10 DECEMBER 1904, Page 24

Hymns of Horatius Bonar. Selected and Arranged by his Son '

H. N. Bonar. (H. Frowde. 6s. net.)—It is not necessary to estimate the value of H. Bonar's hymns. They are accepted everywhere. Anglican, and even Roman, collections include many of them. Dr. Bonar never refused permission to those who sought to in- clude them in new collections. Only he stipulated that the words must not be changed. Many are purely devotional, and may, therefore, be used by those who hold doctrines very different from those of the Westminster Confession. It is a curious thing that this admirable hymn-writer was long a determined opponent to the proposal to admit hymns as alternatives to the Paraphrase of the Psalms.