masters. It is therefore a good means to test one's own conclusions if one be a really earnest student. Every lecturer on the subject should have it, and should recommend it to his class, as he nears the end. In that way it will do most good. Dr. Garvie's eleven chapters are on: The Methods of Study, The History of Opinions, Definitions of Religion, Theories of Origin of Religion, The Psychological Method of Inquiry, The Psychical Factors in Religion, The Historical Development of Religion, The Comparative Study of Religions, The Method of Judgment, Christianity and Other Faiths, The Philosophy of Religion. We question one statement, however: "Science knows nothing of values: it is concerned only with facts, causes, and laws of resemblance or succession in facts." Science is always evaluating facts, as mention of "laws and resemblances" indicates. The Sources of Luke's Passion-narrative. By ALFRED MORRIS PERRY. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1920. 128 pp. Mr. Perry's thesis is that Luke has used as a source of his account of the Passion a document of considerable length not paralleled in the other gospels. This thesis he supports partly upon external and partly upon internal grounds. The general drift of the argument is that in the portions anterior to the Passion narrative Luke uses in general the same sources as Mark, and he uses them uniformly and consistently. But in the Passion narrative a disturbing factor enters. When examined from the point of view of its vocabulary and general order this portion of the third gospel yields the conclusion that underlying it there is a source whose author was a disciple of Jesus and who set down his recollection of the events about 45 A.D. The study is a model of clear and compact critical work and well deserves the attention of expert scholars in its own field. Sadhu Sunder Singh. By MRS. ARTHUR PARKER. Revell Company, New York, 1920. 144 pp. This book contains a very interesting description of a sadhu, or religious devotee who traveled through India "without scrip and purse" to preach the gospel of Christ. It describes in vivid terms the experiences of a true missionary in various parts of his country and among different races. Baptized at the age of sixteen, he almost immediately took up his work, facing ridicule and hostility not only of foe, but even of friend. His ministry was blest in many ways, and he left a marked impression on many people. It is a picture of true apostolic zeal and devotion, such as the American Christians are not likely to be willing to practise, but about which they ought at least to read in order to catch a glimpse of religious fervor. (See the HOMILETIC REVIEW for August, 1920, p. 89.) The Virgin Birth of Our Lord. By the Rev. LEONARD PRESTIGE. Robert Carter, London. 51⁄2 x 7 in., viii-136 pp. Books on the virgin birth continue to flow from the press with a singular regularity and their contents pro and con are singularly uniform. The only motive for additional works on the subject is that the author wishes to try his hand on the theme, or a series of handbooks requires one to treat this subject. No new material has been available for several years, and this has already been made full use of by writers on both sides of the question. In the choice of a book to guide one through the fields of inquiry in defense of the virgin birth this one will serve as well as any other. In this presentation the author first analyses the biblical records, then criticizes explanations which refer the story to Hebrew or mythological sources, and closes with a doctrinal, constructive section. The Productive Beliefs. By LYNN HAROLD HOUGH. Fleming H. Revell Co., New York. 5 x 71⁄2 in. 223 pp. We are accustomed to look forward with keen interest to the Cole lectures in Vanderbilt University. Many of these have been awaited and read by what we may now call a large constituency. The lectures for 1919, while not the equal of the best in the series, are at all points in touch with life. It is not so much the information conveyed as the sane views and winning style of the author that recommend the present course. themes are: The Adventurous God; The Invading of Evil; The Imperial Personality; The Vital Meaning of the Cross; The Infinite Nearness of God; and the Social Life of God. One could wish that he had laid greater emphasis upon the human life of His Jesus, and that he had not described the life of God as that "in which there are included three centers of consciousness and of will, all bound together in such a fashion that the existence of one involves the existence of the other two, and all united in the most perfect oneness of thought and feeling and decision." The lectures as a whole are suggestive, stimulating, and withal immensely readable. St. Thomas Aquinas and Modern Philosophy. By D. J. KENNEDY. The Encyclopedic Press, New York. 5 x 8 in., 129 pp. Every Protestant minister can not be expected to master the system of Thomas Aquinas, the great theological authority of the Roman church. But it would be well for every minister to have at least an introductory acquaintance with the period in which he wrote, the thinkers who led up to him, the heresies condemned at the time, and the main points as well as the method of the Summa of St. Thomas. This small book is an admirable guide to the aim here suggested. In these pages one meets Anselm, Abelard, Bernard, Albertus Magnus, Roger Bacon, and lesser lights, as well as St. Thomas. In the body of the work there is scheduled a synopsis of the Summa, followed by a brief exposition of its contents. The author's explanation of the reason why St. Thomas wrote a theology of perennial value is, in the word of Pope John 22, "a miracle." Day By Day With the Master. By ROBERT CLUETT. Association Press, New York, 1920. 75% x 51⁄2 in., 199 pp. This book by the author of Every Morning, of which notice was given in the December number of the REVIEW, is "intended to aid young people in their individual devotions." It contains "daily readings for over three months drawn from the life of Christ-a Scripture passage with a brief introductory comment, and a prayer that emphasizes the thought for the day." Both in form and content the book will appeal to thoughtful young people of teen age. The Kingdom in Mystery. A Study of the Parables of Our Lord Concerning the Kingdom of Heaven. By J. J. Ross. Fleming H. Revell Company, New York, 1920. 72 x 5 in., 379 pp. This is a study of the parables of Jesus covering fifteen chapters. After reading the book there are many who will dissent from the publisher's statement that the author "is a proved master of exegesis and homiletics." Dr. James M. Gray of the Moody Bible Institute claims that the author "knows the Holy Scriptures." Amid all the diverse interpretations of scripture it is pertinent here to ask what is a correct interpretation? One of the sermons is entitled "Forgiveness in the Kingdom;" this we give in another section of the magazine. Medical Missions: The Twofold Task. By WALTER R. LAMBUTH. Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions, New York, 1920. 71⁄2 x 54 in., 262 pp. There is no dearth of works on medical missions, each with an appeal of its own. This one deals with work in China, India, Japan, Africa, Ceylon, Korea, and other places. The reason, the urge, the method, and the results of the medical missionary's work are told in text and illustration with eye on both the modernness and evangelizing power of the twentieth century missionary doctor, male and female! the The Real Christ. By R. A. TORREY. George H. Doran Company, New York, 1920. 74 x 5 in., 189 pp. These studies are perhaps best described by what appears on the title page: "The Christ of actual historic fact as distinguished from the Christ of man's dreams and fancies and imaginings: the Christ of God's own appointment whose picture God himself has drawn in the Bible as distinguished from the Christ of 'Christian Science,' 'Theosophy,' 'Unitarianism,' 'Spiritualism,' and other forms of fiction." Greatest Thoughts About God. Compiled by J. GILCHRIST LAWSON. George H. Doran Company, New York, 1920. 74 x 5 in., 318 pp. The title describes this compilation gleaned from many sources. Four Hitherto Unpublished Gospels. A Series of Character Studies Cast in the Form of Personal Memoirs of John the Baptist, Andrew the Brother of Simon Peter, Judas Iscariot, James the Brother of Jesus. By WILLIAM E. BARTON. George H. Doran Company, New York, 1920. 63 x 41⁄2 in., 149 pp. A useful paraphrase of the gospel story precisely as described by the title. Evangelistic Sermons. By J. W. PORTER. Fleming H. Revell Company, New York, 1920. 74 x 5 in., 157 pp. "A volume of discourses distinctly along the old lines of evangelistic preaching." THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHER THIS is a building erected over what is traditionally known as the tomb of Jesus. The tradition is unbroken from the time of Constantine, whose mother Helena was reported to have found on this spot the three crosses and Pilate's inscription. Eusebius (Church History, III. 25–40) tells of Constantine's command to erect a stately structure over the tomb. The present site was identified at that time as the place of burial, tho buried deep in rubbish and covered with a small temple to Venus. The present structure is, of course, not that of Constantine's ordering, which was erected 326-336 a.d. That was destroyed in 614, and another was built by the monk Modestus, 616–626; this in turn was burned in the tenth century, and rebuilt in 1048, again in 1140-1168; it was again destroyed in 1244, but restored during that and the following century; again in 1808 it was nearly completely burned. The church now standing was erected under French and Russian auspices in 1868. The form of the successive structures can be determined in considerable part from models copied from the originals and still existing in Bologna, Constance, and Görlitz. The genuineness of the site has been questioned since about 1750, on the ground that the burial was outside the city and the church is within the walls. But the various walls of which traces exist and the doubts about their identification leave something to be desired in the way of assurance. Conservative opinion is in favor of the present site. For further discussion see New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia, vol. 5, pp. 328 ff.; and George Jeffery's Brief Description of the Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge University Press, 1919. Published Monthly by Funk & Wagnalls Company, 354-360 Fourth Avenue, New York. (Adam W. Wagnalls, Pres.; Wilfred J. Funk, Vice-Pres.; Robert J. Cuddihy, Treas.; William Neisel, Soc.) VOL. LXXXI MARCH, 1921 No. 3 THE TRODDEN LILY-AN EASTER PARABLE MARY ADELLA WOLCOTT, Richmond, Jamaica, B. W. I. THERE was once a man of high ideals. His thoughts were all pure, his aspirations above those of his associates; and tho he was modest and unassuming, before long they began to discover and resent this difference. "Altho yonder man looks so meek, and joins in much of our work and recreation, do not trust him," they whispered one to another. "In his heart he thinks himself far above us, and disapproves of many things that we do. He is quiet now, but is only waiting for a chance to assert himself. Some day, if we do not prevent it, he will break out, like a smoldering volcano and destroy our simple, happy village life on these peaceful plains. He will thrust his narrow, uncomfortable theories upon us, and try to force us to climb his own barren heights. No, no; he must be stopt in time and brought down to our level." They consulted long together, and finally decided upon a plan of action. During the following days they went out of their way to pay him attention. They invited him to take part in amusements to which, respecting his delicate distance, they had never asked him before, and overwhelmed him with praise and politeness. The man, who had always before been rather apart, alone, was pleased and flattered, and responded quickly to the warmth of this human comradeship. Before coming to the village he had lived in a distant city, and associated with men of deep thought and high feeling. They had been his friends, and recognized and respected him as one of themselves. Yet he instinctively felt, in this newly offered comradeship, a glowing good-will that seemed lacking in the natures of his former companions. "Those men were cold and unfeeling," he thought. "These may have their faults, but they are full of the milk of human kindness. They are human beings-like myself!" So he accepted the offered attentions and entered into all their occupations and amusements. For a time all went well; but gradually the daily life of work and business showed itself to be questionable, the evening banquets grew wilder and more hilarious. A discordant element crept in, and the milk of human kindness seemed curdled by some inhuman acid. The man of high ideals realized that he was further apart than ever from these seeming friends. He hated them and himself. Yet it was too late to draw back. Some invisible power seemed forcing him into a magic whirlpool. He followed his companions in all they did-and gradually went further and further, until he left them behind. His fine features coarsened, his frank eyes grew shifty and evasive. His whole face began to have an evil, dissipated look. The others saw it, and whispered among themselves. "We looked upon his standard as high, altho we hoped to bring him to our level," they said. "But we overrated him. He is really not half as upright as we are. See how eagerly he snapt up our bait! And now he has gone into deep and muddy waters where we would scorn to follow |