The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-30 00:00:00

succeeded by another, families of living creatures
have been passing away to be succeeded by others ;
and as time has passed away so similarity has passed
away. Ido no more than touch these truths, just
to point to them and then to leave them. Unhappy
the day and the age which grudges to the pulpit
the use of all the resources of knowledge and inves-
tigation which in every other profession are legiti-
mate to illustrate or exhibit truth."

We conclude our present notice with one beauti-
ful passage which occurs in the sermon on " Bro-
therly Kindness and Charity." Were the sen-
timents it inculcates more generally felt and
acted on, society would present a very dif-
ferent aspect to what it does in general.
The apostle commends to the Christian's sym-
pathy those who are of the household of faith, but
he likewise says in the same breath, Let us do
good unto all men, and especially unto them that
are of the household of faith.' And the point on
which I am particularly anxious to fasten your at-
tention is that we do not act thoroughly and con-
scientiously upon the principle of the great new
commandment given by Christ to men, when we
allow our charity to be circumscribed or cut off by
religious prejudice. I am well aware upon this
point bow hard a struggle it costs a conscientious
man to triumph over such feelings, to conquer them,
and whatever be his own convictions compel him-
self to look with tender compassion upon the neces-
sities of all men, no matter whatever their religious
professions or beliefs may be. But while I am en-
deavouring to delineate the true character of the
love we should bear a brother in this world, I
should be dishonest, if upon this point I suffered
any man now listening to me to go away without
clearly and emphatically enforcing upon him that
the great principle which our blessed Saviour has
delivered to us knows no such limitations. He
claims the love of brotherhood even for a stranger.
The stranger and the outcast and the man who has
denied God his due, is our brother still, his claim is
still holy, still to be allowed."

Is it not Written? Being the testimony of Scrip-
ture against Romanism. By Edward S. Pryce,
A.B. London : Smith and Elder.
This little work supplies a want. The matter
and temper of Mr. Pryces book are equally good.
It furnishes a complete account of the controversy
between Protestantism, as based on the Scriptures,
and Romanism, as based, to use Dr. Wiseman's ex-
pression on the "unwritten word of God equally
with the written word of God." All the most im-
portant points in dispute between the Protestants
and Catholics are discussed with a candour and
moderation rare amongst theological com-
batants, and especially rare in the controversy
of Protestants with Rome. There is not the
slightest breath of the Orange or Protestant
Alliance spirit in Mr. Pryce's work ; his statements
of the views of Catholics are not selected with the
taste of a Spooner or a Newdegate ; on the con-
trary, he makes use chiefly of the language of the
most able of modern:English Catholics—Dr. Wise-
man. Mr. Pryce's book is not a tirade against
Popery, bnt a calm, Christian, gentlemanly exami-
nation of the topics it discusses ; it is, therefore,
just the work to place in the hands of an intelligent
young person perplexed by the arguments of some
Anglican clergyman, or in the hands of
any one who, without Leasure to wade
through large volumes, and whose taste would
revolt from the too frequent tone of Protestant as
well as Roman Catholic disputants, desires to have
a fair account of the whole controversy. Not that
there is any want of firmness of statement and ar-
gument. The writer is as lucid and firm as he is
fair and dispassionate. The subjects of—The
Written Scriptures alone in opposition to the co-
ordinate authority of Tradition—of the Catholic
Chureh—of Redemption and Justification—of the
Supremacy of the Pope—of Tyansubstantia-
tion—of the Sacrifice of the Mass—of Pur-
gatory and Indulgencies—of the idolatry of
Romanism, not using the term offensively, but exa,
mining the question—are all fully considered, and
while the reasoning is most careful and conclusive,
we do not remember a page which could make us
reluctant to offer the book to a Roman Catholic
friend as one in which he could find any cause of
offence. Would that all theological contreversy
were conducted in the same spirit, as well as with
the same ability.