Christianity and Paganism in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries. Ernest N. BennettJohn Wesley. Frank BanfieldThe American in Holland: Sentimental Rambles in the Eleven Provinces of the Netherlands. William Elliot GriffisReligious Thought and Scottish Church Life in the Nineteenth Century. Walter Ross TaylorThe Evangelical Succession; Or, The Spiritual Lineage of the Christian Church and Ministry. Being the Twenty-Ninth Fernley Lecture, Delivered in London, July, 1899. Thomas F. Lockyer
Eri B. Hulbert
1901
The American Journal of Theology
In this small volume the author sets forth in a clear and orderly way the causes which retarded the overthrow of paganism, the coercive measures employed against it, its own inherent weaknesses, and the fitness of Christianity to take its place. The history is traced from the accession of Constantine to the fall of Rome. The footnotes cite the authorities upon which the statements in the text are based.-John Wesley. By Frank Banfield. (Boston: Small, Maynard & Co., 1900; pp. xvi+ 128; $o.5o.)
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... is pocket volume is one of "The Westminster Biographies" series, and admirably sets forth the leading events in the life of the man who above all others was providentially chosen, in the eighteenth century, to lift the English-speaking race "out of the paganism in which it was wallowing." It is a lifelike portrait in miniature of the greatest figure in the Evangelical revival.-The American in Holland: Sentimental Rambles in the Eleven Provinces of the Netherlands. By William Elliot Griffis. (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., I899; pp. ix+403; $1.50.) We have two other volumes on & Co., I899; pp. ix+403; $1.50.) We have two other volumes on Holland from the pen of Dr. Griffis, more serious in tone than this chatty account of his wanderings through the Dutch provinces. Sincerely admiring the country, its people, and their history, his impressions are always favorable and his sentiments laudatory. The last three chapters are given to an interesting description of the inauguration of Queen Wilhelmina, at which the author was present by special invitation.-Religious Thought andScottish Church Life in the Nineteenth Century. , I900; pp. 75; is., paper.) These addresses were delivered at the last meeting of the Free Church General Assembly, on the eve of the union of that body and the United Presbyterian Church. The first address treats of the influence which recent discoveries in science, the theory of evolution, and biblical criticism have had on the Christian conception of divine truth. It is conceived in a spirit of reverent inquiry and believing confidence, hopefully recognizing all new discoveries as "fresh vistas which faith may traverse." The address on "Scottish Church Life" reviews the progress made in life and work, in the spirit of unity, activity in missions, improvement in worship, with special reference to the history This content downloaded from 129.219.247.033 on August 15, 2016 09:06:13 AM All use subject to University of Chicago Press Terms and Conditions (http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/t-and-c). RECENT THEOLOGICAL LITERATURE RECENT THEOLOGICAL LITERATURE of the Free Church. The address on " Learning Liberality " is a glowing account of the workings and increase of the sustentation fund since the memorable secession in 1843.-The EvangelicalSuccession; or, The Spiritual Lineage of the Christian Church and Ministry. Being the twenty-ninth Fernley Lecture, delivered in London, July, I899. By Thomas F. Lockyer. (London: Kelly, 1899; pp. I54; 2S. 6d.) We have here twelve lectures on the Fernley foundation, which take their cue from the fundamental tenets of Anglican high-churchism. The evangelical succession is set over against the so-called apostolical succession. The righteousness of faith, the priesthood, sacrifice, remission of sins, confession, spiritual heredity, and kindred topics are treated in contrast with such Tractarian and Anglo-Catholic ideas as the divine authority of the church, the effectiveness of regeneration in baptism, the real presence in the bread and wine, the sacrificial character of the eucharist, the power divinely committed to the priesthood to absolve sin, etc.-ERI B. HULBERT. Zinzendorfs soziale Stellung und ihr Einfluss auf seinen Charakier und sein Lebenswerk. Von Theodor G. Schmidt. (Basel: Adolf Geering, 900o; pp. io8; M. I.20.) The author states frankly that his treatise is not the product of original research. Nevertheless, it is important for the student of Zinzendorf and the movement which he guided. It shows that Zinzendorf never escaped from the consciousness that he belonged to the aristocratic classes, or from the aristocratic habits of his early life, and that the organization of his communities was profoundly affected by aristocratic ideals.-Sketches, Historical and Biographical, of the Eliot Church and Society, Boston. By A. C. Thompson. (Boston: Pilgrim Press, 900o; pp. viii+503; $2.) Dr. Thompson became pastor of the Eliot Church in I834, and is still connected with it. From the beginning he has kept memoranda of the principal events and the remarkable characters in his parish. This memorial volume is produced, therefore, from documentary records. It is what the history of a church should be, painstaking, accurate, sweet, and full of anecdotes which recall the comedies as well as the tragedies of the past. Dr. Thompson takes into the scope of his recollections a wide variety of topics, such as pastoral functions, the Sunday school, the devotional meetings, the deacons, ministerial parishioners, missionaries, educators and writers, lawyers, physicians, artists, deaf-mutes, young men, young women, ministers' wives, ministers' widows, and the children. About these and other themes he of the Free Church. The address on " Learning Liberality " is a glowing account of the workings and increase of the sustentation fund since the memorable secession in 1843.-The EvangelicalSuccession; or, The Spiritual Lineage of the Christian Church and Ministry. Being the twenty-ninth Fernley Lecture, delivered in London, July, I899. By Thomas F. Lockyer. (London: Kelly, 1899; pp. I54; 2S. 6d.) We have here twelve lectures on the Fernley foundation, which take their cue from the fundamental tenets of Anglican high-churchism. The evangelical succession is set over against the so-called apostolical succession. The righteousness of faith, the priesthood, sacrifice, remission of sins, confession, spiritual heredity, and kindred topics are treated in contrast with such Tractarian and Anglo-Catholic ideas as the divine
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