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IMPORTANT RECENT PUBLICATIONS 
The Finality of the Christian Religion 
By GEORGE BURMAN FOSTER, Professor of the Philosophy of Religion in 
the University of Chicago 
534 pages, small 8vo, cloth; net $4.00, postpaid $4.25 {[London: Unwin] 
Peek theological books of recent years have been so hotly assailed, and few so warmly 
defended. On one point its critics agree: as an earnestly thoughtful, eminently 
scholarly, and courageously honest presentation of the absolute value of essential Christianity 
as Over against authority-religion and supernaturalism, as defined by the author, it has no 
equal in late English literature. Whatever the reader’s religious attitude, it cannot fail 
to hold his attention from beginning to end. 
Christian Belief Interpreted by Christian Experience: Being the 
Barrows Lectures for 1902-1903 
By CHARLES CUTHBERT HALL, President of Union Theological Seminary 
298 pages, small 8vo, cloth; net $1.50, postpaid $1.66 [London: Unwin] 
HESE lectures, delivered before cultured audiences in India, Ceylon, and Japan, have 
attracted wide attention by reason of .their irenic spirit, the masterly way in which 
they present the fundamental ideas of the Christian religion in terms adapted to oriental 
consciousness, and the classic purity of their English. While sincerely respectful and frankly 
sympathetic in his attitude toward the various faiths of the East, Dr. Hall makes a singu- 
larly forceful plea for the claim of Christianity as the ultimate world-religion. 
“Those who believe that orthodox Christianity “As a philosophic contribution to Christian apolo- 
has lost its power to hold men of wide culture would getics such lectures as these challenge the attention 
do well to read Dr. Hall’s lectures to the Hindus.”— of the West that they have already won in Japan and 
Public Opinion. in India.”—The Churchman. 
_ “The charm of the writer’s style is most fascinat- “Tt is not too much to say that probably no volume 
ng. His spirit is .... gracious, conciliatory, within the last few years has presented progressive 
Tecognizing all possible good in those from whom _ evangelism with more catholicity of spirit, with more 
he differs, while holding his own opinions without passionate conviction, and with more classic form. 
apology... .. It is from many points of view a —The World To-Day. 
great book.” —New York Observer. 
An Outline of a Bible-School Curriculum 
By GEORGE WILLIAM PEASE, Professor of Pedagogy in the Hartford 
School of Religious Pedagogy 
430 pages, r2mo, cloth; net $1.50, postpaid $1.63 
[NDICATEs the principles which should govern in the preparation of a curriculum for 
the Bible school, and outlines full, connected courses of study for the different grades, 
from the kindergarten to adult classes, in harmony with those principles. 
[London: Downie] 
“A stimulating book.” —Universalist Leader. “Tts value lies in its application of " ean 
“A remarkable volume.”— titans Methodist educational philosophy toa concrete and apparently 
: ause it is — on fund t ane —— 2 of a! fin on “Y ie 
‘i peter a ith the conduct of a Sunday sc 
cn aio principles, anda cause it is adapted ambition to increase its educa onal effectiveness 
d ¥ for a traditional or an advanc eligio ought to be acquainted with this book.””—The Out- 
theological viewpoint.” — Rev. Wallace M. ay 
Short, in Ladies’ H ome Journal. 
