BISHOP HORNE'S WORKS, COMPLETE. THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT REV. GEORGE HORNE, D. D. LATE LORD BISHOP OF NORWICH. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED, Memoirs of his Life, Studies, and Writings, ONE OF HIS LORDSHIP'S CHAPLAINS, AND LONG HIS MOST INTIMATE FRIEND. In Two volumes. Royal 8vo. $4,00. "Of the distinguished Doctors of the Anglican Communion, there is no one whose works may, with more propriety, claim admission into every library, than Bishop Horse. Thoroughly sound in doctrine and principle, his style is marked by great simplicity and beauty; while on every page you behold the impress of deep spirituality and devotion. The most erudite theologian may make him his companion: the simple rustic can enjoy and profit by his teaching. The present edition has the merit of great compactness and cheapness, and will supplant, we trust, much of the trash which has, of late years, found its way into our houses, under the guise of valuable religious works; being often the effusions of minds, either wholly adverse to the teaching of Holy Scripture, as witnessed by the Church; or ignorant thereof. We hope that Churchmen will one day learn that every pious book, is not therefore fit to be purchased and taken into their families; but only such as are in conformity with the doctrines and principles of the Reformed Catholic Church. For private and family devotional reading, Bishop Horne's Commentary on the Psalms, contained in the first volume of this edition, is inferior to no uninspired work extant.-Churchman. "It would be hard to name a more acceptable or useful addition to the stock of American reprints of standard divinity, than these bulky volumes constitute. There is a pecu liar charm about every thing from the pen of Bishop Horne, the learned, the devout, the orthodox, the practical, the polished, the witty. Nor is that charm absent from the kindhearted, honest, yet devoted biography, with which William Jones, one of the truest and best of the many worthies of the Church in England, has immortalized the friendship, more like that of David and Jonathan than most others upon record, that held its life-long course between himself and the good bishop. "Our language does not furnish another commentary equal to that of Bishop Horne upon the Psalms, or sermons superior to many of the fourscore published in the second of these volumes. Nor does it, as we believe, contain a body of theological writings so per fectly sound and free from any, even the least matter for just exception. We do not know a line of Bishop Horne's that we would rather have erased. He thinks and writes every where with the simplicity and godly sincerity, the earnest orthodoxy and honest zeal, the infantine good humor and angel-like devotion of a father of the apostolic age. The principles which others get angry in contending for, he soothes and wins his reader by exemplifying. The much abused epithets, evangelical and catholic, belong to his writings in their highest and fullest sense. Would that we had many more such theologians! The unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace' would be better realized among us, in proportion as they found currency and superseded the ephemeral swarms of dogatizers, ranters, canters and contentious innovators whose lucubrations fill our bookshelves and disturb our peace.' These volumes strike us as peculiarly suitable for one good use, of which there is no little need in many quarters-presentation by a lay member of the Church to a beloved pastor, in token of regard. A more suitable pledge of Christian love, it would be difficult to find. It would well consort with the kind of books that ought to fill the scanty bookcases of our ill-provided clergy."—Calendar. CHURCH LESSONS. PROPER LESSONS, FOR THE SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. EDITED BY THE REV. DR. WAINWRIGHT. Handsome 18mo. STANFORD & SWORDS have published a most beautiful copy of the Lessons, in a clear, legible type, and convenient size, and elegantly bound and finished. It is a book which would make a becoming and exquisite present at the approaching festival season ; while for those who buy for personal use, the beginning of the Christian Year is an appropriate time for commencing a careful and faithful perusal of those portions of Scripture, selected by the Church for the illustration of her doctrines, precepts, and history, and for the spiritual instruction of her members. Wherever there is a Prayer Book, there should be a copy of the Lessons."-Protestant Churchman. "It is a beautiful specimen of typography, printed on glossy paper, iu ink of the deepest jet, and is bound in every sort of style to please the eye, and the divers tastes of the purchaser. It is also put up in cheaper shape, for general use. The ublication of this companion to the Book of Common Prayer, in a handsome style, has long been a desideratum, which could not be more adequately supplied than Messrs. S. & S. have done it. The inconvenience of having to turn to the calendar to find the proper lessons of the day, and then turn to the Bible to find them, has long been felt, and that inconve nience is now removed, and a valuable aid been furnished to the orderly performance of divine worship. Often the voice of the minister is too low to be distinctly heard, all over the church, while reading the lessons, and it is an advantage, under such a circumstance, to have them before the hearer, to aid him in the due understanding of that part of divine service, as it proceeds; and under all circumstances it is a convenience. We trust that the use of the beautiful and valuable book before us may come into universal use throughout the Church for which it was so carefully and successfully prepared.”— N. Y. Express. "When we say that this handsomely printed volume is edited by the Rev. Dr. Wainwright, we give all needful assurance that the work is carefully, as well as appropriately, done. Then as to the work itself, as a companion to the Prayer Book, at church or at bome, it is most appropriate and convenient-for in bulk smaller than that of the Bible, it furnishes in clear, large type, the Bible Lessons for each Sunday and holiday."—Courier. "All must be acquainted with the usefulness of such a book as this, affording, as it does, a convenient method for reading the portion of Scripture appointed in the calendar for Sundays and Holidays. We need, therefore, but speak of the manner in which the publishers have executed this important work. The type is sufficiently large and beautrully clear, the page broad and inviting, and the whole arrangement simple and correct, The binding varies in different editions; in the one before us it is rich and elegant. It can be had in a plainer and cheaper style by those who prefer such. We were struck on taking up the volume with the amount of Scripture which the Church reads in the yearly course of her services. May this volume aid in making her members more constant, more faithful, and more devout students of the Holy Word."—Calendar. "Few books are issued from the American press in a better style than this. This volume of Proper Lessons is printed with large, clear type, on fine paper; and, what is of some importance, it is substantially and beautifully bound. It is very desirable that the members of our congregations should have the Lessons at hand during divine service, in order to look them over, as they are read by the officiating minister. We are there. fore glad to see a new edition of the Lessons, as it will, we trust, serve to promote this very desirable practice."-Christian Witness. First Communion. BY THE AUTHOR OF "STEPS TO THE ALTAR." "This volume appears under the sanction of an able and faithful Pastor, who assures us that he has carefully examined it, making a very few alterations, and additions; and that he deems it the very best work of the kind he has seen. A hasty perusal leads us to concur in this opinion. It differs from most books on Confirmation, in being almost exclusively practical and devotional in its character, containing besides, two Addresses, Prayers, Meditations, and Quest ons for self-examination for the week preceding, and the two days subsequent to, the reception of the Holy Rite. * The volume is neatly got up; and the Publishers deserve the thanks of good Churchmen for issuing another manual of sound catholic-Hobart-teaching."-Churchman * * "The multiplication of books of devotion we regard as one of the best signs of the times in the Church. There is evidently an increased demand for such works as aid in the cultivation of personal religion. The title of the present publication sufficiently indicates its design and use. The Prayers and Meditations which it contains are compiled mostly from Bishop Wilson, which is a sufficient guarantee of their soundness and fervor. Some others are taken from various approved writers of our own Communion. We take pleasure in recommending it to our readers, and especially as a valuable preparatory manual for such as are about to receive Confirmation and the Holy Communion for the Erst time."-Calendar. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF SOME OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED JEWISH RABBIES, AND TRANSLATIONS OF PORTIONS OF THEIR COMMENTARIES, AND OTHER WORKS, WITH ILLUSTRATIVE INTRODUCTIONS, AND NOTES. BY SAMUEL H. TURNER D. D., PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL LEARNING, ETC., IN THE GENERAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. "The Rabbies who are the subjects of this volume, are Jarchi, Judah Hallevi, Aben Ezra, Maimonides, David Kimchi, Abarbanel, and Saadia the Gaon, names of great eminence and of frequent occurrence in the writings of modern divines. The brief account of them here given, accompanied with extracts from their works, will be found to be a valuable help for students of theology, and highly satisfactory to general readers, as affording important and instructive information not easily accessible. The want of such a work is so obvious that one is surprised that it was not sooner supplied. "We should welcome the volume if it were only for the object at which it directs and professedly aims. But it has an ulterior object, which is of vastly greater importance, and which is thus intimated in the author's preface: "A careful reading of Jewish books, and an uninterrupted study of the Hebrew Bible, in connection with the Greek Testament which embodies its spiritual development, fol lowed also by intelligent and earnest proclamations, proving that Jesus of Nazareth is the true Messiah predicted by the Hebrew prophets, is quite a different thing from golden promises of national supremacy and aristocratic dignity to be enjoyed in the land of Palestine. Some indolent Jews, whose situation would probably be improved by almost any change, and some also of a better class, with warin imaginations and lively hopes may be temporarily influenced by such representations; but on the more steady, industrious, and thoughtful portion of the Hebrew community, influences of a very different kind must be brought to bear. They must be made to feel that Judaism, from its very nature, could not have been intended for perpetuity, some of its judiciary, and most of its ceremonial requisitions being only compatible with a peculiar state of society; that the views of the future which it developes have either already begun to open in the past advent of Messiah, and the progress and extent of his spiritual kingdom, or else are not to be hereafter expected, and consequently its prophecies are a failure; and, that Christianity, not indeed as practically exhibited by a great body of its professed advocates, but as really existing in the system of our Lord and Master, and showing itself in the heavenly character of its true believers, is that new covenant and law which God declared by his holy prophets, that in due time he would substitute in the place of the earlier and less perfect dispensation. To support such a superstructure, requires a foundation not only solidly laid in deep religious character and zeal, but also in sound Hebrew learning; and the author is compelled to say that he cannot discern, in the signs of the times, so far as they have come under his own observation, any very clear indications of its rapid progress. Man's ever changeful theories are readily embraced; but God's Holy Word, which stands immutable, and shall so stand forever, is locked up, even to multitudes of its expounders, in dead languages which they cannot understand.' "We would earnestly commend this work as one which rests the duty of the conversion of the Jews on sound principles, and points out the great advantages to be derived from the ancient Rabbies in well-conducted efforts of this nature."-Churchman. "It contains a great deal of interesting information concerning a class of men, of eminence in their day, and still regarded with veneration by the Jews, of whom, moreover, the great body of our people know but little. It ought to be widely read."-Courier. "It is beyond all doubt a highly interesting and instructive work, and something new in the current literature of the day."-True Sun PAY THY VOWS. A Pastoral Address Subsequent to Confirmation. BY THE LATE GT BEDELL, D. D. BECTOR OF ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA. Edited, wih additions, by his son, G. Thurston Bedell, Rector of the Church of the Ascension, N. Y. A beautiful miniature edition. 32mo. 31c. "Dr. Bedell's name is too well known to require any commendation at our hands; even those who disagreed with him in some theological views, never doubted his deep and hearty striving to win sols to Christ, nor ever were unimpressed with the fact of his being in earnest in what he said and did. The value of the address is much enhanced by the additions made by the present Rector of the Church of the Ascension."-Young Churchman's Miscellany. "It earnestly advocates the sound doctrine, that confirmation is a ratification of the baptismal vows made by the sponsors, and is, therefore, necessarily a formal adoption of the Christian profession. The many admirers of Dr. Bedell, when living, will find in this book all that pastoral simplicity and warm earnestness of manner for which he was so celebrated."-Evening Gazette. THE RENUNCIATION. AN ESSAY ON WORLDLY AMUSEMENTS. BY THE LATE REV. G. T. BEDELL, D. D. RECTOR OF ST. ANDREW's CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA. With an Introductory Notice by his Son, "This republication is calculated to do great good. The faithful expositions of Christian futy which it contains, are recommended by the fervent, tender, and persuasive eloquence in which they are conveyed. The introductory notice by the son of the author, contains some valuable and impressive views on the subjects of the Essay, with quotations from some of the Bishops of the Church of England and our own Church. We trust the volume will be extensively circulated and read."-Protestant Churchman. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER'S COMPANION. CONTAINING EXTRACTS FROM VARIOUS AUTHORS, ARRANGED UNDER APPROPRIATE HEADS, AFFORDING USEFUL HINTS TO THOSE WHO ARE EMPLOYED IN THE RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION OF THE YOUNG. One volume. 24mo. 38c. "It is the compilation of an experienced Sunday School teacher; the extracts being taken from the best writers on the subject of Sunday School instruction, and arranged under appropriate heads with much judgment. Although particularly intended for the Prebestant Episcopal Church, it may be used with advantage by other denominations.' —Snsthern Churchman. |