Theology for Children. By Mark Evans. (Sotheran and Baer.)— The
title of Mr. Evans' little book, sounding like something abstruse
and difficult, contrasts, as it is meant to contrast, with the simplicity of
its contents. "Do you wonder," he says, in his brief concluding chapter, "why I have called this book Theology for Children,' and that
till now you have never seen the word in any single page ?" And he answers by saying that he has tried to teach his young readers what "Theology "is, how "it is that which makes you understand about your Father in heaven ; about His own dear Son Jesus Christ, our
Saviour, Deliverer, and King; about the Blessed Spirit that makes the Father and the Son one in the highest; truest sense ; and by making you
one with Jesus, leads you back to God, and gives you the right to call heaven your Father's home." - The book throughout is expressed with admirable simplicity and force ; we have seen nothing of the kind that
we have liked better, and it really fills a great want. Many teachers are inclined to shrink from the difficult task of explaining the truths which are included in" Theology,"—difficult, possibly, but yet essential to be known, for which no amount of instruction about external facts, even about the life of Christ, beautiful as that may be made, will be a substitute. This simple, clear language is one of the most difficult of attainments, and Mr. Evans possesses it in an uncommon degree.
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