The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-26

sible compass the results II competent
criticism. Sometimes q critical WORD
may light up whole passage. Inc
ami o at on is necessarily in tue brief
est form consistent with clearnes''
The tsxt, having been thus maze
critically explicit, will be used ior
pulpit purposes- saTmons, outlines,
suggestions ard illustrations, follow
ing according the utility Of the pas
ages for strictly pl pitpurpo e5. me
aim OF the author il to encourage the
ministry of the very great numoer OF
Christian laymen who devote them
selves to ocCasi pnsl preachingI in vii
!ages AID outlying districts.
UNDER the title of "Soience and
Theology" in the Popular Science
Monthly for December, Mr.. John Bur
roughs reviews, in order 10 combat,
Prof.. DrummoRd's Natural Law In
ihe Spiritual World" D.. Felix l..
Oswald, always an interesting writer,
refute3 in this numbea good many
Of our geological superstt co."
Stranger than anything else he tells
us is that monkeys have really no
powers OF mimicry. Mr.. Il. I. Rob
b ms is practical and suggestive at the
same time in his paper on "How 70
Warm Our Houses" He objects to
the use OF stoves, furnaces or steam
heating, not only because the oxygen
is destroyed, but because, and here Is
his main point, they heat the air in
stead OF heating the bodies. All heat
should be got by direct radiation from
the fire itself. Among other questions
discussed are: "The Higher Educa-
ton OF Woman" Energy in Plant
Cells" Sociology of the Atlantic
Ocean," "The New acquisitions for
Adm ssion at Harvard College" "Life
in the South Sea Islands," Some
Outlines from the History OF Educs-
ton" 1.-THE Physiology OF Attention
and Volitiop," fThe Wings OF Birds"
by Flower, +. r. g.; Measuring the
Earth's Surface" "sully's Handbook
OF Psychology" Read; "sketch OF
M. Arago."
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