New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
SOME RELIGIOUS BOOKS.


A ..,bort History OF the Christian Church." by
Risho, John T. Hurst ularpcr and Brothers. is
condensation, OF five short histories OF the Church
which the author has previously written. As
ncpular and btif account OF the origin ana spread
q Christianity 1t viii find favor with many readers
especially in the Methodist Church, OF which the
au,hor is an hCnOrcd minister and bishop IL Is
embcllshed by a number OF maps
The "Crcaton of the Bible" BY Myron Adams
nIoughton. Mlnln d Coz. Is n rcadlble exposition
q, thc conclusions concerning the Bible reached by
the higher critics. notably kuencn. Wclliauseh.
Sunday Foy Driver and Cone. The writer docs
not claim TO be AN original investigator. and gives
little evidence Of profound scholarship int lie pre-
scn.s In u clear. concise and popular form mar
moniolis mosaic of the newer biblical scholarship
and as such his book will meet the needs OF many
who may desire to learn in few words Just WHAT
the present controversy over the Eible is about.
Funk & Waennlls issue "Th" Resultant "rceH
Testament" by Richard Francis Weymouth d. De- inc
design Of which is to exhibit the Greek text Oh tue
New Testament which the majority OF moneril
editors ore agreed. 1t contains the readings oi
stcnhens Iacbmoun TregetlcS. Fischcndorf. Light
foot Eliicott Afford Weiss the Ball edition OF looo
Westcott and Hort, and the revision committee III
these DAYS Of higher criticism the lover or toN'"ai
criticism Of the Bble does not receive so much hoe
ne n deserves Ii IS field of peculiar dincul,Y.
and one in which of the best biblical scholars
have worked with brilliant results. While an abb
rolutcly accurate tex-that Is a text identical Win
the original au0graphS-can never be established inc
more recent tcXtual critics have done mlch 10 l"l-
prove the text: and the resultant text here given
Is as nearly accurate possible In the present s'a'e
OF knowledge concerning the Greek text. In deciding
netions az cyt all that the eXtua critics can do Is 10
weigh the probable and adopt the reading which
seems TO have the most evidence In us HlVor' l"o
original autographs. which alone could settle all dis
putcs. pcrishcd ages ago. and To-Day no one KNOWS
anything about them except few conservative ecce-
siasics who are attempting to make them the test
Of biblical orthodoxy. DR.. Weymouth has used MS
Judgment I'm constructing q text from the readings
adopted by of the most approved tcxual critics.
md the result is text that substantially represents
the best modern scholarship
f. p Dutton & Co. issue volume OF sermons by
Robert Collyer. entitled "ThingS New ana on.
They are characterized by the quaint charm virlh'v
and spiritual aspiration that so distinguish all 'he
utterancc of the venerable pastor Of the Church OF
the Messiah, who may be fifty termed the Bishop
of New York UnltaranlSm" AS specimens Of nmpd
md forcibe Anglo they would interest and at
tract the cultivated reader: and In this respect they
might well be initiated by young preachers Dr.
Coyer is an optimis by temperament. and his phil
osophy OF life rests firmly the goodness and Wis
dom OF the Al-Father
Another Christian optimis is the Rev. DR.. Charles
F. Deems who publishes chaty little brochure, en-
pany). to commemorate his seventeen birthday. The
idea of the title IS also carried out IN his dedication
OF the volume TO the memory OF the seventy men,
now dead. who had the largest influence In forming
his character and shaping his career The book Is
pleasant monologue setting forth the thoughts and
experiences garnered from busy ministerial life:
and 1t will be read with interest. not only by the
friends of DIR. Deems but by many Others beSides
Thomas Whitaker issues "A short History Of the
Book OF Common Prayer; together with Certain Papers
Illustrative Of Liurgical Revision. 1s751o92," by
the Rev. DR.. ". X. huntington Tie author took
a prominent part in the revision Of the Prayer Book.
which completed by the Episcopal General Con-
venon of last November and no man In the Epis
copa Church. probably. is better fitted, by aptitude
and knowledge. to write history of the Anglican
liturgy. in this vOlGInc, however he has not aimed
TO do more than give a concise and popular sketch
OF the Prayer Beck, from It's genesis to It's last re
vision. But In these days of revived interest in htur
gcal worship there is need of just such popular
sketch of book Which is certainly the greatest II
not the only liturgy of Engli,hspeang Christianity
and which has imbcddcd itself In the religious con
scicusncss OF the AngoSaAon race.
"The Book OF Judges of the smaller Cambridge
Bible" series for schools Cambridge Uni, crSy Press
gives an excellent commentary on this book in small
compass. 1t is worthy of the other books Of the |
series which have already appeared.
The Guild and Bible Class Text Books adam |
d CHARLES Black. Edinburgh are 10 be commended |
In all respects for the harng red covers. which |
will curl almost double before they held In the
hand five minutes. The last ISSUES of tho sries are
1.-THE New Testament and Its Writer'S by the |
Rev. J. A. McClymOnt; Life and Conduct by the |
Rev. Dr. J. Cameron Lees: "Thc Church OF Scot |
land a Sk,ich Of its History" by the Rev Pearson |
McAdam Muir, and Handbook Of Christian Ev |
dences' by the Rev. DR.. Alexander stewart. These |
little volumes contain much Information pithlly and |
UNANIMOUSLY expressed, and testify in a striking way |
10 the intellectual activity OF the scottish clergy.
A. ID. F. Randolph d Co. represent the Edinburgh |
publishers In this country.