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LITERATURE AND LITERARY PROGRESS IN 1865. 



Commandments, Explained and Enforced," by G. Haskins; "Christ's Second Coming: Is it 



William S. Plumer, D. D., LL. D. ; "Medita- Pre-millennial or Post-millennial ? Scripturally, 



tions on the Essence of Christianity and on the Historically, and Philosophically considered, 



Religious Questions of the Day," by M. Guizot^ with a Reply to Prof. Shedd on Eschatology, 



translated from the French; "The Words of ***- *n<1 RflinnrVs nn ui Art! A rm th anrna 



the Lord Jesns," by Rudolf Stier, D. D., trans- 

 lated by the Rev. W. B. Pope, and revised by 

 James Strong, S.T. D., and Henry B. Smith, 

 D. D. ; " The Love of Religious Perfectipn ; or 

 How to Awaken, Increase, and Preserve it in 

 the Religious Soul," by Father Joseph Bayma, 

 translated from the Latin ; " Sermons preached 

 in the Second Church, Dorchester," by James 

 H. Means; "Our Faith; the Victory: or, a 

 Comprehensive View of the Principal Doc- 

 trines of the Christian Religion," by Rev. John 

 McGill, D. D., Bishop of Richmond; "Remem- 

 ber Me ; or, the Holy Communion," by Ray 

 Palmer, D. D.; "Our Vows: a Work to be 

 read in Preparation for Baptism, Confirmation, 

 and the Eucharist," by the Rev. Richard 

 Lowndes, M. A., revised and adapted to Use 

 in the Church in the United States ; "An Ex- 

 position of the Thirty-nine Articles, Historical 

 and Doctrinal, by Edward Harold Browne, 

 D. D., Lord Bishop of Ely, 1st American from 

 the 5th English edition : edited, with Notes, by 

 J. Williams, D. D., Bishop of Connecticut ; " 

 "Catholic Anecdotes; or the Catechism in 

 Examples : the Apostles' Creed," etc., translated 

 from the French by Mrs. J. Sadlier; "A Criti- 

 cal and Grammatical 1 Commentary on St. Paul's 

 Epistles to the Philippians, Colossians, and to 

 Philemon, with a Revised Translation," by 

 Right Rev. Charles J. Ellicott, D. D.; "The 

 Prophecies of Isaiah Translated and Explained," 

 by Joseph Addison Alexander, D. D., revised 

 edition, 2 vols. ; " A Commentary on the Gos- 

 pels, Matthew," by Rev. J. II. Lange, D. D. 

 Translated, with Additional Notes, by Philip 

 Schaff, D. D. and others ; " Notes on the Book 

 of Genesis," by C. H. Mackintosh ; " Expository 

 Thoughts on, the Gospels, for Family and 

 Private Use, with the Text Complete," by the 

 Rev. J. 0. Ryle St. John; "A Critical and 

 Grammatical Commentary on the Pastoral Epis- 

 tles," by the Right Rev. C. J. Ellicott, D. D. ; 

 " A Concise Dictionary of the Bible, comprising 

 its Antiquities, Biography, Geography, and 

 Natural History, being a Condensation of the 

 Larger Dictionary," edited by William Smith, 

 LL. D.; " A Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature," 

 originally edited by John Kitto, D. D., F. S. A. : 

 third edition, greatly enlarged and improved, 

 edited by William Lindsay Alexander, D. D., 

 three volumes; "The New Testament of our 

 Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, with Explana- 

 tory Notes and Practical Observations," by 

 Rev. Lyman Cobb, D. D. 



Of works in Polemic Theology, the following 

 were the most important : " What is Confirma- 

 tion, or the Laying On of Hands ? The Ques- 

 tion answered to Strangers in the Church, 

 with an Appendix, showing by Testimony that 

 a similar Custom anciently existed, and is still 

 observed among the Jews," by the Rev. David 



etc., and Remarks on an Article on the same 

 Subject, by Rev. E. F. Hatfield, D. D.," by 

 Rev. R. C. Shimeall ; '"Mater Adrnirabilis ; or 

 First Fifteen Years of Mary Immaculate,'' by 

 Rev. Alfred Monnin, translated from the 

 French by the Sisters of Charity, Mount St. 

 Vincent, N. Y. ; "Morning Lectures: Twenty 

 Discourses delivered before the Friends of 

 Progress in the City of New York," by Andrew 

 Jackson Davis ; " Universalism : its Doctrines 

 and their Foundations, "by Rev. L. J. Fletcher; 

 " Childhood and Manhood of the Spirit in 

 Jesus ; and " New Year's Gifts of the Spirit ; " 

 Two Discourses, by Rev. O. B. Frothing- 

 ham ; " Reply to the ' Christian Examiner ' on 

 Catholicity and Naturalism ; " "Sermons on our 

 Lord Jesus Christ and on His Blessed Mother," 

 by his Eminence Cardinal Wiseman ; " Evi- 

 dences of Divine Revelation, in a Letter to a 

 Judge," by Ichabod S. Spencer, D. D. ; " The 

 Unisons of the Liberal Faith : " a Discourse by 

 Rev. O. B. Frothingham ; " Tract Number 

 Ninety : Remarks on Certain Passages in the 

 Thirty-nine Articles," by John Henry Newman, 

 D. D.; "The Month of Mary," for the Use of 

 Ecclesiastics ; " Lectures on M. Rnan's ' Vie 

 de Jesus, ' " by John Tulloch, D. D., Principal 

 of the College of St. Mary's in the University 

 of St. Andrew's, with an Introduction by Rev. 

 J. W. Wiley, D. D. ; " Congregationalism : 

 What It Is : Whence It Is : How It Works : 

 Why it is Better than any Other Form of Church 

 Government; and its Consequent Demands," 

 by Henry M. Dexter, D. D. ; " Lessons from the 

 World of Matter and the World of Man," by 

 Theodore Parker: selected from Notes of 

 Unpublished Sermons, by Rufus Leighton ; 

 " The Person of Christ, the Miracle of History, 

 with a Reply to Strauss and Renan, and a Collec- 

 tion of Testimonies of Unbelievers," by Philip 

 Schaff, D. D. ; " The Verdict of Reason upon 

 the Question of the Future Punishment of 

 Those who Die Impenitent," by H. M. Dexter, 

 D. D. ; "Reason in Religion," by Frederick 

 Henry Hedge, D. D. ; " The Radical Creed : " 

 a Discourse by Rev. David A. Wasson; "Jlie 

 Unity of the Spirit, not Unbroken Episcopal 

 Succession, the Revealed Bond of Peace to the 

 Church," by Rev. Mason Gallagher, Rector of 

 the Church of the Evangelists, Oswego ; " Scrip- 

 ture Baptism Defended," by Rev. John Leving- 

 ton ; " Pastoral Letter of the Rt. Rev. H. Potter, 

 D. D., D. C. L., with Replies of the Rev. S. H. 

 Tyng, D. D., E. H. Canfield, D. D., John Cotton 

 Smith, D. D., W. A. Muhlenberg, D. D.; "Re- 

 view of a Pastoral Letter to the Clergy of the 

 Diocese of New York, from the Bishop," by a 

 Presbyter; "Essays on the Supernatural Origin 

 of Christianity, with a Special Reference to tho 

 Theories of Renan, Strauss, and the Tubingen 

 School," by Rev. George P. Fisher, A. M., Pro- 

 fessor of Church History in Yale College ; " Tll 



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