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.
Cincinnati: Cranston & Curts. New York: Hunt & Eaton. Price, cloth, 90 cents.
The Lesson of a Dilemma, and Other Sermons. By THOMAS G. SELBY. Crown 8vo, pp.
400. New York: Hunt & Eaton. Cincinnati: Cranston & Curts. Price, cloth, $1.50.

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.

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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.
Adventists in Switzerland, Seventh Day (For.
Out.), 323.

Etna, A Fable of (Notes and Dis.), 451.
Africa:

Mission Work in (Miss. Rev.), 143.

Work of God in East Central (Miss. Rev.),
817.

Age of the Specialist, The (Itin. Club), 960.
Applicants for Mission Service, etc. (Miss.
Rev.), 318.

Archæologists, Congress of Christian (For.
Out.), 978.

"Arena," Observations on (Notes and Dis.),
446.

Armenia's Pitiable Plight (Notes and Dis.),
630.

Armenians:

Massacres of (Miss. Rev.), 316.
Status in Persia (Miss. Rev.), 317.

Assyria, Contact of Israel with (Arena), 470.
Assyria's First Contact with Israel: Rogers,
207.

Atchison: Liberalism-True and False, 552,
"Aufgabe der Systematischen Theologie '
(For. Out.), 488.
Austria-Hungary,
Out.), 489.

Protestantism in (For.

Behrends: Ethical Monism, 357.
"Beiträge zur Geschichte des Jesuitenor-
dens" (For. Out.), 656.
Bender: Missions as Seen at the Parliament
of Religions, 907.

"Benedikts von Nursia und seiner Regel in
der Geschichte des Mönchthums, Die Be-
deutung" (For. Out.), 487.

Berlin:

City Mission (For. Out.), 658.
Depot Mission, The (For. Out.), 825.
So-Called Ethical Movement (For. Out.),
977.

"Beziehungen des Papstthums zum Frank-
ischen Staats- und Kirchenrecht unter
den Karolingern" (For. Out.), 821.
Bible:
German Revised Version (Arch. and Bib.
Res.), 477.

How German Liberal Churchmen Regard
the (For. Out.), 149.

Bible, Place in Luther's Time: Pickles, 106.
Book of the Dead (Arch. and Bib. Res.), 311.
Books, Corrupt-Who is Responsible? (Arena,)
803.

olics, 231.

Catholic, Roman, President for Switzerland
(For. Out.), 490.

Catholic Countries, What is Thought About
Protestants in Some (Miss. Rev.), 484.
Catholics, Our Attitude toward Roman"
(Arena), 460.

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Catholics, Our Attitude toward Roman:
Carroll, 231.

Chaffee: Divine Revelation, 99.

Change, Propositions for (Notes and Dis.),
941.

Chapuis, Paul (For. Out.), 145.

Children's Mission Bands in Switzerland
(For. Out.), 151.

China:

Foreign Residence and Titles in (Miss.
Rev.), 815.

Religion and Poverty in (Miss. Rev.), 141.
Christ:

Humanity of, The (Arena), 467, 804.
Testimony of Josephus Concerning (Arena),
465.

"Christentum, Das antike Mysterienwesen in
seinem Einfluss auf das" (For. Out.), 322.
Christian Dogmatics, Scope and Methods of:
Terry, 190.

Christian Evidence, A Neglected Factor in
(Itin. Club), 806.

Christianity, Evangelical, in Spain (For. Out.),
151.

Church Doings in Germany (For. Out.), 324.
Church in India, Earlier Christian: Janney,
441.

Churches, Reunion of Roman and Greek
(Notes and Dis.), 282,

Civil Liberty, A Doctrine of: Sibley, 528.
Clark: Hans Sachs, the Poet of the Reforma-
tion, 698.

Clemen, Professor Dr. (For. Out.), 320.
Cobern: Religious Beliefs of John Green-
leaf Whittier, 245.

Collins: The Conference Course of Study, 57.
Communion Cup, Discussion about (Notes
and Dis.), 448.

Conference Examinations (Itin. Club), 808,964.
Congo, No Suicides on (Notes and Dis.), 942.
Congregations, How to Win (Itin. Club), 306.
Congress of Christian Archæologists (For.
Out.), 978.

Consciousness and Christian Faith: Had
dock, 921.

Contingent Events (Arena), 131.
Conversion, Reform is Not (Arena), 131.
Cooke: The Historic Episcopate, 371.
Course of Study, The Conference: Collins, 57.

Bowman: Josephus and Jesus, 272.
Bowne: Natural and Supernatural, 9.
Bowne: The Speculative Significance of Creighton: Press, Pulpit, and Pew, 68.

Freedom, 681.

Brandt, W. (For. Out.), 973.

"Cæsarius Von Arelate und die Gallische
Kirche Seiner Zeit" (For. Out.), 976.
"Canisius, Entstehung und erste Entwick-
elung der Katechismen des seligen Pe-
trus" (For. Out.), 488.

Crook: Psychology versus Metaphysics, 223.
Cummings, Joseph, Years in Educational

Work-A Correction (Notes and Dis.), 114.

David as a Psalmist (Arch, and Bib. Res.), 811.
Davis, Walter Renick: Quayle, 618.
Delff, Dr. Heinrich K. H. (For. Out.), 145.
Depot Missions, Berlin (For. Out.), 825.

Gallische Kirche Seiner Zeit, Cæsarius Von Icelandic Farm, A Fortnight on an: Mend, 513.
Arelate und die" (For. Out.), 976.

General Conference as a Working Body, The: India, Earlier Christian Church in: Janney,

Julicher, Professor Dr. Adolph (For. Out.), Mission Territory, The Language Factor in
819.