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CONTENTS OF VOL. XXIV.

ART.

JANUARY.

I. THE CHURCH AND THE LABORING CLASSES,

II. SCIENTIFIC SPECULATION 28. THEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION,

III. REMARKS ON THE AMERICAN CHURCH. By the Bishop of Western

New York,

IV. DEACONESSES,

V. MODERN THOUGHT IN ITS RELATION TO THE PERSON OF THE LORD

JESUS CHRIST,

VI. MUNIFICENCE IN GIVING-A PRESENT NEED OF THE TIMES,

VII. THE CHANGES IN ENGLAND DURING HALF A CENTURY,

VIII. REGENERATION IN BAPTISM,

IX. THE ANALYSIS OF THE SUNBEAM,

X. BOOK NOTICES:

History of English Literature: H. A. Taine. Lectures on the Psychol-

ogy of Thought and Action, Comparative and Human: W. D. Wil-

son, D.D., LL.D., L.H.D. The History of Assur-bani-pal, translated

from the Cuneiform Inscriptions: G. Smith. Songs of the Spirit:

Edited by the Right Reverend William Henry Odenheimer, D.D.,

and the Rev. Frederic M. Bird. The Divine Tragedy: Henry

Wadsworth Longfellow. A History of Philosophy, from Thales

to the Present Time: by Dr. Friederich Ueberweg; Translated

from the German Edition by George S. Morris. The Land of the

Veda: the Rev. William Butler, D.D. 1. Historical Illustrations

of the Old Testament: the Rev. G. Rawlinson, M.A. 2. Can we

Believe in Miracles? George Warington. 3. Moral Difficulties

in the Bible: James Augustus Hessey,

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108

122

141

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III. UNITARIANISM IN NEW ENGLAND,

IV. ST. MARK AND HIS CRITICS,

V. PHYSICAL CAUSE OF THE DEATH OF OUR LORD,

169

By the Rev. E. A. Wash-

187

ART.

XI. THE FIRST BISHOP OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,

XII. BOOK NOTICES:

Legends of Patriarchs and Prophets, and other Old Testament Charac-

ters, from various sources: the Rev. S. Baring-Gould. Church

Architecture: H. Hudson Holly. Sacred Geography and Antiq-

uities: the Rev. E. P. Barrows, D.D.,

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ART.

JULY.

I. DEVELOPMENT OF THE REFORMATION,

II. THE CANONICAL POSITION OF THE PAPAL CHURCH,

III. THE GOSPEL OF ST. LUKE,

V. CHRIST IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS,

VI. COLUMBUS AND THE GEOGRAPHERS OF THE NORTH,

VII. THE HUMAN BODY IN ITS SPIRITUAL RELATIONS,

VIII. THE HERESY OF ARIUS,

IX. BOOK NOTICES:

Christian Theology and Modern Scepticism: the Duke of Somerset, K.B.

A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: John Peter Lange, D.D.;

Translated from the German, and edited, with additions, by Philip

Schaff, D.D. Lectures on the History of the Church of Scotland:

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, D.D. The Desert of the Exodus: E. H.

Palmer, M.A. The Physiology of the Soul and Instinct: Martyn

Paine, A.M., M.D., LL.D. Memoir of Robert Chambers: William

Chambers. The Old Catholic Church: W. D. Killen, D.D. The Life

of Abraham Lincoln: Ward H. Lamon. The Land of Desolation:

Isaac Hayes, M.D. Sermons: the Rev. T. De Witt Talmadge. Saun-

terings: Chas. D. Warner. Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological,

and Ecclesiastical Literature: the Rev. John M'Clintock, D.D., and

James Strong, S.T.D. The Last Tournament: Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L.

To and from the Passion-Play, in the Summer of 1871: the Rev.

G. H. Doane. The Resurrection of Christ: Eliphalet Nott, D.D.,

LL.D. Baldwin's Ancient America: John D. Baldwin, A.M. A

Guide to Reading the Hebrew Text: the Rev. W. H. Vibbert, M.A.

A Dictionary of English Etymology: Hensleigh Wedgewood. The

Footsteps of Christ. Translated from the German of A. Caspers;

edited by the Rev. Charles H. H. Wright, M.A.,

OCTOBER.

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I. THE FORTY-SIXTH CHAPTER OF THE SEVENTH BOOK OF THE APOS-

TOLICAL CONSTITUTIONS,

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Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor of Massachusetts, to March 1, 1871. 8vo, pp. 655.

THIS

HIS is a volume full of information on industrial topics. It is the first, so far as we know, to contain both sides of questions affecting labor. It brings us face to face with employers and employed, capitalists and laborers. When we have heard one, we can turn to another, and if statements conflict, as they are sure to do, they can be judged on their own merits. The value of the book is unequal; little, with regard to general or economic principles; great, very great, with regard to practical details, particularly the experiences of working men and women who are set before us in all the life-likeness of their own words. We commend these portions of the report to all who feel an interest in effort or suffering. The whole may be commended to men, especially to Churchmen, who have any sense of concern in, what is generally known as the labor movement of the period.

This is one of the great movements which change not only the aspect but the character of human society. Not here, not there, but everywhere among nations ranked as civilized, the laboring classes are in motion, a large number, perhaps a large majority, unconscious why they move or whither, but moving,-and as they move, others xcii.-1