The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1908-07-11 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

MURDEROUS MILLINERY." The members of Oxton-road Women's School were enlivened on Tuesday evening by 4 lecturette from Mr. David Paterson ms "Rats, and the heads under them." The lecturer drew ettentiou to the destruction of turd life which went on to provide decoratlobe for the 'heads of the thoughtless among women, also the monstrosities in the shape of fruit and vegetables used to "furnish" other so-called hats. He pointed the moral by deprecating the narrow and limited lives lived by so many women, fwing to the prejudices of those around hern, aad provedthat an women enlarged heir minds, this foolishness disappeared and made way for nobler pursuits and more useful careers. The usual Bible leason followed and was well discussed.  FOR BIBLE STUDENTS The Rey. W. 0. Selbie, M.A. has contributed a clear and well proportloned sketch of "The Life and Teaching of Jesus Christ" to the "Century Bible Handbooks" (T. C. and E. C. Jack 84. and Is.) The writer has sacceeded in his aim to provide an introduction to the subject for those readers lacking any special critical or theological knowledge. He wisely remarks that the latenale NT a biography in the modern sense of that word are lacking. "The New Testament records are not a 'life' but a gospel.' The introductory pages on "The Bourns" aud "The Social and Polltioal Conditions," combined with a full index, are excellent features and increase the value of the book. The information in regard to Gospel criticism is necessarily brief but very welcome in a popular handbook such as this. It is well that the conclusions of scholare should be clearly and concisely stated GO as to be readily intelligible to those lacking technical equipment. The substantial accuracy of the Gospels as historical records a defended, but the impossibility of harmonising their statements at all points is frankly admitted. The birth, education and ministry of Christ are briefly described; a chapter follows dealing with the difficult subject of the miracles. Three chaptere are devoted to the teaching. These state the method of the teacher and give an outline of His teaching on such spbjecte as God tbe Father, the Doctrine of Man, the Kingdom of God. the Messiah. The brief diamasion 0 the Temptation is excellent. The 011nlmentee of Jesus is best conceived not as any natural inability to sin, but as a positive conquest of temptation as it came before Him. No overmastering fate held Him bound to the path He trod to the Cross. His moral conflict was no illusion, but fittingly corresponded to the positive danger of unfaithfulness to the vocation He felt called urn to accept. An excellent cliental- on The Character and Work of Jesus, which rightly. eraphasises the strength and beauty of its ethical quality, °naiades the book. The personality of Jesus krOlighl 'tad prominence certain Moral values w job_Jareviouely been-comparatively ignored. Humility, simplicity, selfaacrillee, faith .could no longer be despised as mvkji of a, slavish nature but were needed to balance the more self-assertive virtues such as physical courage and pugnacity which were not likely to be overlooked Apt and telling Notations from recognised authorities eerie the book and partly supply the place 0 reference to fu literature which should carry the student further. It should in no way be accepted as a substitute for the Gospels, but as an outline to be filled in by detailed study; Space does not allow the author to deal in any profound way with the deeper undies's otrillebistai. and no mantas is attempted. e separate references to religious conditions and beliefs of the time of Mrist could well have been gathered into a separate ohtpeter and extended. JI„ livusg picture of t environment of Jesus would give added nisalit, to the Gospel sitory, and throw weltanwo light ea mug. cliticali ColittaZ could have been spared in w▪ ow Noss weald Iwo left roost f s room <Welled ifsioe to fact. that astir* fastastio theorising and a svelte liaise treat:moat will he a&Tired; &is book revert tai, and,V't • iteutiet 4". : .111* ta tatiment. omid ',eau* doe 6. velumee tilst seem  TP4aIWI,N Polak? Too. 14 wer lb.— °hirer's Nom, etweivemog. eft