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The Southern Presbyterian Reuiew for
October is capital number. We have
already given the list of articles The
first article by the Rev. DR.. Peck, of
Union Theological Seminary, on "The
Lords Supper" is an admirable presen-
tation of that subject. 1t would make
valuable tract DR.. Dabney has one of his
exhaustive discussions on "The Public
Preaching of Women" a discussion which
we regard as extremely timely. 1t is I'M
answerable. DR.. Henry Alexander con-
tributes an article on 1.-THE Alternative
of Unbelief," which is as logical as it is
learned. We have read it with very
great interest. Professor Flint's sermon
before the General Council at Edinburgh
is an able and scholarly production. DR..
Adger has an article on "The Recent Or
dination at Hangchow,' and DR.. Lefevre
discusses the same subject in an article en-
titled "The Jurisdiction of the Evangelist.
They take different views, and we have
therefore the subject ably and fully dis
cussed by two of the best minds in the
church. The Rev. P. P. Flournoy, of
Maryland, discusses "The Ministerial
Gift" and the Rev. Alfred Jones, Of
Petersburg, has review of "DavidSons
Hebrew Grammar" The Southern Pres
5we9an RevieaU is an able review, and
deserves to be well sustained by the
Southern Presbyterian Church, and in
deed by the Northern Presbyterian
Church, for it is now the only Presbyte-
rian Quarterly in the country. We re-
gard it as one of the most important in
situations of the Church. and we think it
ought to be aided even by those who do
not read reviews, but who feel an interest
in the maintenance of sound doctrine.
In these days of such Astounding error,
it is absolutely essential to support pub
locations of this sort. If we let them go
down, what is to become of the Church?
The subscription is very low-only three
dollars; and to what church object can
three dollars be more judiciously given?
To no single one, in our judgment.
In the British Quarterly for October
there is a. fine article on "Adolphe
Monod," the great preacher of the Re-
formed Church of France, who died in
1855, by M. De Pressense. Another very
readable article in the same number is
entitled, "What is Relgion?" Mr.. Adol-
plus Trollope contributes a long and able
article on the Political Prospects of
Italy" in which he represents that coun-
try to be in most deplorable condition.
! The people, he says, have lost faith in
the Roman Catholic religion, and have
no favorable disposition towards Protest
antism. The alternative is between Re-
manism and Atheism. There are, he
says, only 700 Protestants in Rome, out
of population of 100000; but this
seems to us singular statement under
standing, as we do, that there are some
eight or ten Protestant churches in that
city. The British Quarterly has adopted
the plan Of giving the names Of its con-
tributors.
The Catholic Presbyterian for October
has very good paper on "The Philoso-
ply of Perception-Hume, Reid, and
Professor Huxley" by P. Bayne (Peter
Bayne, we suppose). The other articles
in the number are not very striking
In the Princeton Revieov for November
there is very noticeable article by Pres
ident Dawson, F. R. S., of Montreal, en-
titled Points of contact between Science
and Revelation. We observe that he
takes the same view of the creative days
that is taken in an article in this paper.
Indeed his remarks are exceedingly strik-
ing on this point, and we shall recur to
them
President Porter reviews Huxley Ex-
position of Humes Philosophy; and
President McCosh reviews Herbert Spen-
GERS Data of Ethics. 1t is strong
number.