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TIE RELIGIOUS ENCYCLOPEDIA.
The New Schaff -Herzog Encyclopedias OF
Religious knowledge. Edited by Sam
uel Macauley Jackson. d. D., LII D.,
Editor In Chief. with the assistance o?
Charles Colebrook Sherman, (volumes
!, TO o.. and George William Gilmore.
lowing Department Editors Clarence
Augustine. Beckwith, D. D.. Depart
ment of Systematic Theology, Henry
King Carroll. LII: D., Department OF
Minor Denominations; James Francis
Drlscoll. D. D., Department of Liturgics
and Religious Orders; James Frederic
Of The Old Testament; Henry Sylvester
Nash. d. D., Department OF the New
Testament; Albert Henry Newman. d.
D.. LII. d, Department OF Church His
tory; and Frank Horace Nlzetelly, II.
s A. Department of Pronunciation
and Typography. Complete in Twelve
olumes. Volume IX. Funk and Wag-
nails Company, Publishers. New York
This great encyclopedia of religious
knowledge is the result of ripe scholar
ship, of critical learning, and of e1-
tended research. This ninth volume
ends with johannes Reuchlin. The
number OF topics treated is 6S7; the
number of collaborators, ITO; number
of pages, SIS. The work altogether
will be complete In twelve volumes, ag
gregating 5000 pages, treating $4,000
topics, and will be written by more
than 500 editors and collaborators: 1t
is produced at a cost of $780, 900. Three
more volumes, probably within the
year, will complete this great work.
One Of the longest articles IN this
volume is also one Of the most I'M
portant in the whole encyclopedia
"The History of Preaching" occupy
ing thirty-two pages, from Edwin
Charles Dargan, DID, LID. What the
pulpit has been since Apostolic times,
what it has sought to accomplish amdd
all the turmoil and political strife OF
the many peoples TO whom the Gospel
ly and profitably told. The article
closes, appropriately, with "the TWEEN
tieth century outlook, - the features
of which are "tbe social and ethical
forces in TIE pulpit today"
One article still longer than the above
is that on "Presbyterians, occupying
thirty-Dine pages and giving one com
plete review of that denomination, in
cluding. Continental as we'll as Ameri-
can PresbyteriaDdsm Some of the
other denominational articles are;
protestant Episcopahans," by Bishop
Hall, of Vermont; plymouth Breth-
rem" by Edward Whitfield, Of London;
- Reformed Episcopalians," by Rev:
DR., Collins; "Dutch Reformed Church, -
by Rev. DR.. Corwin; "Puritans and
Puritanism, a joint article by Rev,
John Browne. OF Rcntham, England,
and Rev, Morton Dexter, OF Boston.
Prof, Sehling article on ''Pope, Pap
acy, Papal System,n is valuable, sue
plete list of Popes, since the Apostle
Peter s time, is an interesting feature
of the article. 1t is singular that in the
same volume as this article should ap-
pear n brief history of 1.-The Reforma-
ton. and the causes which brought
about a separation from the Church of
Rome with its long succession of Popes.
Professionalism - may be considered an
article closely related to these two,
which sets forth clearly and concisely
the inception Of the movement away
from Rome, as we'll rs its present
strength and power in the religious
world. "Pietism Us pages; ;
- RatlonaIism and Supernaturalism -;
"Pharisces and Sadducees': "The
PhiIistines -; Polytheism -; "Positiv-
ISM; Psychotherapy "Provi-
dence''; "The Philosophy of Reli-
gion''; PRAYERS for the Dead";
"Platonism and Christianity, show
the wide range of religious knowledge
covered by this encyclopedia, and af-
ford the serious student variety of
topics that must at least prove enter
tanning ii not always in accord with his
own predictions.
To one interested in a special study
of the future life there is much that
is fresh and valua BILE Professor
Schraeder of Kiel gives au admirable
summary of the Christian belief in
"The Resurrection of the Dead - while
Professor Mueller Of Erlangen sets
forth the doctrine of Predestina-
tion. clearly and without bias or
aspersion. Professor c. A, Beckwith
furnishes the article on "Purgatory, y
while Hercward Darlington, who has
had considerable experience with
psychic phenomena, writes of 'Psychic
Research and the Future Life.
There are valuable papers on "Pseu-
cretals and other Forgeries, which
topics are commonly understood TO be
series Of writings having n Biblical
cast Of character, but which are not
found in the MSS. Of the Greek Bible
or in the Vulgate.
The geographical articles include
those on "Phouecia, - Portugal (in.
cluding the recent (l9l0. separation of
church and state); "The Philippines
with full account of the satisfaction
paid the friar5 by the United State.