New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-24
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
SOME RELIGIOUS BOOKS.

The Rev Canon Knox-I.ttle's last volume OF ser
mons. Labor and Sorrow Chomas WhittaKer)' Is
made UP of discourses preached on various 20
sions The brilliant Canon Is one OF the ieaueiS ~
the Anglo thoc party or the fhShsh N
hut either In spite of that fact or because OF It, lie
q, Ca,hoI,cm,nded enough TO say in his preface
that he has learned much from DIR. Martneau ana
the late John Stuart Mil. The twelve sermons ~
the volume are choice examples OF niuch '"d' 10
best I'm the Anglican ideal of preaching lheS arc
pervaded by a deep spirituality. while al tne SAM
time they touch the real problems oi Hie ~
healthful and rational way
mr. lanes stalker's book. 1.-The TRIAL and Death
Of Jesus Christ" "a c. Armstrong q SOM -
devotional history Of the Savours Passion Inc
,oa Included In tho Passion has been differently
estimated Some commentators make II peS''
with the triumphal entry into Jerusaieih' o'"''9
with the feet-washing before the Las. "upP
others with Gethsemane while nearly an man. 80
end with the death and burial. Dr s'aihei """
- begin with the time when Christ was HieS'eN'
nd tbus derived OF voluntary action. ana ne re-
cards the burial its termination "H"'eV'
NAV be a readers attitude toward the N"i'
theologies that have grown out or the INC a.
teachings of Jesus Christ whether on the one mana
IIa is accented as VERY God OF Very Goa III "le
words Of the Nicene Creed or, on the other manu-
He is regarded as a mere man. In whoih No"
Shirt dwelt, the marvel Of the work ne ulu anu
tho influence He has eXerted on the Woriu sum i
main 10 be accounted for. That the teachhss Vi
Christ cannot alone explain the power OF o"iis-
.,,.. T., nroved nv the fact that some of the
fupdamental precepts of Christianity are not pecu-
liar 10 IT, The vital impulse which mas cariicu
the religion OF Christ through the NiV'SS'
nearly nineteen centuries. and caused IL 10 ne "'
dominant religious and social force In the word IT,
dav finds its origin in the Shadow OF the OrosS'
rr,is fact is ample justification for carefu STUDY
~ the Passion Such a study Is that ol ~
Stalker which deserves the highest commentator
for its learning and spiritual insight Winnie ~
tone is devotional in the true sense OF tne "o'u' "
IS entirely free from the pious eJacui"t'o'' .''"
mar so many devotional works i nave 10 Cot
o.. :. savs the author in speaking on this point
"tbat some even Of the most famous BOOKS on '"e
,,,or ora 10 me intolerably tedious because they
ore written so TO speak, In Ohs ana An = "''
no has 70 saw on the great drama Of CHRISTIAN re-
demntion Is wholesome healthy and sunuia'ihs'
The third and last volume Of Dr. Alexander MAJ,
laren's Exposition of the Psalms IN the fApo''
Rible series C. C. Armstrong ~ SOM Is 'aNen NY
with the last sixty OF the Psalms In our notce oi
the two previous volumes we paid tribute 10 'he
learning and homiletical insight OF Dr. Maciarei
II only remains to say here that the present Vo'-
,Ime is worthy Of the other two. Inc WORN uo''
not aim to be critical but eXposltory IN the s.'.'
sense OF the word and as such 1t deserves h's"
place In the contemporary literature Oh the bioi''
"The Honeycombs OF Life" Is the fantasuc t'ie
- = volume ~ sermons and addresses by the Rev
n ouis Albert Banks dee & Shepard. The title
&c s,n,nlv n catchword. suggested by the occurrence
of the word "honeycomb' in the text OF 'he HiS'
sormon and is Of course. utterly meaningless so
far as giving any idea OF the whole volume Is co''-
cerned This method OF giving title 20 Noiui''e
NJ sermons has become fad in recent years
fev Of the great preachers have made happy use
of tho idea but il is in serious danger o. Delhs
carried 10 absurd lengths, and we desire mere 10
enter n protest against il. Unfortunately not an
c,erqvmen who are otherwise to he commended
.ra gifted with good taste. and there is danger that
the desire to get bizarre title for th'r publshed
sermons will lead some of them in rll'!' II
not vulgarity. OF these sermons. IL M. ne Sa''
that they reflect the earnest retormatory Spit, %
the author in sociological lines. In the MAN. their
ethical teaching is wholesome, but they are weak
ened by rhetorical and emotional overstatemeh''
The Rev DR. Robert Il. Farbairn. warden OF -.
s,enhen's College Annandale y Y. is the author
of "Tbe Oblation and the Invocation" Crhomas
Whitaker. 1t is a learned and exhaustive IN
curry into the history of the communion once N
IN. carly Church and in the Anglican Church The
author holds. with nearly all the great H'urg'oo-
eists that the foundations of the Liturgy when Is
tn ecclesiastical name for the communion Office.
were laid at Jerusalem before the dispersion OF the
Apostles The book will have an interest Tor schol-
ars who are DESTROYS of studying that most inter
esting department of Christian origins.
.oThe History of ST. Patrick" by Joseph Sander
SON D. ID. .Wbur T. ketcham, is dls-
eliminating and popular life of the great apostle
of LELAND Ii is written from the Protestant point
of view: but the author strives be fair to those
who regard St Patrick as an adherent Of Roman
Catholicism while he earnestly cornbats their argu-