We are obliged to pass over without notice most of
the many volumes of sermons which reach us, but we must find space for a few words of welcome to a volume which may be described as the firstfruits of a ministry which cannot but be of some importance,—City Temple Sermons, by the Rev. E. J. Campbell, M.A. (Hodder and Stoughton, 6s.) These twenty sermons are discourses of considerable power. The preacher speaks in a forcible, practical way, without any effort at singularity, but always with a certain freshness of thought and expression. We have had occasion to differ from Mr. Campbell, but we gladly recognise him as an able exponent of a reasonable faith which recognises the duties of the Christian citisen.—Another volume of sermons claims a word of appreciation as the last work of an
able thinker,—The Voice of God, by Hugh Macmillan, D.D. (11rQw11, langttam„and. Co., 3e. 6d.) Dr. Macmillan was pecu- liarly felicitoes in the illustrations which he drew from Nature, of whibh he was a thoughtful observer. This characteristic will be seen to advantage in Sermons V. and Bochim " and -" The Chain of Nature and Providence." The habit of thought to.'which it belonged shows itself everywhere. The volume belongs to " The World's Pulpit Series,"—a very large title, we may observe. Does it mean the world past as well as the world present ?
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