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cival also digested and arranged " The Doctrine 

 of the Episcopal Church so far as it is set forth 

 in the Prayer Book." " The General Ecclesias- 

 tical Constitution of the American Church " was 

 the theme of the Bohlen Lectures for 1890 (pub- 

 lished in 1891) by Bishop William Stephens Perry 

 (of Iowa), and George E. Crooks, D. D., edited a 

 symposium upon "The Present State of the 

 Methodist Episcopal Church." A " Hand-book 

 of the Presbyterian Church in the United States 

 of America, 1891 " was edited by Eev. William 

 P. White, and Edward D. Morris wrote " A Calm 

 Eeview of the Inaugural Address of Prof. Charles 

 A. Briggs. Eabbi Isaac M. Wise, in his " Pronaos 

 to Holy Writ," established on documentary evi- 

 dence the authorship, date, form, and contents 

 of each of its books and the authenticity of the 

 Pentateuch, while the "Harmony of Ancient 

 History and Chronology of the Egyptians and 

 Jews " was traced by Malcolm Macdonald. " Exe- 

 gesis " was the theme of an address delivered at 

 the opening of the autumn term of Union Theo- 

 logical Seminary, Sept. 24, 1891, by Bishop Mar- 

 vin Vincent, and Orello Cone, D. D., had a vol- 

 ume upon " Gospel Criticism and Historical 

 Christianity." " Christus Mediator," by Charles 

 Elliott, D. D. (an historical and exegetical treatise 

 on the atonement) : " Fact and Fiction in Holy 

 Writ," by J. Hendrickson McCarty, D.D.; "The 

 People of the Book," by Maurice H. Harris ; 

 " Who wrote the Bible, a Book for the People," 

 by Washington Gladden, D. D. ; " Seven Lectures 

 on the Credibility of the Gospel Histories," by 

 Eev. John Henry Barrows ; " Biblical Scholar- 

 ship and Inspiration," two papers, by Llewellyn 

 J. Evans and Henry P. Smith ; " The Change of 

 Attitude toward the Bible," an address before 

 the Biblical Institute in Boston, by Joseph H. 

 Thayer ; " The Great Discourse of Jesus the 

 Christ, the Son of God," anonymous ; " Histori- 

 cal Evidences " of both the Old and New Testa- 

 ments, published by the American Tract Society; 

 " Studies in Old Testament History," by Jesse 

 L. Hurlbut, D. D. ; Vol. II of a " Commentary 

 on the Old Testament," by Daniel Steele, D. D., 

 and John W. Lindsay ; " Saint Matthew's Wit- 

 ness to Words and Works of the Lord," by Fran- 

 cis W. Upham ; " Studies in John's Gospel," by 

 David Gregg, D. D. ; "A Commentary on the 

 Epistle to the Eomans," by E. V. Foster, D. D. : 

 " The Apocalypse, its Structure and Primary 

 Predictions," by David Brown, D. D. ; a new 

 translation of " The Psalms," by John De Witt, 

 D. D., as another of the book of Job under the 

 title of " The Epic of the Inner Life," by John 

 F. Genung ; " The Gospel of Spiritual Insight, 

 Studies in the Gospel of St. John," by Dr. Charles 

 F. Deems; and "The Busy Man's Bible," by 

 George W. Cable, have special value, while from 

 J. N. Fradenburgh, D. I)., we have " Fire from 

 Strange Altars," a study of the environment of 

 the religion of the Hebrews, with the necessary 

 effects thereon, and " Departed Gods," a conclud- 

 ing volume of a series on the great religions of 

 the world. Eev. J. A. Birkhauser narrated " The 

 History of the Church (Eoman Catholic) from its 

 First Establishment to our Own Times," and 

 Henry Eyster Jacobs that of "The Lutheran 

 Movement in England during the Eeigns of 

 Henry VIII and Edward VI." Vol. II was is- 

 sued of " Piipers of the American Society of 



Church History." J. E. Alexander, D. D., wrote 

 "A Brief History of the Synod of Tennessee 

 from 1817 to 1877 " ; Brooke Foss Wescott, D. D., 

 " Essays in the History of Eeligious Thought in 

 the West"; Eev. Dwight M. Pratt, D. D., "A 

 Decade of Christian Endeavor, 1881-1891 " ; while 

 from Mary Abigail Dodge (Gail Hamilton) came 

 " A Washington Bible Class," followed by " A 

 Chicago Bible Class," from the pen of Ursula N. 

 Gestefeld. Vols. I and II of a second series of 

 " A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Ni- 

 cene Fathers of the Christian Church " were ed- 

 ited by Philip Schall, D. D., who made " St. Chrys- 

 pstum and St. Augustine " the subject of " Stud'ies 

 in Christian Biography." The errors, ignorance, 

 etc., of "John Calvin" and the Presbyterian 

 Church were disclosed and exposed by T. H. 

 Hinchman and James Bell, while " What Borne 

 teaches " was shown by " The Nun of Kenmare," 

 Mary Frances Clare Cusack. " From Ocean to 

 Ocean " described the march of the Salvation 

 Army from the Atlantic to the Pacific, chronicled 

 by Ballington Booth. Twenty-five " Sermons on 

 the Way to Salvation," by Eev. Charles G. Fin- 

 ney, the revivalist, were selected and arranged 

 by Henry Cowles, while " Intimations of Eternal 

 Life " were given by Caroline C. Leighton, and 

 Lucy Larcom had a small volume, " As it is in 

 Heaven." " The Drift of the Young Men with 

 relation to the Churches " was studied by Eev. C. 

 E. Harrington, D. D., and " How to become a 

 Christian " was told in five simple talks to the 

 young by Lyman Abbott, D. D. " Sovereign 

 Grace " and " Four Gospel Dialogues " comprised 

 addresses by D. L. Moody, and John M. Armour 

 wrote on " Mercy and the Law." " What can 

 Ethics do for us?" was asked by William Mack- 

 intire Salter in an address. The "Standard 

 Eclectic Commentary on the International Sun- 

 day-school Lessons for 1892," by Alfred N. Gil- 

 bert, had geographical notes by J. W. McGarvey, 

 and Drs. David J. and Joseph D. Burrell pre- 

 pared " Hints and Helps on the Sunday-school 

 Lessons for 1892." " Selections from the Eelig- 

 ious and Literary Writings of J. H. Bocock, 

 D. D.," were edited by his widow, and " Living 

 Thoughts of John Wesley "were put in shape by 

 James H. Potts. Henry F. Eeddall compiled 

 " Golden Memories of the Book of Books," in 

 picture, song, and story, J. F. B. Tinling fur- 

 nished " Fifteen Hundred Facts and Similes for 

 Sermons and Addresses," and Eev. Elias B. San- 

 ford edited " A Concise Cyclopaedia of Eeligious 

 Knowledge." " The Public Uses of the Bible " 

 was a study in Biblical elocution by George M. 

 Stone. " The Miracles of Missions " were re- 

 counted by Arthur T. Pierson, who published 

 also " Stumbling Stones removed from the Word 

 of God," " The Divine Enterprise of Missions," 

 a series of lectures, and " The Greatest Work in 

 the World." Philo F. Leavens, D. D., in " The 

 Planting of the Kingdom " gave a synopsis of 

 the missionary enterprise, and L. P. Brockett, 

 M. D., told " The Story of the Karen Mission in 

 Bassein, 1830-1890." 



Voyages and Travels. A country which 

 has of late been brought prominently to the at- 

 tention of the world was visited by two jour- 

 nalists of distinction in 1891, Thomas Stevens 

 performing a ride of more than 1,000 miles 

 " Through Eussia on a Mustang," taking photo- 



