New-York tribune., 1912-01-13
RELIGIOUS LITERATURE
Some Recent Publications in the
Field.

Field.
THE BIBLE AND MODERN LIFE. BY
Clayton SCdgwick Cooper. eyo, up. Nv
.O>. The Funk & Wagnals COMPANY
SUNDAY EVENINGS IN THE COLLEGE
CITAPEIS Sermons TO Young Meh'
By Francis Greenwood Peabody, L!uin, NV ~,
mor Professor of Christian MoIa'S qo6 w
Harvard University. l2mo, PIP. * oV''
The HouGhton Miffin Company
DAY UNTO DAY. BY Louis Hoowland.
l2mO PIP. 2S6 The Bobbs-Merril COM
THE PRESENCE. By. James NJ. Campbell TnpIIs
u. u. l2mo, PIP. 232 Eaton q Maids
THE GOSPEL FOR BOTH WORLDS. BY
Edward Eels l2mo, PIP. 49, bos'o"'
Sherman. French 4 Co.
THE GREAT THEMES OF TIE BIBLE r
Nv the Rev Louis Albert Banks, j. ~
Emo, PIP. 4oS. Eaton Mains.
THE SUNDAY NIGHT EVANGEL By
the Roy. Louis Albert Banks. -; ~
limo PIP. Vi. l2S. The Funk q "as-
nails Company.
WHY WE MAY BELIEVE IN LIF [I.d: r.
AFTER DEATH. Raymond + eNe' w es'
Memorial Lectures at the Leland stan
ford Junior University By Charles "a
ward jefferson. l2mO, PIP. H. 49,
The Houghton Mifilin COMPANY
The fresh report of activities among
various groups of Bible readers In inc
churches and colleges of the unlteu
States and among students in the orient
serves to draw renewed attention 10 inc
fact that the Bible is to-day the H'os'
widely read book In existence. ne ouV-
nut in 1910 Of twenty-seven Bible soCle-
tics was over twelve million copies. In
the Sunday schools OF various lanus'
representing ffty-one nationalities' there
were in that year more than twenty
eight million persons studying the 'hIlS-
tian Scriptures. Drawing on his wloe
acquaintance with the more irultIuI
methods of enllsting young people in so
important a branch Of study. Mr cooper
is able to offer guidance to those VINO
Ehope to teach others.
In Professor Francis Peabody's little
book of college sermons we have taste
Of the quality of preaching to when
generation of Harvard men has listened
in Appleton Chapel-sermons In which
Puritan moral vigor Is blended with
catholic sympathy, and all sunused with
a something religious" such as Walter
Bagehot is said to have felt I'm the scr
mons of Frederick Denison Maurice
The mcditations Of Mr.. Howland a-e
upon many themes, from the phases or
the Christian year to George Meredlth
distortions Of the idea Of God. Toward
pathRndcrs in philosophy and rcformers
tho author Is
more than tolerant yet he points out the
DANCER arising from attempting TO re-
form an institution whose long history
remains unread. Before the idea Of sac
rifce is banished from religion, would II
not hc well 10 inquire of the universal
experience Of mankind? II seems fair
Mr. Howland adds. that in considering
the idea Of the sacrhcial we should ask
ourselves whether, I'm view OF the age
long struggle 10 realize God as the for
giving and pardoning Father, We ought
not. even I'm our work for reform, TO be
guided and Influenced somewhat by the
spirit Of all the religions that have ever
existed upon earth.
Enlarging on n subject 10 which he
has I'm more than one earlier volume
piyen close attention. Dr. James
Campbell urges the recognition OF an al
ready accomplished spiritual advent OF
| Christ. the truth Of the redeeming imma-
ncnce OF the Divine In the life or ne
levers. In Mr.. Eells's discourscs the IN
sIstoucc is on an cvanGel so adequate
/ l,,, hn abode pf tho
unblcst, Is 10 be the scene Of salvation.
Realistic as the phrases may be. there is
no doubt that hell. as the preacher
means il, is anything but remote. 1T IL
as far as 10 the counter or exchange
where one drives an unfair bargain with
his neiChbor. As far as 10 the
home circle from which love has flown =
DR.. Bankss two volumes contain ser
mons Of an entirely practical sort, and
they are replcte with illustrative quota
tiOns and apt anecdotes.
The pragmatIst approach to problems
Of human destiny is exempliiied In Or.
Jcfferson's lectures on immortality. Tn"
common saying, "One world at time Is
enough" is a discreditabc motto If man
is a being created for another existence.
That some ancient arguments are no
more available only shows that we live
i'm changed mental world. In our time
the demand for Immortality is grounded
I'm the ethical consideration which can
not entertain the notion Of right being
left without final vindication. Mans
conscious capacity for progress also
feeds the immortal hope. Quoting let
ter of Robert Burns in which mention Is
made of the 1.-TWO great pillars that bear
us up amid the wreck of misfortune and
misery" noble fOrtitude and the sense
Of an all powerful and equally benehccnt
God. and a world to come beyond death
and the grave, DR.. Jefferson adds:
What we need to bear us up we may
safely accept as true"
CHAUCER'S READING