New-York tribune., 1901-10-17
OTHER RELIGIOUS BOOKS.

Ihe TecOrQ VOlUnle OF History OF lne fdTlSn
OF Trinity Church in the City of New-York"
compiled by order OF the corporation. and edited
by DR.. Morgan Dix. has been published by G. P.
Putnam's Sons. This instalment of the ninth
rector's excellent chronicle will prove even more
interesting to the general reader than the first
which was largely concerned with the pre-Revo-
lutionary period of the church's history. The
author says:
The period covered in this portion OF my work
presents material for careful study by those who
have time and mind for more full investiga-
tion. The fortunes OF the parish are intimately
connected with those Of the general Church
throughout the United States. The transition
from the old Colonial existence TO that Of free
dom from foreign rule, and the independence of
a sovereign nation: the dangerous passage
through a tideway abounding with rocks,
which the ship OF the Church might easily have
been wrecked; the consolidation Of isolated do
ceses under a general constitution; the frequent
battles for right and undisturbed possession of
the estate and endowments OF the corporation;
the erection OF new churches as the parish grew;
the call OF priests TO oces IN the clerical star
and their conduct IN their several positions; the
management Of great and sacred trust by the
Vestry the histories OF the several rectors, with
such memoranda of their forebears as might
serve for illustration; questions involving the
rights Of parishioners and the status of congre-
cations forming one by one under the wing Of
the mother Of churches; contentious Of more or
less Importance some ephemeral and some run
ming into prolonged ana perniclous controversy;
the manners OF citizens, the progress or the town
from a little place TO proportions never dreamed
of by the founders the public; these are
among the matters 10 be treated of in our ensu-
ing chapters.
It may be added that DR.. Dix has to-
sether all the strands Of this chronicle with deft
skill and literary charm. The work, of which
this is the second volume. is not merely the his
tory OF the venerable mother parish of the Amer
ican Episcopal Church. II is as well-we had al
most said as nuch--a history OF New-York City
and Of many OF her sons whose names and
careers are linked with its civic and social Iife
The Macmillan Company Issues excellent
little work by Professor Henry Churchill King.
of the Oberlin Theological Seminary. entitled
Reconstruction in Theology" The author is
quite free from the odium theologicum, and is
not afraid OF names and epithets He shows
how greatly the so-ealled new theology has
modified the views of conservative Christians.
sneny OF whom regard themselves opposed
20 ii.
A. c. Armstrong & Son bring out most val
nable contribution modern Biblical scholar
ship, by Professor George Adam Smith, entitled
Modern Criticism and the Preaching of the
CID Testament" The work consists of the eight
lectures the Lyman Beecher Foundation of
Yale University. delivered by Professor Smith
last year. and its aim is. first to vindicate the
right OF the Christian TO critcise second, TO ex-
flied the old conceptions of the Old Testament.
and third. 10 show how criticism has really
vindicated the Old Testament as the record Of
q Divine Revelation. One OF the by-products
of modern criticism has undoubtedly been
tendency 10 regard the Old Testament as a
book far inferior TO the New. and. in fact. little
better than a collection OF old Hebrew legends
Professor Smith opposes this view. not by mini
mixing the conclusions Of criticism concerning
the OLD Testament. but by showing that criti-
cism, by removing the drapery of tradition. has
enabled the world to discern the real beauty Of
thoroughly and well that he has laid every
student OF the Old Testament under obligations
TO him
The Rev. DR.. Alfred O. Mortimer, an acknowl-
edged leader and spokesman of the Anglo
Catholic party in the Episcopal Church. is the
author Of a work which can be commended for
its thorough and scholarly treatment OF a topic
that has great interest for many Christians
IT is entitled The Eucharistic Sacrifice 0ong-
mans, Green COP, and is historical and
theological investigation OF the sacrihciai con-
ception OF the Holy Eucharist in the Christian
Church. 1t is not the intention OF the author
20 set forth any special theory In regard 10 the
Eucharist. but rather TO gather from all avail
able sources the materials from which such a
theory may be constructed In a graceful in
PRODUCTION Canon T. T. Carter, of Oxford, calls
attention 10 the fact that this volume is the first
complete treatment In English of the sacrifciaI
character Of the Eucharist
A useful little work, issued by Charles Scrib-
ss,S Sons. is THE Messages Of Jesus According