LITERATI' UK. AM KKH'AN, IN 1893. 





aiul Uev. George A. Gordon traced "The Witness to 

 Immortality in Literature, Philosophy, un<l Lifo. n 

 " Biblical schatology," by Henry Theodore i'ln-i-\i-r, 

 1>. !>., \v:i.- a re view or the writings of the Presbyterian 

 divine. Kcv. L.C. Baker, and Charles II. Strong made 

 a study from Scripture on death and after dcntli cn- 

 titled " Iii I'urtidi.sr." " Kcee Orator! Christ tho Ora- 

 tor" came to us from Kov. T. Alexander Hyde, and 

 Ucv. Miin it .1. Savage preached 18 sermons on "Jesus 

 and Modern Life"; ho also traced "The Evolution of 

 Christianity," and published "Psychics: Facts and 

 Theories," and lour addresses entitled " Is This a Good 

 World!" "Christ and Modern Unbelief" was tho 

 theme of seven sermons by Rev. Randolph Harrison 

 Mi-Kim, and studies of devotion and worship by sev 

 era! authors were collected under tho name of " The 

 Spiritual Life." Emily Oliver Gibbs studied " Tho 

 Origin of Suij and Dotted Words in the Hebrew 

 Bible." " Straight Sermons to Young Men and Other 

 1 1 unuin Beings " were preached before the Universities 

 of Yale, Harvard, and Princeton by Henry Van Dyke, 

 D. D. " The Ideal Humanity, and" Other Parish Ser- 

 mons" of William T. Wilson were furnished by some 

 commemorative words by Bishop Henry C. Potter; 

 and among other collections of the kind we may men- 

 tion "From Things to God," by David II. Greer, D.D. ; 

 "Things New and Old" by Rev. Robert Collyer; 

 u Sermons Preached in St. John's Church, Washing- 

 ton, D. C.." by Rev. George W. Douglas ; " The Boy 

 Jesus, and Other Sermons," by William M. Taylor, 

 D. D. ; " Members of One Body," by S. McChord 

 Crothers; six Lenten sermons on " The Comments at 

 the Cross," by Rev. Cameron Mann ; " Pulpit and 

 Platform," sermons and addresses by O. II. Tiffany, 

 D. D. ; " Sermons for the Church," by Dr. Caleb Davis 

 Bradlee ; " The Larger Life," by Henry Austin Adams ; 

 " Common Folks' Religion," by L. A. Banks, D. D. ; 

 and " Vision and Duty," by Rev. Charles A. Berry. 

 "Addresses" of Bishop Phillips Brooks had an in- 

 troduction by Rev. Julius H. Ward, "Brilliants from 

 tho Writings of the Right Reverend Phillips Brooks " 

 were selected, and a " Phillips Brooks 1 ear-Book " 

 made, while two memorial sermons of Rev. H. R. Har- 

 ris and Rev. Arthur Brooks were printedj with tho 

 bishop's name for title. " The Good Wine at tho 

 Feast s End " was the subject of a sermon by himself 

 issued in pamphlet form. The " Theological Propae- 

 deutic " ot Philip Schatf', D. D., contained also a clas- 

 sified bibliography of " A Ministerial Library " by 

 Rev. Samuel Macauley Jackson. The Fletcher prize 

 essay of Dartmouth College for 1892 was by Rev. 

 George Guirey upon " The Hallowed Day"; Rev. 

 Washington Gladden treated of property and indus- 

 try under the Christian law in " Tools and the Man " ; 

 Henry Clay Trumbull pronounced " A Lie never 

 Justifiable," and issued a second edition of hid con- 

 ception of " The Blood Covenant." Theodore L. Cuv- 

 ler, D. I)., addressed himself to " The Young Preach- 

 er," while "The Deaconess and her Vocation" were 

 the theme of Bishop J. M. Thoburn. Lucy Rider 

 Meyer also wrote on ' Deaconesses, Biblical, Early 

 Chun-h, European, American." "Our Best Moods,' 1 

 by David Gregg, D. D., and " Discourses " of Edward 

 H. Hull, thirteen in number, may be placed together, 

 and John B. DC Motte explained " The Secret of Char- 

 acter Building." "The Hand on the Plow," by 

 Arthur T. Pierson, D. D., told some secrets of service. 

 "Jackknife and Brambles," by Att'u-us <!. llaygood, 

 Sr.j is chiefly devoted to the minor difficulties in re- 

 ligious matters. " The Beasts of Ephesus" was writ- 

 ten for the Christian Endeavor Societies by James 

 Brand, D. D., and " The New Generation," for tho 

 Kjixvorth League, by Edwin A. Schell; the origin. 

 irrowth, and working plans of this last were sketched 

 by Joseph F. Berry, D.D., in "Four Wonderful 

 Years." Rev. Madison C. Peters sent out what lie 

 termed "Sanctified Spice," and Rev. C. J. Adams 

 asked " Where is my Dog? or, Is Man alone Immor- 

 tal ? " Charles B. Morrell, M. D., edited " Bible Lamps 

 for Little Feet," and Charles S. Robinson, D. D., made 

 "Annotations upon Popular Hymns." "Bible Stud- 



ies " were edited from stenographic note* of 28 lectures 



delivered by Rev. Ilenrv Ward BIT. I,, r in Ib78-*7i." 

 Jaunt* Strong wrote "The Student's Commentary: A 

 Complete Hi rim in lit., al Manual on th. !'.-.; 

 clesiotitcH " ; Milton S. Terry. "Tl.e Pr<.|.j.eeie. of 

 Daniel expounded"; Orello Cone, I). !>., "Ti 

 pel and its Karliest Interpretation* " ; Murvin R. Vin- 

 cent, 1). ])., a "Student's Sew Testament 11 and book"; 

 John A. BrpaduH, D. D., "A Harmony of the Gi*tx:ls 

 in the Revised Version"; J. W. McCiarvey, a " JScw 

 Commentary on the Acts of the Aj*mtlc," in two 

 volumes; Bishop John H. Vin<-cnt, "The Story of 

 a Letter" (Epistle to the Ephpniam); Alfred Bow- 

 land, 40 sermoncttes on "Paul's Ideal Church and 

 People." G. G. Findlay sketched the origin and con- 

 tents of u The Epistles of Paul the Apostle," while 

 Charles Carroll Everett presented w lat lie believes to 

 be a wholly new view ot the doctrine of the atonement 

 from " The Gospel of Paul." From Bishop Vincent 

 we have also "The Holy Waiting" and an Easter 

 Btudv entitled "In Search of his Grave." Prof. George 

 D. llerron made a plea in " The New Redemption " 

 for the Church to reconstruct society according to the 

 Gospel of Christ " The Sacramental System consid- 

 ered as the Extension of the Incarnation" was the 

 theme of the Bishop Paddock lectures of 1892, by Rev. 

 Morgan DiXj and the place of "The Transfiguration" 

 in the Christian year was determined by Bishop 

 George F.Seymour and John H. Egar, D.D. " The Rea- 

 sonable Chnst" was the title of a series of studies bv 

 George E. Merrill. "Christian Worship: Its Princi- 



B'es and Forms" were treated by J. W. Richard, 

 . D., and F. V. N. Painter, and William Reed Hunt- 

 ington, D. D., wrote a " Short History of the Book of 

 Common Prayer." A " Short History of the Christian 

 Church " was by John Fletcher Hurst, D. D. ; "A 

 Sketch of the History of the Apostolic Church," by 

 Oliver J. Thatcher. " Catholic Papers," by various 

 writers, had a preface by the Bishop of Milwaukee; 

 six lectures on " Catholic Dogma" and five on " The 

 Church's Ministry of Grace" were delivered by as 

 ninny ministers of the Episcopal Church, under the 

 auspices of the Church Club of New York, while 

 Rev. Ly man Abbott treated "The Roman Catholic 

 Question " in a broad spirit in a sermon printed in 

 pamphlet form. Vol. I of an "American Church 

 History Series" was issued, being an enumeration, 

 classification, and description of "The Religious 

 Forces of the United States," on the basis of the last 

 Federal Census, by H. K. Carroll. The "History of 

 the Origin and Development of the Governing Con- 

 ference "in Methodism" was written by Thomas B. 

 Neelv, D. D., as was a " Manual of Methodist Episco- 

 pal Church History," by George L. Curtisa. "The 

 Distinctive Doctrine and Usages of the General 

 Bodies of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the 

 United States" were set forth; Prof. Williston 

 Walker explained "The Creeds and Platforms of 

 Congregationalism " ; and Amorv H. Bradford. D. D., 

 in "The Pilgrim in Old England," reviewed tne his- 

 tory, present condition, and outlook of the Independ- 

 ent (Congregational) churches in that country. A 

 "Manual for Church Officers "was drawn up oy G. 

 II. Dryer, D. D., and the American Unitarian Associa- 

 tion issued a " Book of Praver and Praise for Congre- 

 gational Worship." "In Spirit and in Truth" was 

 the title of a volume of essays by younger ministers of 

 tho same Church. Special churches wen- commem- 

 orated in the " History of the First Unitarian Church 

 of Portland. Oregon, IM'.T-VJ." by Earl Morse Wil- 

 bur, and the " History of the Second Church of Christ 

 in Hartford," by Rev. E. P. Parker, while the "His- 

 tory of the McCormick Theological Seminary of tho 

 Presbyterian Church " was written by J. L. llatoy, 

 D. D. "The Gospel Among the Slaves" was a short 

 account of missionary operations among the African 

 slaves of the Southern States, compiled and edited by 

 W. 1'. Harrison, D. D., and James S. Dennis, D.D., 

 delivered six lectures upon "Foreign Missions after 

 a Century " before Princeton Theological Seminary. 

 "The Lone Star," by David Downie, D. D., told tho 



