Expositions. By the Rev. Samuel Cox, D.D. Third Series. (T.
Fisher trnwin.)—Dr. Cox devotes eight of his discourses to what he calls the "faithful sayings of the Primitive Church." The first deals with the general subject of the "Christian Prophets," to whose utterances these "faithful sayings" (all of them, curiously enough, found in the Pastoral Epistles) are, he thinks, to be traced ; the others take the seven maxims that are there described, and expound them one by one. The general idea here, rather than the treatment of the special subjects, is original. On the other hand, the sermons on the four Psalms (88, 89, 50, and 77) attributed respectively to Heman, Ethan, and Asaph, have the merit of originality in a high degree. "The Last Gospel of Science" is well worth studying. It is a com- mentary on Professor Huxley's declaration that "the great saying of Micah," "To do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God," is the perfect ideal of religion. Dr. Cox's work is a worthy successor of the two admirable volumes that have already appeared under the same title.
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