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Christ and the Eastern Soul: The Witness of the Oriental Con- 
. sctousness to Jesus Christ. Lectures Delivered on the Barrows — 
Foundation in India, Ceylon, and Japan. By the late Charles — 
Cuthbert Hall. 
250 pages, 8vo, cloth; net $1.25, postpaid $1.37 
The task undertaken is to show the best elements in oriental — 
religion, and to point out in just what way they may contribute to — 
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Christianity. Analyzing the oriental consciousness, Dr. 
finds four great elements of strength, which he defines as the : 
Contemplative Life, the Presence of the Unseen, Aspiration toward — 
Ultimate Being, and Reverence for Sanctions of the Past. He : 
shows wherein Christianity may become more vital through the — 
introduction of certain mystic strains, and oriental mysticism — 
more virile by knowledge of the personal God of the Western — 
World 
Christian sa ‘eines One knows not which to admire most, the author's 
, his power of drawing delicate distinctions, his masterly : 
grasp of the history of Christian es or his profound faith and 
reverent spirit. 
Westminster. His vision ought to make every humblest helper in the foreign | 
missionary cause to lift up his heart and sing for joy. 
The Religious Altitude and Lije in I. ton The Haskell Lectuves4 
on Comparative Religion Delivered before the University of 
Chicago in 1906. By Duncan Black MacDonald, Professor 
of Semitic Languages in Hartford Theological Seminary. 
330 pages, 12mo, cloth; net $1.75, postpaid $1.88 
It is universally conceded that the formal theology of a people 
is not a safe index to its real religious life. The theology of Islam 
is treated in a host of volumes, but, singularly enough, no other 
author of the present generation has even attempted to depict for 
occidentals the Moslem religion as a fact in the daily conscious- 
ness of its followers. 
The Nation. We are indebted to Professor MacDonald for a valuable expost 
tion of one phase of Moslem thought. 
Hartford Times. Singularly lucid and entertaining. 
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