The morning call., 1891-08-09
LITERATURE.

TsHE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY: It's ORR
ksS GIN, CONSTITUTION, NATURE AND
SAgS Work By William LEROY, ID.
lCloth. Svo., 566 PIP, So. Funk & Wag-
nails, New. York; The work presented is
made up of q series of lectures intended as
a contribution to the study of pastoral the
ology. The author has earned the reputa-
tation of being a ripe scholar, an able con-
troversionalist and a Christian theologian.
In this work the Church of Christ is de-
hned as supernatural in its origin, and
IL deals with the nature, constitution and
work OF the Christian ministry as an Or
ganization; of the Divine Master asserting
that the Apostles had vivid consciousness
of such organization, and it contends that
the churches OF the Apostolic age were by
no means structureless, but vital organisms,
IN which Bishops, presbyters and deacons
exercised their several clearly defined func-
tions. The constitution of the ministry,
itlnerant and local, is elaborated with con-
siderable detail. In the treatment of the
moral sphere of ministerial work the grand
scheme Of redemption is held up as the es-
sentlal corrective OF sin and DEATH and the
power OF the Gospel to raise man from his
fallen condition is emphatically asserted.
These lectures, controversial in their ma
ture, are characterized by moderation, and
they Will be read with interest by many who
Will no doubt derive much instruction and
benefit from the views held by Rev. Mr. Lee
troy. In his preface in abiding TO the eighth
lecture. which is on Sacerdotalism, the au-
thor says: Here let me say MY idea is that
the church may. through Gods everything
mercy as against mans exaggerated claims.
realize her sacerdotal character II every
true believer in our blessed Lord devoted
himself to the sacrifice Of his time, of his
talents, of his sympathy, of his substance,
to the advancement of the kingdom of
Christ. and in accordance with the needs
and in sympathy with the laborS OF the min
lstry, the spurious claims of caste clergy
would be Cancelled by the moral weight of
Individual and Of corporate sanctification."
Taken as whole the book is an important
contribution to the literature bearing on this
particular subject.
BIBLE CYCLoPEDIA-By the Rev. A. R.
Fausset Ma, rector of ST. Cuthberts,
York. Cloth, royal octave, 100 pp.. So. New
York, London and Toronto: Funk & Wag-
nalls.) This cycl0pedia of the Holy Book is
one that has occupied seven years of the
time of the reverend gentleman in writing
ana compiling. and the work he presents is
an exceedingly comprehensive one-one that
will meet popular demand. This work,
which is illustrated with very large num-
per OF engravlngS and treats of many SUBJ
jectS, contains over 300 articles from A to
Il, and they are prepared with such complete
ness, conciseness aud thoroughneSs that they
become of incalculable value TO the students
and teachers of all denominations. 1t con-
tains exhaustive articles on the Creation,
Oh lSaltu anu On tue Ienlateucn, also the
results OF the admirable work done by ex-
plorers, showing how, in an age prone to
skepticism, God has given remarkable con-
frmation OF the truth of his own word in
raising men who have been able to decipher
the hierogiyphcs of Egypt, the cuneiform
Inscriptions of Babylon and Assyria
and the archaic characters of the
Moabite stone. Ephesus with its temple
to the great Diana, indian and its
mines. Rome and It's catacombs. have
all contributed their quota of witnesses to
the truth. This work not only contains
the substance of nearly all that is valuable
in other dictionaries, but treats of many
subjects that are omitted in those works;
many OF these subjects are of deep interest
and include Antichrist, the thousand years
or the millennium, inspiration. predestina-
ton, Justification, number, divnation, in
Its bearing on spiritualiSm and other topics
pains have been conscientiously taken toen-
sure accuracy and to put the earnest STU
dent In possession of the most trustworthy
information on debated points" Advance
copies of the work su omitted to number
OF the most prominent clergymen of En-
gland and the United States have brought
forth many letters Of communication. One
feature of this work IS an index OF all the
books and chapters Of the Bible with refer
euce to the articles which illustrate them.
By means of this the student can immed-
ately find the article which will afford the
information desired.
THE MADONNA OF PASS CHRISTIAN
BY Gcprl.e +. Ormsby. (490 PIP. Chicago:
Dnnollle, Hepncberry 81 Coz This is a tale
of the resurrection and the subject of the
novel Is the Immortality CT the soul. The
writer has subardinated all other considera-
lions to The development of the theme. A