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and Emory Miller, D. D., in his " Evolution of 

 Love," pointed the way toward the highest au- 

 thority. John Miley, D. D., proposed to set forth 

 " Systematic Theology," in two volumes, one of 

 which was published during the year; and Prof. 

 George B. Stevens, of Yale, inquired into the 

 origin of " The Pauline Theology." Rev. C. H. 

 Waller, Rev. Edward Hoare, Rev. R. B. Girdle- 

 stone, and others, labored jointly on " The 

 Church and her Doctrine " ; S. W. Pratt wrote 

 on " The Gospel of the Holy Spirit " from an 

 unsectarian standpoint ; while George Hodges's 

 " Christianity between Sundays," and " The 

 Every Day of Life," by J. R. Miller, D. D., were 

 somewhat akin in theme. "Elements of The- 

 ology. Natural and Revealed," by James H. 

 Fairchild ; "Studies in Ethics and Religion," 

 by Alvah Flovey, D. D. ; " Natural Religion," by 

 Theodore W. Haven ; " God's Image in Man : 

 Some Intuitive Perceptions of Truth," by Henry 

 Wood, author of " Natural Law in the Business 

 World": "Natural Religion in Sermons," by 

 James Vila Blake ; " Religion for the Times," 

 by Lucien Clark, D. D. ; and " The Church of 

 To-morrow," eleven addresses delivered in the 

 United States and Canada in the autumn of 

 1891, by W. J. Dawson, and published in book 

 form, met the requirements of numerous readers. 

 Prom Philip Schaff, D. D., we had Vol. I of a 

 " Theological Propaedeutic : An Introduction to 

 the Study of Theology," and Vol. VII of his 

 " History of the Christian Church," devoted to 

 " Modern Christianity, the Swiss Reformation," 

 and forming the second volume of the " History 

 of the Reformation." He also edited Vols. Ill 

 and IV of the second series of " A Select Library of 

 Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian 

 Church." Newman Smyth, D. D., contributed 

 his exposition of " Christian Ethics to the Inter- 

 national Theological Library." How much there 

 is of " Paganism surviving in Christianity " was 

 shown by Abram Herbert Lewis, D. D., and to 

 Amory H. Bradford, D. D., we owe " Old Wine : 

 New Bottles," some elemental doctrines in mod- 

 ern form. " West Roxbury Sermons. 1837-1848," 

 of Theodore Parker, were brought to light from 

 unpublished manuscripts, and furnished with an 

 introduction and a biographical sketch ; and Ru- 

 fus Leighton selected " Lessons from the World 

 of Matter and the World of Man," from notes of 

 unpublished sermons of the same divine for the 

 ten years from 1849-'59. Another great Uni- 

 tarian divine had his sermons posthumously col- 

 lected, "The Lord's Prayer" having been the 

 theme of James Freeman Clarke's eight last dis- 

 courses. " The Bible, the Church, and the Rea- 

 son : The Three Great Fountains of Divine Au- 

 thority,"' were treated in seven lectures by 

 Charles A. Briggs, D. D., five of which set forth 

 at length the views expressed by him in his 

 inaugural address on the "Authority of Holy 

 Scripture," and from himself we have also stated 

 "The Case against Prof. Briggs." The "Re- 

 sponse of Henry Preserved Smith to the Charges 

 presented to the Presbytery of Cincinnati by the 

 Committee of Prosecution " was also printed, as 

 was "An Open Letter to the Rt. Rev. William 

 C. Doane (Bishop of Albany) in reference to the 

 consecration of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Brooks (Bishop 

 of Massachusetts)," by Bishop George Franklin 

 Seymour, of Illinois. " Indications of the Sec- 



ond Book of Moses, called Exodus," by Edward 

 B. Latch, carried on that writer's system of in- 

 terpretation ; and from Rev. M. C." Horine we 

 have " Practical Reflections on the Book of 

 Ruth." Two short character studies were 

 " Jeremiah " and " Ezekiel," by President Wil- 

 liam G. Ballantine, of Oberlin College, Ohio, and 

 from Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage came " Ready ! 

 ay. Ready ! and Other Addresses." John M. 

 Armour offered his theory as to " Mercy : Its 

 Place in the Divine Government": William 

 Rounseville Alger discovered " The Sources of 

 Consolation in Human Life " ; G. Hepworth 

 heralded " The Life Beyond " ; while a religious 

 meditation on affliction, entitled " The Thorn in 

 the Flesh," by J. W. Etter, D. D., had an intro- 

 duction by Bishop J. F. Hurst. " The Sym- 

 metry of Life " was an address to young men by 

 Bishop Phillips Brooks', reprinted from the sec- 

 ond series of his sermons ; twenty sermons of 

 Charles Cuthbert Hall, D. D., were entitled 

 " Into his Marvelous Light : Studies in Life 

 and Belief " ; " Stirring the Eagle's Nest, and 

 Other Practical Discourses," came from The- 

 odore L. Cuyler, D. D. ; and other volumes of 

 sermons were, respectively : " Lead me to the 

 Rock," by Rev. T. W. Hooper ; " Personality," 

 by Samuel R. Fuller; " Updike's Sermons," de- 

 livered in the Christian Tabernacle at Emporia, 

 Kan., and edited by George F. Hall ; " A Plea 

 for the Gospel," by Rev. G. D. Herron ; and 

 " The Making of a Man," by J. W. Lee, D. D. 

 " Arrows for the King's Archers," were tipped 

 by Rev. H. W. Little ; " The Adversary, his Per- 

 son, Power, and Purpose," was a study in Satan- 

 ology, by William A. Matson, D. D. ; Mary 

 Emily Case was the author of ' The Love of the 

 World," a book of religious meditation ; Bishop 

 James W. Hott spent " Sacred Hours with 

 Young Christians " ; " The Unseen Friend," gen- 

 tle and spiritual, was from the pen of Lucy Lar- 

 com ; Elizabeth P. Clianning gave utterance to 

 " Kindling Thoughts " ; " The Floral Apostles ; 

 or, What the Flowers say to Thinking Man," were 

 derived by Rev. Andrew Ambauen largely from 

 the utterances of some of the wisest men of all 

 ages ; and among compilations we have " A Book 

 of Prayer from the Public Ministrations of Henry 

 Ward Beecher," by T. J. Ellinwood, from un- 

 published reports; "Small Helps for To-day," 

 selected by Imogen Clark ; and " Comforting 

 Thoughts " in prose and poetry, by Mrs. Alice 

 L. Williams. " Prayer-Meeting 'Theology " was 

 discussed in a dialogue by E. J. Morris, and 

 " The Revival Quiver " was filled for active use 

 by Louis Albert Banks, D. D. " Young Men's 

 Christian Associations" had a handbook of 

 their history, organization, and methods of work, 

 edited by H. S. Ninde, J. T. Bowne, and Erskine 

 Uhl ; and " The Church at Work in the Sunday 

 School " was reviewed by A. R. Taylor. " Note's 

 of Lessons on the Church in the New Testa- 

 ment " were made by Edward L. Cutts, D. D. ; 

 " Golden Rules for" directing Religious Com- 

 munities, Seminaries, Colleges, Schools. Fami- 

 lies, etc.," were drawn up by Rev. Michael Miil- 

 ler ; " The Model Sunday School " was outlined 

 by George M. Boynton ; " The Highway to Heav- 

 en : Its Hindrances and Helps " was intended 

 for Bible classes by Austin Clare. The Monday 

 Club published its eighteenth' series of "Ser- 



