Sermons on Certain of the Prominent Facts and References in Sacred Story. CONTENTS OF VOL. I. Less By HENRY Chaplain in Crown 8vo, The Faith of Joseph on his Death-bed-Angels as Remembrancers-The Burning of the Magical Books-The Parting Hymn-Cæsar's Household-The Sleepless Night-The Well of Bethlehem-The Thirst of Christ-The second Delivery of the Lord's Prayer-Peculiarities in the Miracle in the Coasts of Decapolis-The Latter Rain-The Lowly Errand-Nehemiah before Artaxerxes-Jabez. CONTENTS OF VOL. II. The Young Man in the Linen Cloth-The Fire on the Shore-The Finding the Guest-Chamber- The Spectre's Sermon a truism--Various Opinions-The Misrepresentations of Eve-Seeking, after Finding-The Bird's NestAngels our Guardians in trifles-The appearance of failure-Simon the Cyrenian-The power of the Eye-Pilate's Wife-Examination of Cain. "We are glad to see this new edition of what we have always considered to be Melvill's best sermons, because in them we have his best thoughts. Many of these sermons are the strongest arguments yet adduced for internal evidence of the veracity of the Scriptural narratives."-STANDARD. Unusually interesting. No one can read these sermons without deriving instruction from them, without being compelled to acknowledge that new light has been cast for him on numerous passages of Scripture, which he must henceforth read with greater intelligence and greater interest than before." EDINBURGH COURANT. "For skill in developing the significance of the less prominent facts of Holy Scripture' no one could compete with the late Canon Melvill, four volumes of whose discoursestwo of them occupied entirely with his sermons on subjects of this class-are before us. His preaching was unique. He selected for the most part texts that are not frequently treated, and when he chose those of a more ordinary char acter, he generally presented them in a new light, and elicited from them some truth which would not have suggested itself to any other preacher. He was singularly ingenious in some of his conceptions, and wonderfully forcible and impressive in his mode of developing and applying them."-NONCON FORMIST. "The publishers of these well-known, almost classic sermons, have conferred a boon on all lovers of our pulpit literature by this beautiful, portable edition of some of the most brilliant and original discourses that have been delivered to this generation.”—British QUARTERLY REVIEW. "The Sermons abound in thought, and the thoughts are couched in English which is at once elegant in construction and easy to read."-CHURCH TIMES. "Henry Melvill's intellect was large, his imagination brilliant, his ardour intense, and his style strong, fervid, and picturesque. Often he seemed to glow with the inspiration of a prophet.' American Quarterly Church RE VIEW. Waterloo Place, London Selection from the Sermons preached during the Latter Years of his Life, in the Parish Church of Barnes, and in the Cathedral of St. Paul's. By HENRY MELVILL, B.D., late Canon of St. Paul's, and Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen. New Edition. 2 Vols. Crown 8vo. 5s. each. Sold separately. CONTENTS OF VOL. I. The Parity of the consequences of Adam's Transgression and Christ's DeathThe Song of Simeon-The Days of Old-Omissions of Scripture---The Madman in Sport-Peace, Peace, when there is no Peace-A very lovely Song-This is that King Ahaz-Ariel-New Wine and Old BottlesDemas-Michael and the Devil-The Folly of Excessive Labour-St. Paul at Philippi-Believing a Lie-The Prodigal Son-The Foolishness of Preaching-Knowledge and Sorrow-The Unjust Steward-The Man born blind. CONTENTS OF VOL. II. Rejoicing as in Spoil Satan a Copyist - The binding the Tares into Bundles -Two walking together--Agreeing with the Adversary-God speaking to Moses-Hoping in Mercy-Faith as a Grain of Mustard Seed-Mary's Recompense-War in Heaven-Glory into Shame-The Last Judgment-Man like to Vanity-God so Loved the World-SaulAnd what shall this Man do?-The Sickness and Death of Elisha-Abiding in our Callings-Trinity Sunday. "The main characteristics of Canon Melvill's sermons are these they are not polemical; the odium theologicum is nowhere to be found in them, and nowhere is the spirit of true Christian charity and love absent from them. This will widen their usefulness, for they will on this account make a ready way amongst all sects and creeds of professing Christians. Again, these sermons are eminently practical and devotional in their tone and aim. The truths here proclaimed pierce the heart to its very core, so true is the preacher's aim, so vigorous is the force with which he shoots the convictions of his own heart into the hearts of his hearers.' -STANDARD. "There are in the sermons before us all Melvill's wonted grace of diction, strength of reasoning, and aptness of illustration."-WEEKLY REVIEW. "Two other volumes of the late Canon Melvill's sermons contain forty discourses preached by him in his later years, and they are prefaced by a short memoir of one of the worthiest and most impressive preachers of recent times."-EXAMINER. Many years have now elapsed since we first heard Henry Melvill But we can still recall the text, the sermon, the deep impression made upon us by the impassioned eloquence of the great preacher. It was our first, and very profitable experience of what influence there resides in the faithful preaching of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. For while it was impossible to be indifferent to the messenger, yet the message was brought home by him to the heart and to the conscience. It is pleasant in these, the latest sermons delivered by Mr. Melvill, to find the same faithful utterance."-CHRISTIAN Observer. Waterloo Place, London The Soul in its Probation: Sermons Preached at the Church of S. Alban the Martyr, Holborn, on the Sundays in Lent, 1873. By the Rev. F. N. OXENHAM, M. A. 8vo. 5s. The Last Three Sermons preached at Oxford by PHILIP N. SHUTTLEWORTH, D.D., sometime Lord Bishop of Chichester. Justification through Faith-The Merciful Character of the Gospel Covenant-The Sufficiency of Scripture a Rule of Faith. To which is added a Letter addressed in 1841 to a Young Clergyman, now a Priest in the Church of Rome. New Edition. Small 8vo. 2s. 6d. Not Tradition but Scripture. By the late PHILIP NICHOLAS SHUTTLEWORTH, D.D., Warden of New College, Oxford, and Rector of Foxley, Wilts, afterwards Bishop of Chichester. 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JOHN HENRY BLUNT, M.A., F.S.A., Editor of "The Annotated Book of Common Prayer," &c. &c. New Edition. Small 8vo. 3s. 6d. CONTENTS. The Bible-The Prayer Book-The Church-Table of Dates-Ministerial Offices -Divine Worship-The Creeds - A Practical Summary of Christian Doctrine-The Great Christian Writers of Early Times-Ancient and Modern Heresies and Sects-The Church Calendar-A short explanation of Words used in Church History and Theology-Index. Waterloo Place, London Rudiments of Theology. A First Book for Students. By JOHN PILKINGTON NORRIS, B.D., Canon of Bristol, Vicar of St. Mary Redcliffe, and Examining Chap. lain to the Bishop of Manchester. Second Edition, revised. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d. "It is altogether a remarkable book. We have seldom seen clear, incisive reasoning, orthodox teaching, and wide-mindedness in such happy combination."-LITERARY CHURCHMAN. course. "A most useful book for theological students in the earlier part of their The book is one for which the Church owes a debt of gratitude to Canon Norris, combining, as it does, orthodoxy and learning, and logical accuracy of definition with real charity. We heartily commend it."JOHN BULL. "We can recommend this book to theological students as a useful and compendious manual. It is clear and well arranged, and may be profitably used by candidates for or dination."-SPECTATOR. "This unpretending work supplies a real desideratum. It seeks to lead us from the shifting sands of human systems to the solid ground of Divine revelation, wisely recognising as its most trustworthy interpreters those who came nearest to its times, and directing the student's mind to 'what the early Fathers thought and wrote in the days when the Church's theologians had to hold their own against an adverse world.""-Guar DIAN. The "This work was prepared as a handbook for theological students. But it is to reach a far wider field. It is capable of doing a most important service among all classes. We have seldom, if ever, met a more satisfactory or a clearer presentation of the fundamental facts of theology than those given in these pages. author has the rare faculty-it amounts really to genius-of saying just the thing that ought to be said, and of presenting any truth in such a shape that the reader can easily take hold of it and make it his own. We commend this work to Churchmen generally as one from which all can derive profit. To the Clergy it will serve as a model method of dogmatic teaching, and to the laity it will be a rich storehouse of information concerning the things to be believed."CHURCHMAN (NEW YORK). The Young Churchman's Companion to the Prayer Book. By the Rev. J. W. GEDGE, M.A., Winchester Diocesan Inspector of Schools for West Surrey and the Channel Islands. (Recommended by the late and present Lord Bishops of Winchester.) 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