THEOLOGICAL Boosts. — The Church of the Sub - Apostolic Age. By the Rev.
James Heron. (Hodder and Stoughton.)—Mr. Heron examines, to quote from the title of his work, the "life, worship, and organisation " of the period succeeding that in which the Apostles held their position in the Christian Church "in the light of The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles.."' The substance of his conclusion, as far as regards the early Christian ministers, is to be found in the concluding words of his preface :—" By whatever name or names they may have been designated—whether they were called bishops or presbyters, or both—there was a plurality of these office-bearers in each congregation, and they were elected by a free choice of the Christian people."----The Mental Characteristics of the Lord Jesus Christ, by the Rev. Henry Norris Bernard (Nisbet and Co.), is a study of the character of Christ as revealed in the Gospels.—Emmanue ; or, the Infancy and the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ Reproduced in the Mysteries of the Tabernacle. By Mrs. Abel Ram. (Burns and Oates.)—Discussions on the Atonement : Is it Vicarious? By the Rev. George Jamieson. (W. Blackwood and Sons.) The Self-Revelation of Jesus Christ, by John Kennedy, D.D. (W. Isbister), discusses the question of the Divine Personality of Christ in the light of assertions attributed to him in the Gospels. —Justification and Imputed Righteousness, by the Rev. T. R. Birks, elited by the Rev. H. A. Birks (Macmillan), is an examination by the late Professor Birks of Bishop O'Brien's (Ossory and Ferns) " Sermons on the Nature and Effects of Faith," from what may be described as the Lutheran standpoint.—A History of the Christian Philosophy of Religion, from the Reformation to Kant. Translated from the German of Bernhard Piinjer by W. Raster, B.D. (T. and T. Clark, Edinburgh.)—The Faith of the Gospel : a Manual of Christian Doctrine. By Arthur James Mason, B.D. (Rivingtons.)—The Gospel of St. John : an Exposition, Exegetical and Homiletical. By the Rev. Thomas Whitelaw. (Maclehose and Sons, Glasgow.)—The Epistle to the Romans ; with Notes, Critical and Practical. By the Rev. M. F. Sadler. (Bell and Sons.)— The Religion of the Cross. By the Rev. H. B. Chapman. (Swan Sonnenschein and Co.)—The Life and Teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ, by George Wyld, M.D. (H. Frowde), is a. " con- tinuous narrative " arranged from the Four Gospels.—A Misunderstood Miracle. By the Rev. A. Smythe Palmer, B.A.
(Swan Sonnenschein and Co.)—This is an elaborate monograph on the " sun " standing still in Gibeon. Mr. Palmer points out that "stand still" in the original means "be silent," and he con- tends that " be silent " means nothing more nor less than "become dark or obscured." However this may be, he brings together a very interesting collection of passages which illustrate the con-
nection between light and sound. His essay is both learned and ingenious.—The Gospels Translated into Modern English. By Ernest Bitten. (A. Gardner, Paisley and London.)—The title of
this book sufficiently explains its nature. From this specimen the reader may judge whether he prefers Mr. Bilton's rendering to that to which he is accustomed :--" When evening comes,' the
landlord said to his steward, call the men and pay them their
wages, beginning with the last and ending with the first.' - So when the payment began, those men who had been engaged at five o'clock were paid ninepence each, and those who were
engaged first expected therefore to receive more."—Half-Houra with the Apostolic Fathers. By H. C. Leonard. (Elliot Stock.)—
This volume, in the shape of conversations held in the Palace Beautiful between Christian and the three Virgins, Piety, Prudence, and Charity, tells us something about the Apostolic Fathers. The author reckons nine of them, beginning with
Clement and ending with Polye,arp (140).—Memoir of Bishop Wilson. By Bishop Ullathorne. (Burns and Oates.)—Bishop
Wilson was the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Hobart's Town.
There is a remarkable story of instantaneous conversion, an experience that is evidently not the exclusive property of any one
communion.—Evil: Physical and Moral, by George St. Clair, (Simpkin and Marshall), one of the series of "Modern Hand- books of Religion."—The Psalms of Christ Crucified : Short Lenten Readings on the Twenty-second Psalm. By W. J. Strickland, M.A. (Swan Sonnenschein and Co.)—The Christian Miracles and the Conclusions of Science, by the Rev. W. D. Thomson, M.A. (T- end T. Clark, Edinburgh), one of the series of "Handbooks for Bible-Classes and Private Students."— Studies in the Unseen. By Mary Raleigh. (A. and C. Black.)—Prayers for One and All ; with Bible Readings and Hymns (Bickers and Son), a manual of family devotion arranged for the first quarter of the year.
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