Sermons preached at King's Lynn. By the late Rev. E.
L. Hull, B.A. Second Series. (Nisbet.)—Many readers will welcome a second series of sermons from the MSS. of Mr. Hull, and will recognize in the new volume all the characteristic excellencies of the old. Mr. Hull alwaya moved at a very high level of thought and feeling; his sermons are dis- tinguished by a remarkable spirituality of tone. This is their special beauty, while at the same time it limits their range of application. There are temperaments, not absolutely irreligious, yet not able to breathe in higher regions of experience, to which they will seem almost unreal, though the overpowering sense of the preacher's earnestness of convic- tion will prevent them from ever seeming false. Some, for instance, will feel that there is something morbid about the view of life which dominates them, a sadness which is inconsistent with free and hearty action. But no one can read them without vast benefit. The practical and intellec- tual interests of life are so absorbing, seem so to increase day by day in their imperious demands upon us, that we cannot be too thankful to the man who looks habitually himself, and can give us a glimpse into the region where "above these voices there is peace." We may mention that the First Series of Sermons by the same author has reached a fourth edition.
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