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Life of the Blessed Virgin, the book contains two essays, 'Talitha Cumi,' a letter on 'True Girlhood,' and 'Women under the Jewish and Christian Religions,' which last was written at the request of the Chicago Women's Convention. The little book is daintily got up, and would be a thoroughly satisfactory present to a God-daughter or a Confirmation candidate among the educated classes.

(10) There is much that is both useful and excellent in this little Churchman's Manual, but we feel that we cannot conscientiously recommend it to our readers on account of its inadequate Eucharistic teaching. We will show what we mean by the following quotations :

'The bread and the wine, God's good gifts to us, are offered to Him to be blessed by Him, and given back to us as the signs and sacraments of better gifts still. . .

'O God, all things are Thine, and from Thine hand have we received these fruits of the earth which we now offer to Thee. Accept them, O Lord, and bless them to us in this Holy Sacrament, that through them we may by faith receive the Body and Blood of Christ. . . . When this [the Consecration] is over, you must think of the bread and wine as holy things; for we do not receive them as common bread and wine, but as becoming to us spiritually (when we receive them by faith) the Body and Blood of Christ' (pp. 124, 128).

In the Catechism which forms the second part of the Manual the language about the Holy Eucharist is much more careful and orthodox, and this makes us hope that the Bishop may see his way to amending some of the expressions we have quoted, as we think they do not fairly represent his true views of the Blessed Sacrament. The Catechism is excellent throughout, if we except the question, Where are the Articles of the Christian Faith to be found, at large?' (p. 50), which suggests that the articles of the Creed are roaming about wildly in the Holy Scriptures.

(11) We have been amusing ourselves by comparing Mr. Baldwin's The Old Churches of our Land with what may be called its prototype, the admirable little Handbook of English Ecclesiology, published by the Ecclesiological Society in 1847. Great is the contrast between the severe simplicity and pictureless aspect of the earlier book, and the attractive garb of the later one, with an illustration on every page. But when it comes to reading the two books it seems to us that the contrast is all the other way, and that Mr. Baldwin's pages are dull and lifeless as compared with the varied information and brilliant style of the older writers. We have no doubt as to which book we should choose for a companion on an ecclesiological ramble-and this, not only because Mr. Baldwin's style is dull, which perhaps he cannot help, but because he has neglected to provide his book with an index, which makes it a most irksome task to discover which Old Churches of our Land he mentions, and what he says about them.

The older book has an Index of Churches and another of Subjects, besides being arranged in a way which makes it perfectly easy to ascertain the writer's opinions upon any particular point of ecclesiology.

The illustrations to Mr. Baldwin's book are quite charming, but

we do not see why the first ones should represent an imaginary ancient Church instead of a real one. On p. 84 he makes the unfounded assertion that the ancient stone altars of our old churches were universally destroyed by the Puritans in the sixteenth century.' This is certainly not true, as in many cases the altar slabs were merely removed and buried, or built into the pavement of the church. The Handbook of English Ecclesiology gives a list of more than twenty churches in which the altar-stones have been recognized, and no doubt many more have been discovered since 1847. In not a few churches at the present day the altar slabs have been restored to their original position. On p. 95 Mr. Baldwin says that 'in the case of York and Lincoln the title "minster" is a curious misnomer, neither of these cathedrals having ever been a monastery church.' As a matter of fact, we believe that from very early times the word 'minster' was used in England indifferently for collegiate and monastic foundations.

We wish to draw attention to a very curious error, which we should have put down to the printer if it did not occur twice in the book, once in the 'Table of Contents' and once on p. 142. We allude to the word 'Miserere,' which Mr. Baldwin writes thus, 'Misereré,' with an accent on the last letter.

(12) The publication of this little book ought to be of much use in emphasizing the points of unity between the Eastern Churches and our own. There is hardly a word in this 'Catechism' which could not be repeated by an English Churchman. Even the subject of Invocation of the Saints is soberly dealt with. We pray, and we rightly pray, properly speaking, to God alone. And if we pray also to the Saints and the Mother of God, we do this, not because we would make gods of them, but in order that we may use them as mediators with God, whose friends they became through their holy lives' (p. 37).

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There is a strange misprint on p. 32. True repentance consists in recognizing evil, in being grieved on account of it, and deading it in holding steadfastly to what is good.' We cannot satisfactorily decide what the right word should be.

INDEX TO VOL. XXXIX.

ARN

ARNOLD, MATTHEW, the

poetry of, 106 sqq. ; the search
for a new great poet, 107; present
musicians in a minor key, 108;
characteristics of Tennyson and
Browning, 109; two estimates of
Arnold, 111; Arnold's tempera- |
ment, 112; moral intensity, 113;
attitude towards philosophy and
science, 114; his poetry a criti-
cism of life, 115; its classic tone,
116; recognition of the pathos
of life, 117; ethics of a
manized Stoicism, 118; the con-
solations of Nature, 120; con-
trasted with Wordsworth, 121
Aspects of Modern Study (Univer-
sity Extension Addresses), 263
Austin, Mr. A., The Garden that
I love, 550

hu-

BASQUE LANGUAGE, The

Earliest Translation of the
Old Testament into (a Frag-
ment, ed. Ll. Thomas; Anecdota
Oxoniensia), 548

Baldwin, Mr. F., The Old Churches
of our Land, 565

Berger, M. S., Histoire de la Vul-
gate, &c., 223

Blacklock, Rev. C. O., The Death
of the Righteous, 564
British Pelagian, a, 160 sqq.; Dr.
Caspari's discovery of British
Pelagian letters and sermons,
160; account of their contents,
161; an early expression of
Christian socialism, 162; de-
nunciation of evil teachers and
vicious lives, 164; arguments in
favour of celibacy, 165; the
Pelagian distinction between the
kingdom of heaven and eternal
life, 166; the question of the date
and authorship of the letters:
résumé of Caspari's arguments,

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167; causes of their former as-
cription to the bishop and martyr
Sixtus, 169; their date, 170; the
author was Agricola, son of
Severianus, 171; contents of the
sermons, 172; estimate of Agri-
cola and his creed, 172 sq.

CHARLES, Mrs. E. Rundle,

Ecce Ancilla Domini, 564
Church Rev. C. M., Chapters in the
Early History of the Church of
Wells, 259

Church-Lessons Bible, The, 559
Church Missions, the Science of,
4:6 sqq.; Reports of the Boards
of Missions, 417; Report of the
Missionary Conference of May
1894, 418; Dr. Cust's Essay on
the Prevailing Methods of the
Evangelization of the Non-
Christian World, ib.; relations
of Anglicans with Oriental
Churches, 420; home adminis-
tration of Missions, 423; the
scientific study of Missions, 427;
the missionary's vocation and
training, 428; missionary col-
leges, 431; need of knowledge
of non-Christian systems, 432;
zeal of Mohammedans in their
missionary work, 434; the ques-
tion of caste in India, 436; undue
introduction of Western habits,
437; educational missions, 439;
'Associate Missions,' 440
Churchman's Oxford Kalendar for
1895 (ed. Dr. Wickham Legg),
559

Cooke, Rev. E. A., Saint Columba,
241

Creighton, Bishop (Peterborough),
A History of the Papacy, &c.
vol. v., 357 sqq.; the author's
explanation of the German revolt
(Luther's) against the Papacy,

DAL

359 Luther's precursors, 361;
the Reuchlin struggle, 363 ;
Epistola Obscurorum Virorum,
364; beginning of Luther's
attack Indulgences, 366; Papal
inappreciation of Luther, 368;
growth of his antagonism, 369;
political straits of Leo X. and his
two immediate successors, 371;
Charles V. Emperor, 372; cha-
racter of Leo X., 374; grossly
extravagant life of ecclesiastics
in Rome, 375; a comparison be-
tween Raffaelle and Luther, 376:
Leo's successors, 377

DA

ALE, Rev. R. W., Christian
Doctrine, 442 sqq. ; a scheme
of systematic' doctrinal sermons,'
442; the author's treatment of the
Divinity of Christ, 444; the 'ke-
notic' theory, ib. ; the limitations
of our Lord's Manhood, 447;
the Temptations of our Lord,'
449; Dr. Dale's way of regard-
ing Holy Scripture, 451; his
views of the Church as "the
pillar and ground of the truth,”'
453; of General Councils, 454;
the Atonement, ib. ; 'belief' and
'knowledge of the existence of
God, 455

Didon, Rev. Father, Belief in the
Divinity of Jesus Christ, 534
Drage, Mr. G., The Unemployed,
269
Durandus, Bishop (Mende), The
Symbolism of Churches and
Church Offices, 242

EGYPT, recent works on, 474

sqq.; interest awakening on
Egyptian Archæology, 474; rea-
sons why we should be interested
in Ancient Egypt, 476; review
of Maspero's Dawn of Civiliza-
tion, 477; origin of the Ancient
Egyptians, 478; their religion,
480; magic and medicine, 481;
the Sphinx, 483; power of the
kings, 485; the Pyramids, 486;
notice of Professor Erman's
Aegypten, 487; the life of the
people, 489; Professor Brugsch's
Egypt under the Pharaohs, 492;

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the sacred land of Punt, 495;
Professor Petrie's History of An-
cient Egypt, 497

FA

‘AIRBAIRN, Rev. Dr., Re-
ligion in History and in
Modern Life, 553

Fallen Angels (Anon.), 539
Farrar, Archdeacon, The Life of
Christ as represented in Art, 396
sqq.; work largely made up of
quotations, 396; blunders, 397;
Protestant bias, 399; diatribes,
400; the primitive art of the first
Christians development, 401;
the letter of Lentulus, 404;
Madonnas and Holy Families,
406; description of Karòly's work,
Raphael's Madonnas, 407; Dr.
Farrar's account of pictures of
events in our Lord's life, 408;
scenes of His Ministry, 410; the
suffering Christ, 412; the Last
Judgment, 414; 'Ideals of Christ
in Art,' 415

GLADSTONE, Mr., on Heresy

and Schism, and on the
Atonement (articles in the Nine-
teenth Century), 76 sqq.; teach-
ing of our Lord and His Apostles
about the Church, 77 ; their atti-
tude towards heresy and schism,
78; criticism of Mr. Gladstone's
opinion that altered circum-
stances necessitate an altered
attitude on the part of the Church,
79; the feeling which suggested
Mr. Gladstone's article, 82; his
contrast between 'genuine' and
'spurious' 'undenominational-
ism,' 83; doctrines which he calls
'only developments are a part
of the deposit of faith, 85; his
view of the Church's loss of au-
thority through the divisions of
Christianity, 86.-On the Atone-
ment statement of his argu-
ment, 379; the consequences of
sin, 381; consideration of funda-
mental truths which the doctrine
presupposes, 382; answers to the
argument that the Atonement is
an act of injustice on the part of
God, 385; the position occupied

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by sacrifice in Holy Scripture,
389; the Church's teaching on
the Atonement, 391; criticism of
Mr. Gladstone's positions, 394
Grane, Rev. W. L., The Word and

the Way, 525

Greek Papyri, 88 sqq. ; recent dis-
coveries of Greek documents in
Egypt, 88 ; the 'Αθηναίων πολιτεία,
90; its intrinsic value, 92; the
poems of Herodas, 93; Hy-
perides' orations, 96; fragments
of Euripides' Antiope, ib. ; papyri
containing older copies of works
already known to us, 98; the
Petrie papyri, 100; Biblical frag-
ments, IoI; non-literary papyri :
those giving records of Egypt,
102; benefits gained for the
science of palæography, 105
Griffinhoofe, Rev. C. G., Spokes in
the Wheel of Life, 563
Gwatkin, Prof., Selections from
Early Christian Writers, 236

HARDY, Mr. E. G., Chris-

tianity and the Roman Go-
vernment, 528
Hatch, Rev. Dr., and Redpath, Mr.,
A Concordance to the Septuagint,
&c., Parts II. and III., 222
Hoare, Mr. E. N., Dick Ralton's
Reconciliation, 561

Holland, Rev. Canon H. S., God's
City and the Coming of the King-
dom, 255

Homilies of Clement, Index to the,
239

Hymns and their Stories (with Pre-
face by Prebendary Gibson), 561

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PRI

London School Board election, 204
sqq.; Mr. Foster's position to-
wards the religious question,
204; the Cowper-Temple clause,
206; how it has been carried out,
208; the causes of the recent dis-
cussions, 210; propositions of
Mr. Diggle's party, 211; the cir-
cular to teachers, 212; their
opposition, 213; Mr. Lyulph
Stanley's views, 214; importance
of the discussion, 215.-Note on
the result of the election, 501 sqq.;
misrepresentation and distortion
of the real question at issue, 502 ;.
future position of the voluntary
schools, 504; Report of the Arch-
bishops' Committee appointed to
consider the question, 505
Lyttleton, Hon. and Rev. A. T.,
College and University Sermons,
251

M'CLYMONT, Rev. J. A., The

New Testament and its
Writers, 246

Miller, Rev. E., Scrivener's Plain
Introduction to the Criticism of
the New Testament, 151, 558
Milligan, Rev. Dr., The Resurrec
tion of the Dead, 556

Moberly, Rev. Canon, Considera-
tions upon Disestablishment and
Disendowment, 541

Moehler, Dr., Symbolism, &c. (tr.
J. B. Robertson), 536

Moore, Dr. E., Tutte le Opere di
Dante Alighieri, 515

Moschake, Ignatius, The Catechism
of the Orthodox Eastern Church,
566

NICHOLSON, Rev. A., Mr.
Gladstone's Theology, 524
Nuttall, Bishop (Jamaica), The
Churchman's Manual, 565

PLUNKET, Lord (Archbishop
of Dublin), Pamphlet and
Letters on Church Reform in
Spain and Portugal, 217
Practical Reflections on every Verse
of the Prophet Isaiah (Anon.),
243

Primitive Church and the Papal

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