * Help as it was in Apostolical times. Of all the actors in this busy scene, there is no proof that any one, except the Writer, was an " ordained " person in our sense of that word. Who is addressed under the endearing title of St. Paul's "true (genuine) yokefellow," we know not. If Epaphroditus, the bearer of the letter — who seems, perhaps, most naturally designated by it — he is, indeed, called in the Greek the "apostle" of the Philippians; 1 but it is clear from the context that the word " apostle " has in that place only the meaning given to it in 1 Phil. ii. 25 : v/iCiv bi iirbaTokov. 4 LAY HELP IN LONDON. our English Version, of " emissary " or " messen- ger." Epaphroditus had been sent by the Philippian Church with pecuniary supplies, tokens of their loving devotion, to the im- prisoned Apostle at Rome. 1 St. Paul calls him his "brother, and companion in labour, and fellow-soldier : 2 " but a comparison of like ex- pressions in other parts of St Paul's writings will make it doubtful whether any one of these titles can be regarded as positively ascribing to Epaphroditus a partnership in the Minis- try, as distinguished from the service, of their common Lord. 3 Even Clement — though the name has sug- 1 Phil. iv. 18. a Phil. ii. 25. 3 The term "fellow-soldier" is of too rare use (occurring ouly in Philemon ii. besides) to furnish a decisive argument either way. LAY HELP IK LON'DOV. 5 gested to some readers of Church History- associations with Ecclesiastical and even Epi- scopal office — was yet, in all probability, not the illustrious Clement of Rome, 1 but a Philippian, by birth or residence, and, if so, may with equal likelihood have been either a Minister or a Lay- man. He is mentioned only as one among many "fellow-labourers" of St. Paul; and it would be a gratuitous and improbable assertion that all these were, in the technical sense, either Presbyters or Deacons. But the clear words of the text carry us one step further. Women also are among these fellow-toilers with St. Paul in the Gospel. And 1 See a detached note on "Clement my fellow -labourer," in Dr Lightfoot's Edition of St Paul's Epistle to the Philippians. page 1 66. 6 LAY HELP IN LONDON. here too it, would be a narrowing and cramping idea to imagine Church Officers, Deaconesses, to be spoken of. Whether, indeed, such an office had place in the Church of the Apostles, is still, I must think, an open and a very doubtful question. To import the mention of it into this passage would be entirely fanciful. St. Paul is speaking of two women, whose names are given in a verse above, and who appear to have fallen into disunion and discord with each other, which he here laments and would heal. He recognizes these two women, notwithstanding their fault in this matter, as fellow-Christians and fellow-toilers with him- self still. It is as fellow-Christians that they are fellow-toilers. Then, finally, the particular "help" to which he LAY HELP IN LONDON. 7 here invites both his "yokefellow" and Clement and the rest, is one which has nothing Clerical, nothing Ministerial, in its nature. The original, if not the English text, makes this certain. 1 He- bids all these friends to join in the reconciliation of Euodia and Syntyche. Help them, he says, in the difficult work of becoming friends again. Help them, for they are worthy. They laboured with me. They joined their efforts and their struggles with mine in the Gospel of our blessed Lord. Whether then we look at the persons ad- dressed, or at the persons described, or at the special help which the one is asked to render 1 avvKanfiavov avrah, aXrives k.t.X. cannot be "Help those women who," &c, but must be rendered, "Help them" — the two women just mentioned— " persons who," or "seeing that they," &c. 8 LAY HELP IN LONDON. to the other, we have before us a most practical, a most instructive comment upon the work in which you, friends and brothers, are engaged at this time in the Diocese of London, and upon which we are gathered together, all of us, this evening, to invoke that Divine benediction and guardianship, without which builder and watch- man, Pastor and Helper, "lose their labour," and " wake in vain. 1 " Nothing can be more certain to the student of Scripture, yet nothing was more utterly for- gotten in the Church of England half a century ago, than that He who bought us with His most precious blood designed us all to be His Minis- ters and His Priests, offering up to Him, day by day, not only — though this is the first thing- — 1 Psalm cxxvii. i, 2. LAY HELP IN LONDON. 9 the sacrifice of a pure and devout life, but also that other sacrifice, springing out of this, which may be briefly described as the service of Him in the service of His people. 1 The idea that all offices of piety and charity were to be heaped upon the Clergy ; that it was unnecessary for a man, unless he were ordained — unnecessary, or even presumptuous — to "put his hand to the plough " of Christian labour, either for the poor, or for the young, or for the erring, or for the outcast — is so directly opposed to every princi- ple, to the very life, of the Gospel, that St. Paul, if he had lived to look upon it, would assuredly have withered and scathed it by one of his terrible interrogations, "Know ye not that ye are God's temple ? 2 " or, " Unto what then were ye 1 Rom. xii. I. I Pet. ii. 5, 9. s 1 Cor. iii. 16. LAY HELP IN LONDON. baptized He would have begun to "teach us again the very first principles " of the Christian system 2 — how Christ called us not only to an individual but to a corporate life ; formed us into a body, having many members, each with its office — one for oversight, one for command ; one for "willing," one for "running 3 " — all equally helpful, equally useful, equally essential. 4 If the foot should say, Because I am not the hand, I am not wanted ; or the ear, Because I am not the eye, I may lie idle, I shall not be missed ; where would be the efficiency even of the more honourable parts, and where the comfort, the harmony, the very movement and action, of the whole ? 1 Acts xix. 3. - Heb. vi. 12. 3 Rom. ix. 16. * Rom. xii. 4, 5. I Cor. xii. 12, &c. Eph. iv. 4, &c. LAY HELP IN LONDON. It is a subject of just congratulation, though full, at the same time, of thoughts of sorrow and sadness, that the Church of this Diocese has been aroused in these latter days to a truer feeling of the place of Christian men and Christian women — as Christians — in the Body, in the Temple, which is the Church, of God. Start- ing, like all such revivals, from a comparatively small beginning, we witness to-night a remark- able growth. Seven years have sufficed, under God's good hand, to multiply twenty-fold this particular Association : 1 and we cannot doubt that a work so truly representative of the idea of Christ's Gospel has in it the secret of life, and will go on to develope new energies in new 1 In 1867 the Association numbered 90 members : in 1873 it numbered 1850. LAY HELP IN LONDON. fields of action — heart kindling heart with the fire of a sympathy at once Divine and most human, to the glory of the One Lord, and to the strengthening and comforting and edifying of His people. i . It is quite needless, in this audience, to dwell at any length upon the advantages of association in stimulating, directing, and econo- mizing labour. Multitudes of men and women stand idle in the Church's market-place, and give as their excuse that " no man hath hired them. 1 " That excuse never, indeed, had any truth in it as regards the individual, or rather the spiritual, hiring. Creation, Redemption, Baptism, Com- munion, Providence, Conscience, the Gospel, the 1 Matt. xx. 7. LAY HELP IN LONDON. 13 Spirit — any one of these is enough to silence the plea that God has no call for us. But I speak now of a different application of the figure of that Parable. A man, I will suppose, had become conscious of God's interest in him. He had, whether at the third or at the sixth hour, received with the soul's ear the summons to go into the Vineyard — understanding by that call the invitation to conversion and holiness In his heart there began now to work, more or less strongly, the new hopes and desires of a Christian. In particular, he felt one question stirring within him, "What shall I do, Lord ? 1 " He asked it of himself — he asked it of his Minister — he asked it of his friend. What can I do for Him who has done all for me .< What 1 Acts xxii. 10. LAY HELP IN LONDON. work is open to me? I have leisure, I have strength, I have the will. I tremble lest want of work for Christ should leave me desultory, pur- poseless — at last inconsistent, worldly, sinful. I want that which shall fix me, pledge me, bind me, compel me, to my new service. "There was no voice, nor any to answer." There was no nucleus of good, to which good might gather. There was no formed, denned, animate body for the young man to seek and to coalesce with, in his desire not to fall back and not to fall away. The principle of association — and is not that, indeed, the very idea of a Church ? — meets this want. There is now, in this roll of 1879 fellow- workers, something to guide the steps of the new enquirer ; assuring him of sympathy, assur- ing him of direction, assuring him of help. LAY HELP IN LONDON. '5 Each one of those Associates is like the rope thrown out to the new struggler with the waves of this Ocean of London, to draw him towards that Ark of Christ's living and acting Church, in which he may feel himself never at a loss and never alone. I trust that this will become more and more the thought and the endeavour of the several separate Members of this Association. The very name is a charm. Loneliness in feeling is melancholy : loneliness in working is paralysis. How shall I, a forlorn stranger in this vast City, discover for myself — whatever my desire for it — my mission and my commission for Christ's poor and Christ's prodigals ? I may do harm, I can scarcely do good — I may incur harm, I can scarcely get good — if I start alone, without t6 LAY HELP IN LONDON. direction, to seek for myself a field and an object. I may find, after long labour, not only that I have " taken nothing, 1 " but perhaps that I have been spending superfluous toil upon a spot already cultivated, already planted and sown, without my knowledge, by some one else. On one plot of ground two men or twenty men are at work, elbowing, jostling, counteracting each other ; while hard by there is an absolute destitution of workmen, hearts failing for lack of help, and none to say to me, There, not Itere ! In combination of labourers is division of labour — and without such division no work can prosper. 2. We cannot but be struck, again, as the 1 Luke v. 5. LAY HELP IN LONDON. '7 plans of the Association enlarge themselves, with the wonderful variety of the agencies which it offers to the choice of its workmen. We count nothing too small to be reckoned, and nothing too secular to be consecrated, when the thing has to do with Christ's Church : whether it be the instruction of the young and the ignorant in Sunday or Night School — or the visiting of "a few sick folk 1 " with the consolations of the Gospel — or the use of ear and voice in Church Music — or even the placing of the worshippers, in order and quietness, for the enjoyment of "the Word of God and prayer 2 " — or even the equip- ment of the Church itself, at festive seasons, so that the very walls and vessels of service 1 Mark vi. 5. ' 1 Tim. iv. 5. B i8 LAY HELP IN LONDON. shall preach to the eye the hopes and the joys which God has revealed in His Christ- mas and Easter and Whitsuntide revelations. There is room for all and more than all these in the helpful offices of this Lay Ministry: and it is not the least part of its value, that it does not bid all alike, fit or unfit, to rush into one (and that perhaps the highest) kind of service, but says to each of its members, Choose what you will — that which you judge to be most suitable to your gifts, or best proportioned to your present "measure of faith : l " only do it with good will, of a free heart, as unto Christ, and it shall be accepted, both in kind and in measure, "accord- ing to that you have, and not according to that you have not.-"' From a lower you may pass, as 1 Rom. xii. 3. 3 2 Cor. viii. 12. LAV HELP IN LONDON. 19 time advances, to a higher form of service — " they that have well used " the humblest, " pur- chase to themselves a good degree," and in- creased boldness in the work that is for Christ Jesus. 1 One of these higher works deserves special notice, both for its novelty and for its import- ance. It is a sign of the developing grace of this Association, that it is now boldly entering the Mission-field of London ; lending itself here and there, for definite periods, to Parishes of peculiar spiritual destitution, for a hand-to-hand conflict, in their darkest and foulest dens, with the demons of vice and unbelief and ungodliness. There, in little bands of earnest, manly, sober- minded soldiers of the Cross and the Crucified, 1 See 1 Tim. iii. 13. 20 LAY HELP IN LONDON. this Association is fulfilling its chosen work and office of the Helper, by drawing souls to Christ, and making His Church felt as a reality where its very name, where the name of its Divine Lord, was not so much as named. Not for one week alone of marked and eager wrestling, but as the business of week after week, and year after year, while life lasts and grace is given, this Associa- tion calmly and unobtrusively holds and works its Mission : and God, by it, is strengthening greatly the hands of His ordained ministers, and " adding daily to the Church," we dare to hope, " such as shall be saved. 1 " 3. And in all this manifoldness of working the saying is remarkably verified, " He that watereth shall be watered also himself. 2 " There is a 1 Acts ii. 47. 5 Prov. xi. 25. LAY HELP IN LONDON. 21 reaction of good, not least, upon the workman. It is a great thing to see for ourselves things of which we have idly read in books — realities of want and sorrow, so light in the abstract, so heavy in the enduring : to be brought face to face with destitution, alike of bread and of the Word : 1 to be shamed out of our loitering, and out of our luxury, and out of our listless, dreamy, self-indulgent intellectualism, by being shown what earth is to the bulk and to the average of her children : to be constrained to lend a hand if it be but a weak and unsteady hand, to the support of the tottering and the palsied : to be enabled at last to feel that in one little part (at least) of our day and of our life we are decidedly on the side of good, which is the side of Christ: to 1 See Amos viii. II. 22 LAY HELP IN LONDON. be pledged to this side and to this service : to be " known and read of all men 1 " — flesh and blood may shrink from it — humility as well as cowar- dice might say, "Have me excused" — but to be "known and read of all men" as bound by the double Sacr amentum, first of Communicants, then of Associates. Something of that which a Clergyman finds in his title and in his dress, as a help to self-recollection and to consistency, may you feel, beloved brethren, as you read your names in this printed list of Association — may it be indeed the true type, in each instance, of that " book of life" of which the text tells — or bend your steps to Abbey or Cathedral for these solemn Services of renewed and reiterated dedication. 1 2 Cor. iii. 2. LAY HELP IN LONDON. 23 It is a great thing, moreover, to feel that, however small in comparison with conflicting or neutralizing influences, there 'is yet abroad in this monster Metropolis, such a salt and leaven of good as is implied in eighteen hundred men, of all ranks and powers, yet in the fulness of life and vigour, mingling in common society with the mark of Christ's workers, of the Church's helpers, upon them. It secures this — that, to that extent at least, and to the extent of all whom they influence, there shall be no word spoken in disparagement of Christ and His Church ; no taunting or slighting tone used in reference to things holy and heavenly ; no infidel innuendo, no ungodly scoff, no libertine jest uttered, without meeting, on the instant, one person to whom it is as insulting as it is 24 LAY HELP IN LONDON. disgusting. Your work, your engagement, binds you to be Christ's everywhere and all through — to carry the light of an honest Christian confes- sion whithersoever you go. God multiply yet a hundred-fold the number, the influence, and the seed sown ! It is natural then to urge you, in the name of your chosen Master, to enlarged efforts, to deepened convictions, and to quickened prayers for grace. The moment this agency, or any agency for good, looks off from Christ — " stands apart" (as Scripture expresses it), in any one of its workmen, " from the living God 1 " — that moment its strength is weakness, its grace cor- ruption, its life death. In God's House, on this calm night, in the prospect of a week full of 1 Heb. iii. 12 : iv tu airoaTijvaL atrb GeoO fwiros. LAY HELP IN LONDON. 25 solemnity 1 — it may be, for some, of transition from death unto life — let us review our position, as in Christ's presence, and go forth humbler, more earnest, more resolved men! Why should not each one of these eighteen hundred men undertake to add to himself, from without, one new comrade? Why should not the Association thus double itself yet again before another An- niversary ? Such a band of men — resolute, grave, devoted — might change the face of a Diocese. Not by self-glorifying ; not by much talking ; not by unmannerly questioning ; not by forcing Christ in where His own parable of " the dogs and the swine " forbids it ; 2 not by narrowing His Kingdom to one section or 1 The "London Mission" began on Sunday, February 8, 1874. '- Matt. vii. 6. 26 LAY HELP IN LONDON. party ; not by any thing which considerateness, which propriety, which good taste — all of them God's gifts as truly as faith and earnestness and decision are so — would refuse and shrink from ; but by humility, by meekness, by good example, "by pureness, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned 1 " — so let us make our way. At last — soon to each one, if not soon to the world — He that cometh will come, and will not tarry. 2 And when He cometh, what shall He find us doing ? Could we desire a better, a more glori- ous, a more Divine title for a life human, than that of " Helper ? " It is the highest honour of saints. " Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ. 3 " It is the chosen title of the Apostle. " Helpers 1 2 Cor. vi. 6. 2 Heb. x. 37. 3 Rora. xvi. 9. LAY HELP IN LONDON. 27 of your joy. 1 " "Fellow-helpers to the truth. 2 " Nay, One greater than the Apostles has made it His own office. "The God of thy father, who shall help thee. :! " "Grace to help in time of need.*" "The Spirit helpeth our infirmities/'" Even such is your work. Let " Helper " be written in your face : " bind it for a sign upon your hand : 6 " let it breathe in your words, let it be the music of your footsteps. So shall you carry Christ with you, in His attraction for a living, loving, suffering, sinning, dying humanity. So, through you, bearing His like- ness, shall He, by the magnet of His Cross, draw men unto Him. 7 1 2 Cor. i. 24. 8 Gen. xlix. 25. 6 Deut. vi. 8. • 3 John 8. * Heb. iv. 16. ' John xii. 32. 5 Rom. viii. 26. I II. THE ANXIETY OF THE CHURCHES. 2 CORINTHIANS XI. 28. THAT WHICH COMETH UPON ME DAILY, THE CARE OF ALL THE CHURCHES. PREACHED IN THE CHAPEL ROYAL, ST JAMES'S. ON SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1874; AND AFTERWARDS IN THE CHAPEL OF KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. THE ANXIETY OF THE CHURCHES. THE word rendered "care" is not "charge" but " anxiety. 1 " It is the same word by which our Lord in the Gospel for this day 2 designates one of the three " stifling " influences by which the good seed sown in the heart is pre- vented from reaching maturity. " Choked with cares (anxieties) " as effectually as with " riches or pleasures of this life. 3 " St. Paul, in the Epistle, speaks of himself as beset day by day with a kind of anxiety which can be named in a 1 'H ixipi/xva. waawv rCiv iKKK-qaiuv. * Luke viii. 4— 15. 3 'T7rA fieptfuvioii Kai 7r\oirroi/ Kal rjSoyuv tov fiiov Topeuofia/oi sv/j-TTytyovTai. 32 THE ANXIETY OF THE CHURCHES. list of sufferings for Christ's sake and the Gos- pel's. That anxiety which Christ reproved in the Sermon on the Mount, 1 and in the more private converse of the house in Bethany, 2 has a name- sake which ranks among graces. St. Paul himself who says to the Philippians, " Be anxious about nothing, 3 " yet, in the enumeration of his own trials as a Christian, of his own sufferings as an Apostle, mentions this, without apology, as his daily experience — "the anxiety of all the congregations." Just in proportion to the meanness of the one anxiety, is the dignity of the other. The anxieties which choke the Word are commonly 1 Matt. vi. 25, &c. : fii) p.(pip.vaTt Trj if vxrj Vfiuv k.t.X. 3 Luke x. 41 : Jildpda, Mdp6a, fiept/Mvas xal Tvpfidty vtpi iroXKd. 3 Phil. iv. 6 : /ujjSec fiepifivdre. THE ANXIETY OF THE CHURCHES. 33 as selfish as they are earthly. With Divine intuition does our Lord perceive in these an influence profane and debasing, like that which all acknowledge to be the natural tendency of luxury and dissipation. The country Pastor confronts it, in one form, in the house of his poorer Parishioner, who says, "Occupied from dawn to midnight with the cares of a burdened and straitened household, I have no time to worship, and no heart to be religious." It has a disguise equally common, and more natural to members of a Congregation like the present. " Public, political, official engagements throng me and press me, leaving me no leisure so much as to sleep. I pray thee, have me excused from an attention, at this moment impossible, to the concerns of the soul and eternity." Christ says, c 34 THE ANXIETY OF THE CHURCHES. The good seed cannot thrive upon apologies : excuses may be plentiful and plausible, but the soul may starve in the midst of them : if earth holds the heart, it matters little whether it be with a chain of gold or with a rope of hemp. " One thing is needful" — that the soul be right with God, that the eye be set upon Heaven, that the life be Christian, that the death be blessed ; whatsoever prevents or hinders this " cometh of evil 1 " — and the anxieties of this world, not only its riches and pleasures, are undeniably in league against it. Yes, that Gospel which " came not to destroy, but to fulfil 2 " — not to revolutionize, but to re- create — not to form a new being, but to trans- form the existing man after God's likeness ; has ^att. v. 37. 2 Matt. v. 17. THE ANXIETY OF THE CHURCHES. 35 a place and a work for every faculty and for every feeling and for every affection of our nature ; for fear and hope, for vehemence and gentleness, for anger and love, for anxiety itself amongst them. There is an anxiety of which only Christian men are capable, and which is at once intense, and elevating, and most practical. St. Paul was full of it. St. Paul's life, and St. Paul's mind, are two of the most sacred heirlooms of the Church Uni- versal. The one is sketched for us, in mere outline, with enormous breaks and chasms, in the biography written by his friend and often companion St. Luke. The other is unbosomed to us, most unintentionally, most unconsciously, by himself. 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' Here are twenty-two Sermons, all bearing more or less on the every-day life of the present day, including such subjects as these: — " Fathers and Children;" "A Good Conscience ;" " Names;" "Sponsorship ;" "Duty and Superstition;" "England s Strength;" "The Lords Prayer;" "Shame;" "Forgiveness;" " The True Gentleman :" "Public Spirit." TOWN AND COUNTRY SERMONS. Second Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. 3/. 6d. Some of these Sermons -were preached before the Queen, and some in the performance of the 'writer's ordinary parochial duty. Of these Sermons the Nonconformist says, ' ' They are -warm 'with the fervour of the preacher's own heart, and strong from the force of his own convictions. There is no-where an attempt at display, and the clearness and simplicity of the style make them suitable for the youngest or most unintelligent of his hearers." SERMONS on NATIONAL SUBJECTS. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 3-r. 6d. THE KING OF THE EARTH, and other Sermons, a Second Series of Sermons on National Subjects. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d. The following extract from the Preface to the 2nd Series wUl explain the preaehei's aim in these Sermons: — "/ have tried to frrdclaim the Lord Jesus Christ, as the Scriptures, both in their strictest letter and in their general method, from Genesis to Rnelation, seem to me to proclaim Him ; not merely as the Saviour of a few elect sotds, but as the light and life of every human being who enters into the world; as the source of all reason, strength, and virtue in heathen or in Christian; as tlu King and Ruler of the whole universe, and of rsery nation, family, and man on earth ; as the Redeemer of the whole earth and the whole human race. . . His death, as a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satis- faction for the sins of the whole world, by which God is reconciled to the whole human race." DISCIPLINE, AND OTHER SERMONS. Fcp. 8vo. y.dd. 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Their subjects are :— The Mystery of the Cross : The Per- fect Love : The Spirit of Whitsuntide : Prayer: The Deaf and Dumb : The Fruits of the Spirit : Confusion : The Shaking of the Heavens and the Earth : The Kingdom of God: The Law of the Lord: God the Teacher: The Reasonable Prayer : The One Escape : The Word of God : I: The Cedars of Lebanon : Life: Death: Signs and Wonders : The Judgments of God: The War in Heaven: Noble Company: De Pro- fundi: The Blessing and the Curse: The Silence of Faith : God and Mammon : The Beatific Vision. Lightfoot.— Works by J. B. Lightfoot, D.D., Hulsean Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge ; Canon of St. Paul's. ST. PAUL'S EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS. A Re- vised Text, with Introduction, Notes, and Dissertations. Fourth Edition, revised. 8vo. cloth. \2s. While the Author's object has been to make this commentary generally complete, he has paid special attention to everything relating to St. Paul's personal history and his intercourse with the Apostles and Church of the Circumcision, as it is this feature in the Epistle to the Galatians which has given it an overwhelming interest in recent theological controversy. The Spectator says "there is no commentator at once of sounder judg- ment and more liberal than Dr. Lightfoot." ST. PAUL'S EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS. A Revised Text, with Introduction, Notes, and Dissertations. Third Edition. 8vo. \zs. "No commentary in the English language can be compared with it in regard to fulness of information, exact scholarship, and laboured attempts to settle everything about the epistle on a solid foundation." — Athenreum. ST. PAUL'S EPISTLES TO THE COLOSSIANS AND PHILEMON. A Revised Text with Introduction, Notes, etc. 8vo. 12s. ST. CLEMENT OF ROME, THE TWO EPISTLES TO THE CORINTHIANS. A Revised Text, with Introduction and Notes. 8vo. 8s. 6d. This volume is the first part of a complete edition of the Apostolic Fatha-s. The Introductions deal with the questions of the genuineness and authenticity of the Epistles, discuss their date and character, and analyse their contents. An account is also given of all the different epistles which bear the name of Clement of Tome. "By far the most copiously annotated i6 THEOLOGICAL BOOKS. Lightfoot (Dr. J. B.) — continued. edition of St. Clement which we yd possess, and the most convenient in every way for the English reader." — Guardian. ON A FRESH REVISION OF THE ENGLISH NEW TESTAMENT. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s. The Author shews in detail the necessity for a fresh revision of the authorized version on the following grounds:— I. False Readings. 2. Artificial distinctions created. 3. Real distinctions obliterated. 4. Faults of Grammar. 5. Faults of Lexicography. 6. Treatment of Proper Names, official titles, etc. 7. 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The Spectator characterises them as "vigorous in style, full of thought, rich in illustration, and in an unusual degree interesting." A THIRD SERIES OF SERMONS. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 4s. 6d. Sermons more sober and yet more forcible, and with a certain wise and practical spirituality about them it would not be easy to find. " — Spectator. Maclear. — Works by the Rev. G. F. Maclear, D.D., Head Master of King's College School : — A CLASS-BOOK OF OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY. With Four Maps. Eighth Edition. l8mo. 4s. 6d. "The present volume," says the Preface, "forms a Class-Book of Old Testament History from the Earliest Times to those of Ezra and Nelte- miah. In its preparation the most recent authorities have been consulted, and wherever it has appeared useful, A T otes have been subjoined illustra- tive of the Text, and, for the sake of more advanced students, references added to larger works. The Index has been so arranged as to form a concise Dictionary of the Persons and Places mentioned in the course of the THEOLOGICAL BOOKS. 17 Maclear (G. F .)— continued. Narrative." The Maps, prepared by Stanford, materially add to the value and usefulness of the book. The British Quarterly Review ealls it "A careful and elaborate, though brief compendium of all that modern research has done for the illustration of the Old Testament. We know of no work which contains so much important information in so small a compass." A CLASS-BOOK OF NEW TESTAMENT HISTORY. Including the Connexion of the Old and New Testament. Fifth The present volume forms a sequel to the Authors Class- Book of Old Testament History, and continues the narrative to the close of St. Paul's second imprisonment at Rome. The work is divided into three Books — /. The Connection between the Old and New Testaments. II. The Gospel History. III. The Apostolic History. In the Appendix are given Chronological Tables The Clerical Journal says, "It is not often that such an amount of useful and interesting matter on biblical subjects, is found in so convenient and small a compass, as in this well-arranged volume. " A CLASS-BOOK OF THE CATECHISM OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. New and Cheaper Edition. iSmo. is.6d. The present work is intended as a sequel to the two preceding books. "Like them, it is furnished with notes and references to larger works, audit is hoped that it may be found, especially in the higher forms of our Public Schools, to supply a suitable manual of instruction in the chief doctrines of our Church, and a useful help in the preparation of Can- didates for Confirmation." The Literary Churchman says, "It is indeed the work of a scholar and divine, and as such, though extremely simple, it is also extremely instructive. There are few clergy who would, not find it useful in preparing candidates for Confirmation; and there are not a fczu who would find it useful to themselves as well. " A FIRST CLASS-BOOK OF THE CATECHISM OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, with Scripture Proofs for Junior Classes and Schools. New Edition. l8mo. 6d. This is an epitome of the larger Class-book, meant for junior students and elementary classes. The book has been carefully condensed, so as to contain clearly and fully, the most important part of the contents of the larger book. A SHILLING-BOOK of OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY. New Edition. iSmo. cloth limp. i.r. This Manual bears the same relation to the larger Old Testament Hist- ory, that the book just mentioned does to the larger work on the Catechism. It consists of Ten Books, divided into short chapters, and subdivided into 18 THEOLOGICAL BOOKS. Maclear (G. F.) — continued. sections, each section treating of a single episode in the history, the title of which is given in bold type. 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This work is not merely an exposition of the fifteenth chapter of St. John's Gospel, but also a general parable of spiritual truth from the world of plants. It describes a few of the points in which the varied realm of vegetable life comes into contact with the higher spiritual realm, and shews hmv rich a field of promise lies before the analogical mind in this direction. The Nonconformist says, "It abounds in exquisite bits of description, and in striking facts clearly stated." The British Quarterly says, "Headers and preachers who are unscientific will find many of his illustrations as valuable as they are beautiful. " BIBLE TEACHINGS IN NATURE. Ninth Edition. Globe Svo. 6s. In this volume the author has endeavoured to shew that the teaching of nature and the teaching of the Bible are directed to the same great end ; that the Bible contains the spiritual truths which are necessary to make us wise unto salvation, and the objects and scenes of nature are the pictures by which these truths are illustrated. "He has made the world more beautiful to us, and unsealed our ears to voices of praise and messages of THEOLOGICAL BOOKS. •9 Macmillan (H.) — continued. love that might otherwise have been unheard."— British Quarterly Review. "Mr. Macmillan has produced a book which may be fitly described as one of the happiest efforts for enlisting physical science in the direct service of religion. " — Guardian. THE MINISTRY OF NATURE. Third Edition. Globe 8vo. 6*. In this volume the Author attempts to interpret Nature on her religious side in accordance with the most recent discoveries of physical science, and to shew henv much greater significance is imparted to many passages oj Scripture and many doctrines of Christianity when looked at in the li,4t of these discoveries. Instead of regarding Physical Science as antagonistic to Christianity, the Author believes and seeks to shew that every new dis- covery tends more strongly to prove that Nature and the Bible have One Author. " Whether the reader agree or not with his conclusions he will ackncaoledge he is in the presence of an original and thoughtful writer.' 1 '' Pall Mall Gazette. " There is no class of educated men and -women that will not profit by these essays. "—Standard. M'Clellan. — THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, a New Translation on the Basis of the Authorised Version, from a Critically revised Greek Text. Newly arranged in Paragraphs with Analyses, copious References and Illustrations from original authorities, New Chronological and Analytical Harmony of the Four Gospels, Notes and Dissertations. A contribution to Christian Evidence. By John Brown M'Clel- lan, M.A., Vicar of Bottisham, Rural Dean of North Camps, and late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. In Two Vols. Vol. I. The Four Gospels with the Chronological and Analytical Harmony. 8vo. 30.!-. Maurice. — Works by the late Rev. F. Denison Maurice, M.A., Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Cam- bridge. The Spectator says — "Fezv of those of our man generation whose names will live in English history or literature have exerted so profound and so permanent an influence as Mr. Maurice. " THE PATRIARCHS AND LAWGIVERS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. Third and Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo. 5* The Nineteen Discourses contained in this volume were preached in the chapel of Lincoln's Inn during the year 1 85 1. The texts are taken from the books of Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Samuel, and involve some of the most interesting biblical topics dis- cussed in recent times. 20 THEOLOGICAL BOOKS. Maurice (F. D.) — continued. THE PROPHETS AND KINGS OF THE OLD TES- TAMENT. Third Edition, with new Preface. Crown 8vo. icu. 6d. Mr. Maurice, in the spirit which animated the compilers of the Church lessons has in these Sermons regarded the Prophets more as preachers of righteousness than as mere predictors— an aspect of their lives which, he thinks has been ■-'really overlooked in our day, and than which, there is none we have mire need to contemplate. He has found that the Old Testament Prophets, taken in their simple natural sense, clear up many of the difficulties which beset us in the daily work of lije ; make the past intelligible, the present endurable, and the future real and hopeful. THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. A Series of Lectures on the Gospel of St. Luke. Crown 8vo. gs. Mr Maurice, in his Preface to these Twenty-eight Lectures, says,— " In these Lectures I have endeavoured to ascertain what is told us respect- in" the life of jesus by one of those Evangelists who proclaim Him to be the Christ, who says that He did come from a Father, that He did baptize with the Holy Spirit, that He did rise from the dead. I have chosen the one who is most directly connected with the later history of the Church, who was not an Apostle, who professedly wrote for the use of a man already instructed in the faith of the Apostles. I have follcnved the course of the writer's narrative, not changing it under any pretext I have tuihered to his phraseology; striving to avoid the substitution of any other for his." THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. A Series of Discourses. Third and Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s. These Discourses twenty-eight in number, are of a nature similar to those on the Gospel of St. Luke, and will be found to render valuable assistance to any one anxious to understand the Gospel of the beloved dis- ciple so different in many respects from those of the other three Evangelists. Appended arc eleven notes illustrating various points which occur through- out the discourse* The Literary Churchman thus speaks of this volume: —"Thorough honesty, reverence, and deep thought pervade the work which is every way solid and philosophical, as well as theological, and abounding with suggestions which the patient sUdent may draw out more at length for himself." THE EPISTLES OF ST. JOHN. A Series of Lectures on Christian Ethics. Second and Cheaper Edition. Cr. bvo. bs. These Lectures on Christian Ethics were delivered to the students of the Workin" Men's Colle ge, Great Ormond Street, London, on a series of Sunday mornings Mr. Maurice believes that the question in which we are most interested the question which most affects our studies and our daily /,,.-<■ /<■'//,',> v,-,v'<7 whether there is a foundation for human morality, THEOLOGICAL BOOKS. 21 Maurice (F. D.) — continued. or whether it is dependent upon the opinions and fashions of different ages and countries. This important question will be found amply and fairly discussed in this volume, which the National Review calls "Mr. Maurice's most effective and instructive work. He is peculiarly fitted by the constitution of his mind, to throw light on St. John's writings." Appended is a note on "Positivism and its Teacher." EXPOSITORY SERMONS ON THE PRAYER-BOOK. The Prayer-book considered especially in reference to the Romish System. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. $s. 6d. After an Introductory Sermon, Mr. Maurice goes over the various parts of the Church Service, expounds in eighteen Sermons, their intention and significance, and shews how appropriate they are as expressions of the deepest longings and wants of all classes of men. LECTURES ON THE APOCALYPSE, or Book of the Revelation of St. John the Divine. Crown 8vo. los. 6d. Mr. Maurice, instead of trying to find fa historical events in the distant future, eudeazvurs to discover the pta literal, obvious meaning of the words of the writer, and shews that as a rule these refer to events contemporaneous with or immediately succeeding the time when the book was written. At the same time he shews the applicability of the contents of the book to the circumstances of the present day and of all times. "Never," says the Nonconformist, " has Mr. Maurice been more reverent, more careful for the letter of the Scripture, more discerning of the purpose of the Spirit, or more sober and practical in his leaching, than in this volume on the Apocalypse." WHAT IS REVELATION? A Series of Sermons on the Epiphany ; to which are added, Letters to a Theological Student on the Bampton Lectures of Mr. Mansel. Crown 8vo. los. 6d. Both Sermons and Letters were called forth by the doctrine maintained by Mr. Mansel in his Bampton Lectures, that Revelation cannot be a direct Manifestation of the Infinite Nature of Cod. Mr. Maurice maintains the opposite doctrine, and in his Sermons explains why, in spite of the high authorities on the other side, he must still assert the principle which he discovers in the Services of the Church and throughout the Bible. SEQUEL TO THE INQUIRY, "WHAT IS REVELA- TION?" Letters in Reply to Mr. Mansel's Examination of "Strictures on the Bampton Lectures." Crown 8vo. 6s. This, as the title indicates, was called forth by Mr. Mansel's Examina- tion of Mr. Maurice's Strictures on h is doctrine of the Infinite. THEOLOGICAL ESSAYS. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. \os. 6d. y " The book," says Mr. Maurice, "expresses thoughts which have been THEOLOGICAL BOOKS. Maurice (F. D.)— -continued. working in my mind for years; the method of it has not been adopted carelessly; even the composition has undergone frequent revision." There are seventeen Essays in all, and although meant primarily for Unitarians, to quote the words of the Clerical Journal, "it leaves untouched scarcely any topic which is in agitation in the religious world ; scarcely a moot point between our -various sects ; scarcely a plot of debateable ground be- tween Christians and Infidels, bet-ween Romanists and Protestants, between Socinians and other Christians, between English Churchmen and Dis- senters on both sides. Scarce is there a misgiving, a difficulty, an aspira- ' tion stirring amongst us noiv, — now, when men seem in earnest as hardly ever before about religion, and ask and demand satisfaction with a fear- lessness -which seems almost awful when one thinks -what is at stake — -which is not recognised and grappled with by Mr. Maurice." THE DOCTRINE OF SACRIFICE DEDUCED FROM THE SCRIPTURES. Crown Svo. js. 6d. Throughout the Nineteen Sermons contained in this volume", Mr. Maurice expounds the ideas -which he has formed of the Doctrine of Sacrifice, as it is set forth in various parts of the Bible. THE RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD, AND THEIR RELATIONS TO CHRISTIANITY. Fourth Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 5-r. These Eight Boyle Lectures are divided into two parts, of four Lectures each. Ln the first part Mr. Maurice examines the great Religious systems which present themselves in the history of the -world, -with the purpose of inquiring what is their main characteristic principle. The second four Lectures are occupied with a discussion of the questions, "In -what relation does Christianity stand to these different faiths ? If there be a faith which is meant for mankind, is this the one, or must -we look for auot/ter?" ON THE LORD : S PRAYER. Fourth Edition. Fcap. 8vo. is. 6d. In these Nine Sei-mons the successive petitions of the Lora" s Prayer are taken up by Mr. Maurice, their significance expounded, and, as was usual -with him, connected with the every-day lives, feelings, and aspirations of the men of the present time. ON THE SABBATH DAY ; the Character of the Warrior, and on the Interpretation of History. Fcap. Svo. 2s. 6d. THE GROUND AND OBJECT OF HOPE FOR MANKIND. Four Sermons preached before the University of Cambridge. Crown Svo. 3-r. 6d. Ln these Four Sermons Mr. Maurice views the subject in four aspects : —L. The Hope of the Missionary. II. The Hope of the Patriot. III. The Hope of the Churchman. IV. The Hope of Man. ^Spectator THEOLOGICAL BOOKS. 23 Maurice (F. D.) — continued. says, " It is impossible to find anywhere deeper teaching than this ;" and the Nonconformist, " We thank him for the manly, noble, stirring words in these Sermons — words fitted to quicken thoughts, to awaken high aspira- tion, to stimulate to lives of goodness." THE LORD'S PRAYER, THE CREED, AND THE COMMANDMENTS. A Manual for Parents and Schoolmasters. To which is added the Order of the Scriptures. l8mo. cloth limp. is. This book is not -written for clergymen, as such, but for parents and teachers, who are often either prejudiced against the contents of the Cate- chism, or regard it peculiarly as the clergyman's book, but, at the same time, have a general notion that a habit of prayer ought to be cultivated, that there are some things which ought to be believed, and some things which ought to be done. It tvill be found to be peculiarly valuable at the present time, when the question of religious education is occupying so much attention. THE CLAIMS OF THE BIBLE AND OF SCIENCE. A Correspondence on some Questions respecting the Pentateuch. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d. This volume consists of a series of Fifteen Letters, the first and last addressed by a '■Layman'' to Mr. Maurice, the intervening thirteen written by Mr. Maurice himself. DIALOGUES ON FAMILY WORSHIP. Crown 8vo. 6s. " The parties in these Dialogues," says the Preface, "are a Clergyman who accepts the doctrines of the Church, and a Layman whose faith in them is nearly gone. The object of the Dialogues is not confutation, but the discovery of a ground on which two Englishmen and tivo fathers may stand, and on -which their country and their children may stand 'when their places know them no more." THE COMMANDMENTS CONSIDERED AS IN- STRUMENTS OF NATIONAL REFORMATION. Crown 8vo. 4*. 6d. The author endeavours to shew that the Commandments are now, and ever have been, the great protesters against Presbyteral and Prelatical assumptions, ami that if we do not receive them as Commandments of the Lord God spoken to Israel, and spoken to every people under heaven nmv, we lose the greatest witnesses we possess for national morality and civil freedom. MORAL AND METAPHYSICAL PHILOSOPHY. Vol. I. Ancient Philosophy from the First to the Thirteenth Centuries. Vol. II. Fourteenth Century and the French Revolution, with a Glimpse into the Nineteenth Century. Two Vols. 8vo. 25J. This is an edition in tzvo volumes of Professor Maurice's History of 24 THEOLOGICAL BOOKS. Maurice (F. D.) — continued. Philosophy from the earliest period to the present time. It was formerly issued in a number of separate volumes, and it is believed that all admirers of the author and all students of philosophy will welcome this compact edition. In a long introduction to this edition, in the form of a dialogue, Professor Maurice justifies his own views, and touches upon some of the most important topics of the time. SOCIAL MORALITY. Twenty-one Lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge. New and Cheaper Edition. Cr. 8vo. 10s. 6d. ' ' Whilst reading it we are charmed by the freedom from exclusiveness and prejudice, the large charity, the loftiness of thought, the eagerness to recognise and appreciate wharever there is of real worth extant in the world, which animates it from one end to the other. We gain new thoughts and new ways of viewing things, even more, perhaps, from being brought for a time under the influence of so noble and spiritual a mind." —Athenaeum. THE CONSCIENCE: Lectures on Casuistry, delivered in the University of Cambridge. Second and Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo. Jf. In this series of nine Lectures, Professor Maurice, endeavours to settle ?vhat is meant by the word "Conscience," and discusses the most important questions immediately connected with the subject. Taking "Casuistry" in its old sense as being the "study of cases of Conscience," he endeavours to show in what way it may be brought to bear at the present day upon the acts and thoughts of our ordinary existence. He shows that Con- science asks for laws, not rules ; for freedom, not chains ; for education, not suppression. He has abstained from the use of philosophical terms, and has touched on philosophical systems only when he fancied "they were interfering with the rights and duties of wayfarers." The Saturday Review says: " We rise from the perusal of these lectures with a detesta- tion of all that is selfish and mean, and with a living impression that there is such a thing as goodness after all." LECTURES ON THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF THE FIRST AND SECOND CENTURIES. Svo. los.te. In the first chapter on "The Jewish Calling," besides expounding his idea of the true nature of a " Church," the author gives a brief sketch of the position and economy of the Jeios ; while in the second he points out their relation to " the otlier Nations." Chapter Third contains a succint account of the various Jewish Sects, while in Chapter Fourth are briefly set forth Mr. Maurice's ideas of the character of Christ and the nature of His mission, and a sketch of events is given up to the Day oj Pentecost. The remaining Chapters, extending from the A postles' personal Ministry to the end of the Second Century, contain sketches of 'the character and THEOLOGICAL BOOKS. 25 Maurice (F. D.) — continued. work of all the prominent men in any way connected with the Early Church, accounts of the origin and nature of the various doctrines ortho- dox and heretical which had their birth during the period, as well as oj the planting and early history of the Chief Churches in Asia, Africa and Europe. LEARNING AND WORKING. Six Lectures delivered in Willis's Rooms, London, in June and Julv, 1854. — THE RELIGION OF ROME, and its Influence on Modern Civilisa- tion. Four Lectures delivered in the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh, in December, 1854. Crown Svo. 5.?. SERMONS PREACHED IN COUNTRY CHURCHES. Crown Svo. 10s. 6d. "Earnest, practical, and extremely simple." — Literary Churchman. " Good specimens of his simple and earnest eloquence. The Gospel inci- dents are realized with a vividness which we can well believe made the common people hear him gladly. Moreover they are sermons which must have done the hearers good."— ]ohn Bull. Moorhouse. — Works by James Moorhouse, M.A., Vicar of Paddington : — SOME MODERN DIFFICULTIES RESPECTING the FACTS OF NATURE AND REVELATION. Fcap. Svo. 2s. 6d. The first of these Eoitr Discourses is a systematic reply to the Essay of the Rev. Baden Rowell on Christian Evidences in "Essays and Reviews." The fourth Sermon, on " The Resurrection," is in some measure com- plementary to this, and the two together are intended to furnish a tolerably complete view of modern objections to Revelation. In the second and third Sermons, on the "Temptation" and "Rassion," the author has en- deavoured "to exhibit the power and wonder of those great facts within the spiritual sphere, which modern theorists have especially sought to dis- credit." JACOB. Three Sermons preached before the University of Cambridge in Lent 1S70. Extra fcap. Svo. y. 6d. THE HULSEAN LECTURES FOR 1865. Cr. Svo. 5*. "Eew more valuable works have come into our hands for many years. . . a most fruitful and welcome volume." — Church Review. O'Brien.— AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN and ESTAB- LISH THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION by FAITH ONLY. By James Thomas O'Brien, D.D., Bishop of Ossory. Third Edition. Svo. I2.r. This work consists of Ten Sermons. The first four treat of the nature 26 THEOLOGICAL BOOKS. and mutual relations of Faith and Justification ; the fifth and sixth examine the corruptions of the doctrine of Justification by Faith only, and the objections -which have been urged against it. The four concluding ser- mons deal -with the moral effects of Faith. Various Notes are added explanatory of the Author's reasoning. Palgrave. — HYMNS. By Francis Turner Palgrave. Third Edition, enlarged. i8mo. If. 6d. This is a collection of twenty original Hymns, which the Literary Churchman speaks of as "so choice, so perfect, and so refined, — so tender ill feeling, and so scholarly in expression." Paul of Tarsus. An Inquiry into the Times and the Gospel of the Apostle of the Gentiles. By a Graduate. 8vo. i as. 6d. The Author of this work has attempted, out of the materials which were at his disposal, to construct for himself a sketch of the time in which St. Paul lived, of the religious systems with which he was brought in contact, of the doctrine which he taught, and of the -work -which he ulti- mately achieved. " Turn where we will throughout the volume, -we find the best fruit of patient inquiry, sound scholarship, logical argument, and fairness of conclusion. No thoughtful reader will rise from its perusal -without a real and lasting profit to himself, and a sense of permanent addition to the cause of truth." — Standard. Picton.— THE MYSTERY OF MATTER; and other Essays. By J. Allanson Picton, Author of "New Theories and the Old Faith." Crown 8vo. lo.t. 6d. Contents— The Mystery of Matter : The Philosophy of Ignorance : The Antithesis of Faith and Sight: Tlu Essential Nature oj Religion: Christian Pantheism. Prescott — THE THREEFOLD CORD. Sermons preached before the University of Cambridge. By J. E. Prescott, B.D. Fcap. 8vo. 3-r. 6d. Procter.— A HISTORY OF THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER: With a Rationale of its Offices. By Francis Procter, M.A. Twelfth Edition, revised and enlarged. Crown Svo. ios. 6d. The Athenaeum says: — " The origin of every part of the Prayer-book has been diligently investigated, — and there are few questions or facts con- nected with it -which are not either sufficiently explained, or so referred to, that persons interested may work out the truth for themselves." Procter and Maclear. — AN ELEMENTARY INTRO- DUCTION TO THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. Re-arranged and Supplemented by an Explanation of the Morning THEOLOGICAL BOOKS. 27 alrea dy noticed un dei- Mr. Macliar' S nan into chapters and s ctions. In Book Book rayer down to the Will 'am III. Boo k II, consisting varii Us farts qftk ' Prayer Book. 1 critic artic tres/ and importa and in Index of W the A of its v. We wish it and ter in the kingdom and Evening Prayer and the Litany. By F. Procter, M.A. and G. F. Maclear, D.D. New Edition. i8mo. 2s. 6d. "his book has the same object and follows the same plan as the Manuals " ch book is subdivided letailed History of the ■vision in the Reign of ; treats in order the 'jical, historical, and endix contain? several, •d is a General Index r A4 Literary Church- most satisfactory book 'ids of every schoolboy Psalms of David CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED. An Amended Version, with Historical Introductions and Ex- planatory Notes. By Four Friends. Second and Cheaper Edition, much enlarged. Crown Svo. Ss. 6d. One of the chief designs of the Editors, in preparing this volume, was to restore the Psalter as far as possible to the order in which the Psalms we>-e written. 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The Lectures which compose this volume discuss, amongst others, the following subjects : "Faith in God," " Exercise of our Reason," "Origin and Authority of Creeds," and " Private Judgment, its use and exercise." " Treating of abstruse points of Scripture, he applies them so forcibly to Christian duty and practice as to prove eminently seii'iceable to the Church."— John Bull. THEOLOGICAL BOOKS. 3 Swainson (C. A.) — continued. THE AUTHORITY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT and other LECTURES, delivered before the University of Cam- bridge. Svo. cloth. \zs. The first series of Lectures in this work is on " The Words spoken by the Apostles of Jesus," " The Inspiration of God's Servants," " The Human Character of the Inspired Writers" and " The Divine Character of the Word written." The second embraces Lectures on "Sin as Im- perfection," "Sin as Self-will," "Whatsoever is not of Faith is Sin," " Christ the Saviour," and " The Blood of the New Covenant." 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This volume contains Thirty-five Sermons on topics more or less inti- mately connected -with every-day life. The /Mowing are a feiu of the subjects discoursed upon :— " Love and Duty:" "Coming to Christ-" "Great Men:" "Faith;" "Doubts;" "Scruples;" "Original Sin'-" "Friendship;" "Helping Others;" "The Discipline of Temptation'-" "Strength a Duty;" " Worldliness ;" "III Temper;" '"The Burml'of the Past. J A SECOND SERIES OF SERMONS PREACHED IN THE CHAPEL OF RUGBY SCHOOL. Second Edition. Extra fcap. Svo. 6s. This Second Series of Forty-two brief, pointed, practical Sermons, on topics intimately connected with the evay-dav life of young and old, will be acceptable to all who are acquainted with the First Series. The follcnvin" art a few of the subjects treated of: — "Disobedience," "Almsrivin"" " The Unknown Guidance of God," "Apathy one of our Trials " ' " IIMi Aims in Leaders," "Doing our Best," " The Use of Knowledge," "Use of Observances," "Martha and Maiy," "John the Baptist,"" "Severilv 32 THEOLOGICAL BOOKS. Temple (F., D.D.) — continued. before Mercy" "Even Mistakes Punished" "Morality and Religion" " Children," "Action the Test oj Spiritual Life" "Self-Respect," "Too Late," ''The Tercentenary." A THIRD SERIES OF SERMONS PREACHED IN RUGBY SCHOOL CHAPEL IN 1867— 1869. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6*. This third series of Bishop Temple s Rugby Sermons, contains thirty-six brief discourses, including the " Good-bye" sermon preached on his leaz-ing Rugby to enter on the office he nenv holds. Thring.— Works by Rev. Edward Thrino, M.A. SERMONS DELIVERED AT UPPINGHAM SCHOOL. Crown Svo. 5*. , In this volume are contained Forty-seven brief Sermons, all on subjects more or less intimately connected -with Public-school life. " We desire very highly to commend these capital Sermons -which treat of a boy's life and trials in a thoroughly practical way and with great simplicity and im- pressiveness. They deserve to be classed with the best of their kind." — THOUGHTS ON LIFE-SCIENCE. New Edition, en- larged and revised. Crown Svo. ys. 6d. In this volume are discussed in a familiar manner some of the most interesting priblems bet-ween Science and Religion, Reason and Feeling. Tracts for Priests and People. Bv Various Writers. The First Series. Crown 8vo. The Second Series. Crown 8vo. Ss. The whole Series of Fifteen Tracts may be liad separately, price One Shilling each. Trench.— Works by R. Chenevix Trench, D.D.. Arch- bishop of Dublin. (For other Works by the same author, see Biographical, Belles Lettres, and Linguistic Cata- logues). NOTES ON THE PARABLES OF OUR LORD. Twelfth Edition. Svo. 12s. This -work has taken its place as a standard exposition and interpreta- tion of Christ's Parables. The book is prefaced by an Introductory Essay in four chapters :—I. On the definition of the Parable. II. On Teach- ing by Parables. III. On the Interpretation of the Parables. IV. On other Parables besides those in the Scriptures. The author then proceeds to take up the Parables one by one, and by the aid of philology, history, THEOLOGICAL BOOKS. 33 T re n ch — continued. antiquities, and tk, beauty, and applicc, ■rhes of travelle, of each, concludi forth th, ith moral interpretation, fi illustrative quotations, a N, •Heal and philolo K dassifiedlistoffi ll NOTES ON THE MIRACLES OF OUR LORD. Tenth Edition. 8vo. 12s. In the 'Preliminary Essay' to this work, all the momentous and in- teresting questions that have been raised in connection until Miracles, are discussed with considerable fulness. The Essay consists of six chapters :— I. On the Names of Miracles, i. e. the Greek words by 'which they are designated in the New Testament. II. The Miracles and Nature— What is the difference between a Miracle and any event in the ordinary course of Nature ? III. The Authority of Miracles—Is the Miracle to command absolute obedience ? IV. The Evangelical, compared with the other cycles of Miracles. V. The Assaults on the Miracles— \. The Jewish. 2. The Heathen ( Celsus etc.). 3. The Pantheistic (Spinosa etc.). 4. The Sceptical (Hume). 5. The Miracles only relatively miraculous (Schleier- macher). 6. The Rationalistic (Paul/is). 7. The Historico- Critical (Woolston, Strauss). VI. The Apologetic Worth of the Miracles. The author then treats the separate Miracles as he does the Parablfs. SYNONYMS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. New Edition, enlarged. 8vo. cloth. 12s. The study of synonyms in any language is valuable as a discipline for training the mind to close and accurate habits of thought ; more especially is this the case in Creek — " a language spoken by a people of the finest and subtlest intellect; who saw distinctions where others saw none; who di- vided out to different words what others often were content to huddle con- fusedly under a common term Where is it so desirable that we should miss nothing, that we should lose no finer intention of the writer, as in those words which are the vehicles of the very mind of God Himself ?" This Edition has been carefully revised, and a considerable number of nnt> synonyms added. Appended is an Index to the Synonyms, and an fndex to many other words alluded to or explained throughout the work. "He is," the Athenaeum says, " a guide in this department of knowledge to whom his readers may intrust themselves with confidence. 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These "-Studies," sixteen in number, are the fruit of a much larger scheme, and each Study deals with some important episode mentioned in the Gospels, in a critical, philosophical, and practical man- ner. Many references and quotations are added to the Notes. Among the subjects treated are: — The Temptation ; Christ and. the Samaritan Woman; The Three Aspirants; The Transfiguration ; Zacclucus; The True Vine; The Penitent Malefactor; Christ and the Two Disciples on the way to Emmaus. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLES to the SEVEN CHURCHES IN ASIA. Third Edition, revised. 8vo. %s. bd. The present work consists of an Introduction, being a commentary on ■ Rev. i. 4 — 20, a detailed examination oj each of the Sr. en Epistles, in all its bearings, and an Excursus on the Hislorico- Prophetical Interpreta- tion of the Epistles. THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. An Exposition drawn from the writings of St. Augustine, with an Essay on his merits as an Interpreter of Holy Scripture. Third Edition, en- larged. 8vo. \os. 6d. The first half of the present work consists of a dissertation in eight chapters on "Augustine as an Interpreter of Scripture," the titles of the several chapters being as follow : — /. Augustine's General Hews of Scrip- ture and its Interpretation. II. The External Helps for the Interpreta- tion of Scripture possessed by Augustine. III. Augustine's Principles and Canons of Interpretation. IV. Augustine's Allegorical Interpretation of Scripture. V. Illustrations of Augustine's Skill as an Interpreter of Scripture. VI. Augustine on John the Baptist and on St. Stephen. VII. Augustine on the Epistle to the Romans. VIII. Miscellaneous Examples of Augustine's Interpretation of Scripture. 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The subjects are "Balaam," "Saul," and "Judas Iscariot," These lives are set forth as beacon-lights, "to warn us off from perilous reefs and i/uick- sauds, -which have been the destruction of many, and which 'might only too easily be ours. The John Bull says, "they are, like all he 'writes af- fectionate and earnest discourses." ' ' SERMONS Preached for the most part in Ireland. 8vo. 10s. 6d. This volume consists of Thirty-two Sermons, the greater part of which were preached in Ireland; the subjects are as follows :— Jacob, a Prince with Cod and with Men— Agrippa— The Woman that was a Sinner- Secret faults— The Seven Worse Spirits— Freedom in the Truth— Joseph and his Brethren— Bearing one another's Burdens— Christ's Challenge to the World— The Line of Money— The Salt of the Earth— The Armour 'of God— Light in the Lord— The Jailer of Philippi— The Thorn in the Flesh —fsaiah's Vision—Selfishness— Abraham interceding for Sodom— Vain T/ioughts— Pontius Pilate- The Brazen Serpent- The Death and Burial of Moses— A Word from the Cross— The Church's Worship in the Beauty of Holiness— Every Good Gift from Above— On the Hearing of Prayer— The Kingdom which cometh not with Observation— Pressing towards the Mark— Saul— The Good Shepherd— The Valley of Dry Bones — All Saintx Tudor.— The DECALOGUE VIEWED as the CHRIST- IAN'S LAW. With Special Reference to the Questions and Wants of the Times. By the Rev. Rich. Tudor, B.A. Crown 8vo. 1 or. 61/. The author's aim is to bring out the Christian sense of the Decalogue in its application to existing needs and questions. The work will be found to occupy ground which no other siwle work has hitherto filled It is di- vided into Two Parts, the First Part consisting of three lectures "Duty," and the Second Part of twelve lectures on the Ten Command- ments. The Guardian says of it, "His volume throughout is an outspoken and sound exposition of Christian mora lit v based doe ply upon tru ■ foil/' 1 1- tions, set forth systematically, and forcibly and plainly o.\ Pressed— at "et been e Bible g theb pre, ,se is not /'/-/,/; of the -ranged with a a tran station, ng the general feet, a 44 THEOLOGICAL BOOKS. Worship (The) of God and Fellowship among Men. Sermons on Public Worship. By Professor Maurice, and others. Fcap. 8vo. y. 6d. This volume consists of Six Sermons preached by various clergj'men, and although not addressed specially to any class, were suggested by recent efforts to bring the members of the Working Class to our Churches. The preachers -were— Professor Maurice, Rev. T. J. Rowseil, Rev. J. LI. Davies, Rez>. D. J. Vaughan. Yonge (Charlotte M.)— SCRIPTURE READINGS for SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES. By Charlotte M. Yongh, Author of "The Heir of Redclyffe." Globe 8vo. is, (mx. With Comments. 3J. 6d. Second Series. From Joshua to Solomon. Extra fcap. 8vo. It, 6d. With Comments. 3-f. 6d. Third Series. The Kings and Prophets. Extra fcap. 8vo., is. 6d., with Comments, 3*. 6a'. Actual need has led the author to endeavour to prepare a reading book convenient for study with children, containing the very words of the Bible, with only a few expedient omissions, and arranged in Lessons of such length as by experience she has found to suit with children's ordinary power of accurate attentive interest. The verse form has been retained be- cause of its convenience for children reading in class, and as mere re- sembling their Bibles : but the poetical portions have been given in tlieir lines. Professor Huxley at a meeting of the London School-board, par- ticularly mentioned the Selection made by Miss Yonge, as an example of how selections might be made for School reading. " Her Comments are models of their hind.'" — Literary Churchman. In crown Svo. cloth extra, Illustrated, price 4s. 6d. each Volume ; also kept in morocco and calf bindings at moderate prices, and in Ornamental Boxes containing Four Vols., 21s. each. MACMILLAN'S SUNDAY LIBRARY. A Series of Original Works by Eminent Authors. The Guardian says — "All Christian households 070c a debt of gratitude to Mr. Macmillan for that useful ' Sunday Library. ' " THE FOLLOWING VOLUMES ARE NOW READY: — The Pupils of St. John the Divine.— Bv Charlotte M. Yonge, Author of "The Heir of Redclyffe." The author first gives a full sketch of the life and work of the Apostle himself, drawing the material from all the most trustworthy authorities, sacred and profane; then follow the lives of his immediate disciples, Ignatius, MA CMILLAN'S SUNDAY LIBRARY. 45 Quadratus, Polycarp, and others; which are succeeded by the lives of many of their pupils. She then proceeds to sketch from their foundation the history of the many churches planted or superintended by St. John and his pupils, both in the East and West. In the last chapter is given an account of the present aspect of the Churches of St. John, — the Seven Churches of Asia mentioned in 'Revelations ; also those of Athens, oj Ntmes, of Lyons, and others in the West. " Young and old will be equally refreshed and taught by these pages, in which nothing is dull, and nothing is far-fetched." — Churchman. The Hermits. — By Canon Kingsley. The volume contains the lives of some of the most remarkable earlv Eyptian, Syrian, Persian, and Western hermits. The lives are mostly translations from the original biographies. "It is from first to last a production full of interest, written with a liberal appreciation of what is memorable for good in the lives of the Hermits, and with a tuise forbear- ance towards legends which may be due to the ignorance, and, no doubt, also to the strong faith of the early chroniclers. " — London Review. Seekers after God. — Lives of Seneca, Epictetus, and MARCUS Aurelius. By the Rev. F. W. Farrar, M.A., F.R.S., Head Master of Marlborough College. • In this volume the author seeks to record the lives, and gives copious samples of the a/most Christ-like utterances of, with perhaps the exception of Socrates, "the best and holiest characters f resented to us in the records The volume contains portraits of Aurelius, Seneca, and Antoninus Pius. "We can heartily recommend it as healthy in tone, instructive, interesting, mentally and spiritually stimulating and nu- tritious. " — N oncon formist. England's Antiphon. — By George Macdonald. This volume deals chiefly with the lyric or song-form of English re- ligious poetry, other kinds, henvever, being not infrequently introduced. The author has sought to trace the course of our religious poetry from the iyh to the igth centuries, from before Chaucer to Tennyson. He en- deavours to accomplish his object by selecting the men who have produced the finest religious poetry, setting forth the circumstances in which they were placed, characterising the men themselves, critically estimating their productions, and giving ample specimens of their best religious lyrics, and quotations from larger poems, illustrating /lie religions frchn^ of the poets or their times. "Dr. Macdonald has very successfully endeavoured to bring together in his little book a whole series of the sweet singers of Eng- land, and makes them raise, one after the other, their voices in praise oj Cod. " — Guardian. Great Christians of France : St. Louis and Calvin. By M. Guizot. From among French Catholics, M. Guizot has, in this volume, selected 46 MA CM I LLAN'S SUNDAY LIBRARY. of the Louis, King of France in the iyh century, and among Protestants, Calvin the Reformer in the 16th century, "as two earnest and illustrious repre- sentatives of the Christian faith and life, as well as of the loftiest thought and purest morality of their country and generation." In setting forth 101th considerable fulness the lives of these prominent and representative Christian men, M. Guizot necessarily introduces much of the political and religious history of the periods during which they lived. "A very interest- ing book," says the Guardian. Christian Singers of Germany. — By Catherine WlXKWORTH. In this volume the authoress gives an account of the principal hymn- writers of Germany from the gth to the lgfh century, introducing ample specimens from their best productions. In the translations, while the English is perfectly idiomatic and harmonious, the characteristic differ- ences of the poems have been carefully imitated, and the general style and metre retained. "Miss 11 in fourth's volume of this series is, according to our view, the choicest production of her pen."— British Quarterly Review. Apostles of Mediaeval Europe. — By the Rev. G. F. Maclear, D.D., Head Master of King's College School, London.' In two Introductory Chapters the author notices some of the chief c ha- ' period itself ; gives a graphic sketch of the dt- the beginning of that period, and an interesting uitunni uj tue religions oj the three great groups oj Z'igorous barbarians — the Celts, the Teutons, and the Sclavcs — who had, wave after wave, over- flowed its surface. He then proceeds to sketch the lives and work of the chief of the courageous men who devoted themselves to the stupendous task of their conversion and civilization, during a period extending from the $th to the 13//2 century; such as St. Patrick, St. Columba, St. Colum- banus, St. Augustine of Canterbury, St. Boniface, St. Olaf, St. Cyril, Raymond Snll, and others. "Mr. Maclear will have done a great work if his admirable little volume shall help to break up the dense ignorance which is still prevailing among people at large." — Literary Churchman. Alfred the Great.— By Thomas Hughes, Author of " Tom Brown's School Days. " Third Edition. " The time is come when 'we English can no longer stand by as in- terested spectators only, but in which every one of our institutions will be sifted with rigour, and will have to shew cause for its existence. .... As a help in this search, this life of the typical English A'ing is here offered." Besides other illustrations in the volume, a Map of England is prefixed, shewing its divisions about 1000 A.D., as well as at the present time. "Mr. Hughes has indeed wn'lten a good book, bright and readable 'we need hardly say, and of a very considerable historical value." — Spectator. Nations Around.— By Miss A. Kearv. This volume contains many details concerning the social and political MA CHILIAN'S SUNDAY LIBRARY. 47 life, the religion, the superstitions, the literature, the architecture, the com- merce, the industry, of the Nations around Palestine, an acquaintance with which is necessary in order to a clear and full understanding of the history of the Hebrew people. The authoress has brought to her aid all the most recent investigations into the early history of these nations, referring fre- quently to the fruitful excavations which have brought to light the ruins and hieroglyphic writings of many of their buried cities. "Miss Keary has skilfully availed hers,-//' of the opportunity to write a pleasing and in- structive booh." — Guardian. "A valuable and interesting volume." — Illustrated Times. St. Anselm. — By the Very Rev. R.W. Church, M.A., Dean of St. Paul's. Second Edition. /;/ this biography of St. Anselm, while the story of his life as a man, a Christian, a clergyman, and a politician, is told impartially and fully, much light is shed on the ecclesiastical and political history of the time during which he lived, and on the internal economy of the monastic estab- lishments of the period. The author has drawn his materials from con- temporary biographers and chroniclers, while at the same time he has consulted the best recent authors who have treated of the man and his time, "ft is a sketch by the hand of a master, with every line marked by taste, learning, and real apprehension of the subject."— Pall Mall Gazette. Francis of Assisi. — By Mrs. Oliphant. The life of tMs saint, the founder of the Franciscan order, and one of the most remarkable men op his time, illustrates same of the chief cha- racteristics of the religious life of the Middle Ages. Much information is given concerning the mis douary labours of the saint and his companions, as well as concerning the religious and monastic life of the lime. Many graphic details are introduced from the saint's contemporary biographers, which shezo forth the prevalent beliefs of the period ; and abundant samples are given of St. Francis's own sayings, as well as a few specimens of his simple tender hymns. " We are grateful to Mrs. Oliphant for a book of much interest and pathetic beauty, a book which none can read without being the better for it."— John Bull. Pioneers and Founders; or, Recent Workers in the Mission Field. By Charlotte M. Yoxge, Author of "The Heir of Redclyffe." With Frontispiece, and Vignette Portrait of Bishop Heber. The missionaries whose biographies are here given, are— John Eliot, the Apostle of the Red Indians; David Brainerd, the Enthusiast ; Christ- ian F. Schwartz, the Councillor of Tanjore; Henry Marty n, the Scholar- Missionary ; William Carey and 'Joshua Marshman, the Sera mpore Mis- sionaries; the Judson Family ; the Bishops of Calcutta, — Thomas Middleton, Reginald Heber, Daniel Wilson ; Samuel Marsden, the Aus- tralian Chaplain and Friend of the Maori; John Williams, the Martyr 4 8 MA CM ILL A N'S SUNDAY LIBRARY. of Erromango ; Allen Gardener, the Sailor Martyr; Charles Frederick Mackenzie, the Martyr of Zambesi. "Likely to be one of the most popular of the 'Sunday Library' volumes." — Literary Churchman. Angelique Arnauld, Abbess of Port Royal. By Frances Martin. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d. This 'new volume of the ' Sunday Library contains the life of a very remarkable woman founded on the best authorities. She was a Roman Catholic Abbess who lived more than 200 years ago, whose life contained much struggle and suffering. But if we look beneath the surface, we find that sublime virtues are associated with her errors, there is something admirable in everything she does, and the study of her history leads to a continual enlargement of our oivn range of thought and sympathy. THE "BOOK OF PRAISE" HYMNAL, COMPILED AND ARRANGED BY LORD SELBORNE. In the following four forms : — A. Beautifully printed in Royal 32mo., limp cloth, price 6d. B. ,, ,, Small 18mo., larger type, cloth limp, Is. C. Same edition on fine paper, cloth, Is. 6d. Also an edition with Music, selected, harmonized, and composed by JOHN HULL AH, in square 18mo., cloth, 3s. 6d. The large acceptance which has been given to " The Book of Praise" by all classes of Christian people encourages the Publishers in entertaining the hope that this Hymnal, which is mainly selected from it, may be ex- tensively used in Congregations, and in some degree at least meet the teach controversial Theology, but to give the voice of song to practical relirion. No doubt, to do this, it must embody sound doctrine ; but it ought to do so, not after the manner of the schools, but with the breadth, freedom, and simplicity of the Fountain-head." On this principle has Sir R. Palmer proceeded in the preparation of this book. The arrangement adopted is the following : — Part I. consists of Hymns arranged according to the subjects of the Creed — "God the Creator," "Christ Incarnate," "Christ Crucified," "Christ Risen," "Christ Ascended," "Christ's Kingdom and Judg- Part II. comprises Hymns arranged according to the subjects of the Lord's Prayer. Part III. Hymns for natural and sacred seasons. There are 320 Hymns in all. CAMBRIDGE :— PRINTED BY J. PALMER.