more willing to respond as they rise in the scale of civilization." "In every land where Christianity prevails an influence connected with religion is at work, which makes for the emancipation and elevation of the human person and for the awakening of the manifold energies of human nature." This is "the immediate and native tendency of the religion of Jesus; it opens the prison doors to them that are bound; it communicates by its inner encouragement an energy which makes the infirm forget their weaknesses; it fills the heart with hope and opens up new views of what man can do and can become. It is this which makes it the one truly universal religion." "With growing experience the world becomes more assured that the simplest and broadest religion ever preached upon this earth is also the best and the truest, and that in maintaining Christianity as at first preached, and applying it in every needed direction, lies the hope of the future of mankind.” MISCELLANEOUS. Christ and His Friends. A Series of Revival Sermons. By Rev. LOUIS ALBERT BANKS, D.D., Pastor Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., Author of The People's Christ, etc. 12mo, pp. 382. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Co. Price, cloth, $1.50. Revival sermons, like those included in this volume, have their peculiar characteristics and are to be measured by their own standards. Some of their distinctive features should be large emphasis of the sinfulness of sin, earnest portrayal of the office work of Christ as a Redeemer, constant directness of appeal, and warm exhortation to immediate action. All of these characteristics, with others we have not mentioned, are found in the discourses of Dr. Banks now under consideration. They were delivered in a series of revival meetings held in his present pastorate during the last winter, and on their face have all the evidences of adaptability to the purpose for which they were designed. Not their least apparent merit, as the discourses now appear in print, is the speaker's employment of frequent and fervid illustrations to reach the hearts of his listeners. We can only emphasize his wish that in their present publication these discourses" may bring comfort and inspiration to the friends of Christ wherever they may go." Dr. Banks is a fertile and fluent preacher, from whose study volumes of living sermons come in swift succession. The Imperfect Angel, and Other Sermons. BY THOMAS G. SELBY. Crown 8vo, pp. 281. Volumes of sermons come from the English and American press in a flood, much of which is "stale, flat, and unprofitable," or flimsy and frothy. Not of that description are the volumes here noticed. A competent judge and critic says that Selby is a preacher, a philosopher, and a poet. The author of these sermons is a gifted English Wesleyan of high repute. A strong desire to attract attention to them prompts this notice. Dr. Marcus Dods spoke justly and discrectly when he said: "Who Mr. Selby is we do not know, but if he has been preaching such sermons as these for many years he is clearly guilty of hiding a very brilliant light under a bushel. No sermons we have recently met with strike us as being so fresh in thought, and certainly none are so felicitous in illustration. He is never vague, never sentimental, never effusive, but from end to end his sermons are alive with imagination and sense." They are pertinent and powerful for the life of to-day. The Baptism with the Holy Spirit. By R. A. TORREY, Author of How to Bring Men to Christ, etc. 12mo, pp. 67. New York: F. H. Revell Co. Price, cloth, 50 cents. In this little handbook the author's personal baptism with the Spirit is the basis of his dogmatic teaching. Besides other kindred matters he writes of the nature of the baptism, its necessity and possibility, and the method of obtaining it. That the baptism is for service rather than for cleansing is a striking position which he takes. We briefly quote: "There is a line of teaching, put forward by a very earnest but mistaken body of people, that has brought the whole doctrine of the baptism with the Holy Spirit into disrepute. . . . Not a line of Scripture can be adduced to show that the baptism with the Holy Spirit is the eradication of the sinful nature. . . . The baptism with the Holy Spirit is not for the purpose of cleansing from sin, but for the purpose of empowering for service." Such a sentiment will be voted nothing short of heresy, as judged by the standards which generally obtain. Yet there is much in this little treatise which is true, sweet, and winsome. ... The Parliamentarian; or, Parliamentary Law Condensed. By Rev. T. B. NEELY, D.D., LL.D., Author of Young Workers in the Church, etc. 16mo, pp. 90. Cincinnati : Cranstou & Curts. New York: Hunt & Eaton. Price, cloth, 40 cents. This compilation carries its abundant credentials. Dr. Neely has long been recognized as a master in the department of parliamentary law. To say that the present manual is written with his usual clearness and force is to give it all necessary recommendation. Young people in their various literary organizations and “members of ordinary societies " will find it a reliable guide; and for their use it has been especially prepared by the author. History of the Second International Conference of the Epworth Leagues. 8vo, pp. 152. Chattanooga, Tenn.: The Times Printing Co. Price, paper, 50 cents. The Epworth Leagues of the Canadian Methodist Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, met in a great convention at Chattanooga, Tenn., on the 26th, 27th, and 28th of last June. This handsome pamphlet contains a full account of all the exercises, with reports of all sermons and addresses which were delivered. Our own Church reports a league membership of over one million, twentyfive hundred new chapters having been organized last year. It is a marvelous movement now and promises greater things for the Church of to morrow. INDEX. Adherents of Religious Systems, Compara- | Carroll: Our Attitude toward Roman Cath- tive Education of (Miss. Rev.), 483. Etna, A Fable of (Notes and Dis.), 451. Mission Work in (Miss. Rev.), 143. Work of God in East Central (Miss. Rev.), Age of the Specialist, The (Itin. Club), 960. Archæologists, Congress of Christian (For. "Arena," Observations on (Notes and Dis.), Armenia's Pitiable Plight (Notes and Dis.), Armenians: Massacres of (Miss. Rev.), 316. Assyria, Contact of Israel with (Arena), 470. Atchison: Liberalism-True and False, 552, Protestantism in (For. Behrends: Ethical Monism, 357. "Benedikts von Nursia und seiner Regel in Berlin: City Mission (For. Out.), 658. "Beziehungen des Papstthums zum Frank- How German Liberal Churchmen Regard Bible, Place in Luther's Time: Pickles, 106. olics, 231. Catholic, Roman, President for Switzerland Catholic Countries, What is Thought About 66 Catholics, Our Attitude toward Roman: Chaffee: Divine Revelation, 99. Change, Propositions for (Notes and Dis.), Chapuis, Paul (For. Out.), 145. Children's Mission Bands in Switzerland China: Foreign Residence and Titles in (Miss. Religion and Poverty in (Miss. Rev.), 141. Humanity of, The (Arena), 467, 804. "Christentum, Das antike Mysterienwesen in Christian Evidence, A Neglected Factor in Christianity, Evangelical, in Spain (For. Out.), Church Doings in Germany (For. Out.), 324. Churches, Reunion of Roman and Greek Civil Liberty, A Doctrine of: Sibley, 528. Clemen, Professor Dr. (For. Out.), 320. Collins: The Conference Course of Study, 57. Conference Examinations (Itin. Club), 808,964. Consciousness and Christian Faith: Had Contingent Events (Arena), 131. Bowman: Josephus and Jesus, 272. Freedom, 681. Brandt, W. (For. Out.), 973. "Cæsarius Von Arelate und die Gallische Crook: Psychology versus Metaphysics, 223. Work-A Correction (Notes and Dis.), 114. David as a Psalmist (Arch, and Bib. Res.), 811. 66 Diataxis des Michael Attaleiates von 1077 " "Divine Revelation" (Arena), 304, 458, 634. Dogmatic Assertion, Method of Unsupported Dogmatics, Scope and Methods of Christian: Dorchester: Alfred Tennyson, etc., 409. Dynamics, A Study in (Notes and Dis.), 945. East Central Africa, Work of God in (Miss. Economics, Ethics and (Arena), 637. Educator, The Minister as an (Itin. Club), 44 Église et l' Etat, L', ou les deux Puissances England, Postal Savings Banks in (For. Episcopacy in Transition, Methodist: Tho- Episcopate, The Historic: Cooke, 371. Ethical Culture, German Society for (For. Ethical Monism: Behrends, 357. Ethical Movement, The So-Called (For. Out.), Ethical Unity of Mankind, Proverbs and (Miss. Ethics and Economics (Arena), 637. Europe. How the Conversion was Accom- Evangelistic Ministry, The Need for an: Evidence, A Neglected Factor in Christian Extemporaneous Discourse, Some Conditions Fable of Etna (Notes and Dis.), 451. Factory Girls, Female Inspectors for German Faith, Consciousness and Christian: Had- Farm, A Fortnight on an Icelandic: Mead, Feast Days, Ecclesiastical, in Protestantism Fidelity the Preacher's Test (Itin. Club), 132. Flesh, God Manifest in (Arena), 305. Fradenburgh: The New Political Economy, Freedom, Speculative Significance of, The: Freedom in Russia, Religious (For. Out.), German Revised Version, A (Arch. and Bib. Germany: Berlin City Mission (For. Out.), 658. Drink and Tax Bills in (For. Out.), 978. Growing Estrangement of the Masses from How Liberal Churchmen Regard the Bible Huguenot Association (For. Out.), 826. Society for Ethical Culture (For. Out.), 324. Girard, Raymond de (For. Out.), 319. Girard, Stephen, John Woolman and: Ham- Girls: Female Inspectors for German Factory International Union of Friends of Young God Manifest in the Flesh (Arena), 305, Greek Church, Reunion with Roman (Notes Greek Psalter, Fragment of the (Arch, and 66 Bib. Res.), 645, "Gregors VII. Die Publizistik im Zeitalter" "Growth in Holiness toward Perfection," Hackmann, H. (For. Out.), 653. Hammell: John Woolman and Stephen Gt- Harman: Use of Our Four Gospels by Justin Harrison: The Mechanical Conception of the Hatfield: Poetry of Wilhelm Müller, 581. Hawthorne Renaissance, The (Arena), 302. Hebrew Legislation, The Humane Spirit in: Heretics, Salvability of: Starbuck, 720. Hope, Pulpit the Conservator of Eternal (Itin. Huguenot Association, The German (For. Human Society as It Was, Is, and Shall Be Humane Spirit in Hebrew Legislation, The: Humanity of Christ, The (Arena), 467, 804. Gallische Kirche Seiner Zeit, Cæsarius Von Icelandic Farm, A Fortnight on an: Mend, 513. Iglehart: "The Young Man and the Church," 886. 441. General Conference as a Working Body, The: India, Earlier Christian Church in: Janney, Gampert, Auguste (For. Out.), 974. Walsh, 712. Individual Cups, Discussion about (Notes and "Individual- und Gemeindepsalmen," etc. Indulgenz-Edict des Romischen Bischofs Intemperance, Newspaper Responsibility in Israel, Assyria's First Contact with: Rogers, Testimony Concerning Christ (Arena), 465. Josephus and Jesus: Bowman, 272. Machinery, War upon (Notes and Dis.), 626. Manchuria, Martyred Missionary of (Miss. Mankind, Proverbs and Ethical Unity of Martin: The Song of Songs, etc., 775. Martyred Missionary of Manchuria (Miss. Matt. xiii, 13-16, Exegetical (Itin, Club), 133. Mechanical Conception of the World, The: Men of Science, Superior Truthfulness of Ménégoz, Eugène (For. Out.), 973. Merrick, Frederick: Williams, 345 538. Julicher, Professor Dr. Adolph (For. Out.), Mission Territory, The Language Factor in "Kallist, Das Indulgenz-Edict des Romischen Bischofs" (For. Out.), 976. thums zum Frankischen Staats- und Korinthesbrief des Apostels Paulus, Der 323. Laboring Classes in Japan, Condition of (For. Landmarks, etc., Removal of (Notes and Language Factor in Mission Territory (Miss. Law, Popular Nullification of (Notes and Dis.), 292. Lessing, Unfairness to (Arena), 127. Literature, Corrupt-Who is Responsible? Lord's Supper, Discussion about Individual Luther's Time, Place of the Bible in: Pickles, (Miss. Rev.), 144. Missionary of Manchuria, Martyred (Miss. Missions: In Theological Schools (Miss. Rev.), 971. Roman, and Politics (For. Out.), 490. Mitchell: Redemption of the Slums, 262. 655. Modesty of the Scholar (Notes and Dis.), 446. von Nursia und seiner Regel in der Ge- Mudge's "Growth in Holiness toward Per- 322. Napoleonism, Revival of (Notes and Dis.), 114. Natural and Supernatural: Bowne, 9. Need of the Pulpit, The: Norris, 430. 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