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The sbore Is the title or. ress little book
Of eighty two pages presented n rs By the
author.
The following Ia the introduction 70 . long
and very learned review Of the work. By Dr..
wm. Nicholson. Of Boston. which We and Ia
the ProsessAns Episcopal QaArtsrly Rssis OF
January. 1850.
But other Of the Apostles say ! none.
save James the Lords brother" So says
ST. Paul. when speaking Of bis visit to Jeru-
-alem, after his conversion, 70 see Peter
And these words are the text Of the little
treatise whose title-pge Ne have given
above. Who was this Jsmesf IL vii be
observed that be h called both IN apostle
and the Lords brother; aad conformably 70
this twofold description, DR.. Fitch's book
/ claims to have wrought Cut q moral demon
s~.rasion. It's plan accordingly IS. first. to as
certain the parentage Of James. and then 10
show what place be occupied In the Church
| Of Christ. The question OF parentage Is de-
termined in accordance with the strictest
sense Of the phrase, The Lords brother"
| that i. that Christ and James we're uterine
sons Of the same mother. Thus the author
| distinguishes three Jameses In the New Tes-
lament history: James. son ofZebedes, broth
er Of John. and one Of the twelve; James,
son Of Alpheus. and one Of the twelve;
James, son of Mary. brother Of the Lord,
and net one Of the twelve. Ii IL commended,
nevertheless. that to this James r;ghffuliy be-
ionged the designation Of apostle In even It's
highest sense; the same sense In which Sc.
Paul, though not one Of the Twelve, vindi-
Gated IL 10 himself when he said, 81 suppose
was not q whit behind the very chisfest
apostles" II was this James who presided
In that first and most important council Of
the church. descr bed in Acts Is; IL was he TO
whom, upon their arrival at Jerusalem, ST.
PAUL aud his company reported themselves.
as stated in Acts 81; in this James. there
fore. was vested tie resident church author
ity In Jerusalem for 80 many years. which
agrees precisely with what the earliest wri-
tiers say. that James. the Lords brother was
the first settled bishop Of that city. And as
the author finds three Jameses In Holy Scrip
ture. each one being the subject OF such
marked mention, 50 does he recognise them
.sverully In The subsequent ecclesiastical his
tory. as appearing there. among other dis
tinctions. under the names OF James the
Great. James the Less. and James the Just.
These are the great points Of DR.. Fitch's
book having disposed Of which, he takes oc-
casion TO discuss the question of a peTpefuafed
Apostolic ministry. At the same time that
he was an Apostle. James the Just was also
the Diocesan Bishop of Jerusalem. Now, rs
Eusebiu~ gives a list Of the successors to
James In bis B~ishoprick. Though not In bis
Apostolate,) the fact OF an Episcopal sue
cession Is at once manifest. that is. the sue
eession on the part OF Bishops TO the highest
functions Of the ministry. But James. Gin
common with 81. Mark At Alexandria, and
81. Timothy at Ephesus,) as being both IN
eminent Apostle and a local Bishop. is a con
elusive exemplifcation Of the truth, that a
stated Christian ministry. il regularly con.
stituted. derires from the original Apostolate
Those his successors, therefore. who receiv'
ed his Episcopase. but not his Apostolate. die
yet receive the one as springing from the 9th
: er Wherefore the conclusion Is brough'
: forth that an Apostolic ministry Is preserpe ned
{ and occurred to the Church by means Of th,
. succession OF Bishops. This is the outline
not the filing up. Of the authors argument
for we have designed only to indicate TIT
> principle of connection of this part OF ths
book with It's main subject. The volume
! closes with applying this discussion 70 IN
: ministry Of the Protestant Episcopal Church
showing how superior Is the ecclesiastical 20
e sition OF her clergy. as. above all suspicion
: Of irregularity OF defect in their commission
Q belonging 10 that Church which was from
( the beginning. which is now steadfsst IN th'
. Apostles doctrine and fellowship. they labo
b together In the gospel of Jesus Christ.
q Whatever may be thought OF the logics
force OF this book. none will refuse 70 accor'
+ to IL the praise of a pure and Transparent
. style. It's spirit. too, 10 delightful. ASIDE
altogether from a decision In favor Of IL
merits a. an analytical discussion, there IL
{ certain captivation about this tractats vhicl
D must insure TO IL no inconsiderable influence
J. With such seeming naturalness and straight
forward force does the writer put togethe
b his Bible facts and his comments. and 90 de
n hnifely does he present them to the reade
! in their mutual reactions. that 90 far as th
b book relates to the fsmiiy connection Q
James. il is foil Of somewhat Of a biograph
. cal vitchery- That ID
that moreover he has had access 20 whit th
ablest expounders have said thereon. viii b
manifest 70 any one converssnt with the sui
a Iect: but how different bis way Of letting th
family story of Christ plead in its own b
half. from the entangled guess work Of MOI
!. other writers. We have found most enjoJ
y ment in that par, OF the book. reaching froI
a the 6rst page to where IL glides % into n
discussion about an apostolic ministry; no
- however, because the latter topic 10 eiths
~ less important. or less ably treated Bs
l. that there was m Apostle James ~ jerus'
= len, lie frt Bishop, and who was IN som
= sense s'the Lords brother. land that his ],
rusalem Episcopate connects itself :nsspar'