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WORKS EDITED BY JOHN ELLIS-continued.

THE PREACHER'S AND TEACHER'S VADE-MECUM.
A Second Series of "Outlines and Illustrations." Being
Evangelist's Wallet," "Outline Sermonettes," and "By
Way of Illustration," in one volume. Fcap. 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.
Expository Times.-" Right honest and good work, to be despised by nobody."
Daily News.-"It might be called Preaching made easy.'
TOOL BASKET FOR PREACHERS.

300 Outline Addresses for Preachers, Sunday School Teachers, and OpenAir Workers. Compiled by J. ELLIS. Forty-fifth Thousand. Fcap. 8vo, Is.

Rev. Mark Guy Pearse.-" Admirable; invaluable to busy workers."
Methodist Times.-" Clever, suggestive, valuable, and thoroughly practical."
Expository Times.-" The quality is very good and the number very great."
SEED BASKET FOR MINISTERS. Being a Collection
of 300 Outlines, Seed Corn, Sunday School Addresses, and Band
of Hope Talks. By J. ELLIS, Editor of "The Tool Basket."
Thirty-fifth Thousand. Fcap. 8vo, Is.
Rev. F. B. Meyer.-" Deserves its

name."

Primitive Methodist.-" Three hundred excellent outlines.'

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Expository Times.-"Contains least a year's sermons or addresses, easily made and sufficiently worth making your own."

ILLUSTRATIONS AND INCIDENTS. For Preachers, Teachers, and Christian Workers. Being a Collection of 250 Anecdotes and Facts, with Index of Subjects. Thirtieth Thousand. Fcap. 8vo, Is.

Methodist Recorder.-"A choice and well-arranged collection of anecdotes marked by much freshness, and likely to be of service to many busy workers in providing windows' for their lessons and discourses."

Sunday School Chronicle.-" Quite a number of the illustrations are new to us." EVANGELIST'S WALLET FOR PREACHERS, TEACHERS, AND CHRISTIAN WORKERS. New Series of Outlines of Addresses by J. ELLIS, Compiler of "The Tool Basket," etc. etc. Thirteenth Thousand. Fcap. 8vo, Is. Methodist Recorder." In small compass, there is here a great fund of information, methodically arranged, for the use of those whose time or whose libraries are limited."

Local Preacher.-" Brimful of excellent suggestive outline addresses and sermonettes."

BY WAY OF ILLUSTRATION.

A Handbook for Preachers, Teachers, and Christian Workers. Thirteenth Thousand. Fcap. 8vo, cloth, Is. An entirely new Collection of Illustrations for Public Speakers.

Local Preachers' Magazine.-"Wonderfully fresh; one of the very best compilations of the kind that we have seen.'

Methodist Sunday School Record." Will prove a boon."

TOOLS FOR THE MASTER'S WORK.

Outlines and Children's Addresses.
Third Edition. Crown 8vo, Is. 6d.

250 Sermon Collected by J. ELLIS.

The Local Preachers' Magazine." Mr Ellis seems to have excelled himself in this volume. The best of these Outlines is that they are not mere skeletons, but suggestive thoughts, leaving plenty of room for the individuality of the speaker."

The Methodist Times." Another valuable volume. Just the suggestions and hints we so often want."

EVANS.

A PRIMER OF FREE CHURCH HISTORY. By A. JOHNSON EVANS, M.A. Cheap edition, stiff paper wrapper, 6d. net. Crown 8vo, cloth, is. net; postage 3d.

Dr Clifford.-" Mr Johnson Evans has laid the Free Churches under a great obligation for his true story of the origin and early developments of the Free Churches of England and the United States. The book should be read by our young Free Church people throughout the land.'

Rev. Charles Brown.-"I am delighted with it."

Sword and Trowel.-" An excellent handbook, clear and cogent." "The

Free Church Chronicle. book is a useful, interesting, and opportune compendium. It can do nothing but good."

Expository Times.-"It is well done." The Glasgow Herald.-"A very excellent history of Nonconformity. Short and well written."

FABER. SELECTION FROM F. W. FABER'S HYMNS. Fcap. 8vo, 6d. net; also cloth, Is. net; paste grain leather, 2s. net; postage id. [Heart and Life Booklets. Twelve of Faber's beautiful spiritual hymns, printed in large clear type, making a most acceptable gift, particularly for the invalid or aged who have little in the way of literature provided for them.

Each hymn is given complete. The book contains:

THE WILL OF God.

COME TO JESUS. THE THOUGHT of God.

THE RIGHT MUST WIN.
THE GREATness of God.
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER.

PEEVISHNESS PERFECTION. HARSH JUDGMENTS. SWEETNESS IN PRAYER.

THE STARRY SKIES. AFTER A DEATH.

St Andrew.—“Have taken a permanent place in our religious literature." FAULKNER.

JOSEPH SIDNEY HILL. By R. E.

FAULKNER. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, Is. 6d. net.
C.M. Intelligencer.-" To a young man it should be an inspiration."
C.M. Gleaner." It is just the book to give away to young men and boys."
FÉNELON. THE MAXIMS OF THE SAINTS.

By

ARCHBISHOP FENELON. Fcap. 8vo, leather, 2s. net; cloth, IS. net; paper, 6d. net; postage id. [Heart and Life Booklets. "One of the most interesting of Messrs Allenson's excellent series of Heart and Life Booklets." "The Maxims grew out of his controversy with Bossuet in respect to Madame Guyon, and are full of spiritual light and power."

By

MEDITATIONS FOR A MONTH. ARCHBISHOP FENELON. Fcap. 8vo, leather, 2s. net; cloth, Is. net; paper, 6d. net; postage id. [Heart and Life Booklets. "A volume of very beautiful thoughts."

"A treasurable little book. This new separate issue in such an attractive form is welcome."

"A work characteristic of the deep spiritual insight of Fénelon's-in its beautiful got-up form-should be very welcome to devout readers." FREETH. THE TRUE THEOLOGY.

By J. T. FREETH.

A Reply to R. J. Campbell. Demy 8vo, 6d.; by post 8d. GARTH. PSYCHE, ODES, AND OTHER POEMS.

By JOHN GARTH. Handsome cloth, demy 8vo, 4s. 6d. net. GIBBON. THE FOUR LAST THINGS. Four Sermons on Death, Judgment, Hell, Heaven. By Rev. J. M. GIBBON. Fcap. 8vo, Is. net; by post Is. 2d.

Methodist Times.-"
-"Lucid, fresh, and thoughtful sermons.'

TWELVE SERMONS.

By Rev. J. M. GIBBON.

12 Sermons and 12 Children's Addresses from the Stamford Hill Pulpit. Is. 6d. net; post free is. 9d.

GILLIE. LITTLE SERMONS TO THE CHILDREN. By Rev. R. C. GILLIE, M.A., Author of " The Story of Stories," "God's Lantern Bearers," etc. Neat cloth, fcap. 8vo, Is. Scotsman.-"Ministers who have difficulty in preaching to children will find Little Sermons to the Children an extremely valuable and suggestive book." Sheffield Independent.-"The shilling is a nominal price. There are twenty sermons. Each is of sterling value. But in addition there is an introduction on The Art of the Little Sermon,' and a conclusion, The Sermon in the Child.' Each of these should be read by every man who is of opinion that he has received a call to the pulpit. They are not far removed from the best sixteen pages that the parson can be invited to read. The man who will read them and thoroughly assimilate them will be a worthier man than ever before."

REALLY GOOD TEMPERANCE ADDRESSES.

LITTLE TALKS ON TEMPERANCE.

By the

Rev. R. C. GILLIE, M.A., Author of "Little Sermons to the Children," "The Story of Stories," &c. Fcap. 8vo, cloth, Is. Mr Gillie in the most happy manner imaginable has struck an altogether new note in these Temperance Talks. Taking in the first series six of the Old Eastern Fairy Tales as the basis of his talk, he weaves the lesson into the fabric of the Story in a most winsome manner. In the second series he introduces A NEW WAY WITH OLD LESSONS, and deals simply and interestingly with the young student's search for alcohol in Geography, History, English Literature, &c. This book is altogether an innovation in Temperance Literature..

GREAT SOULS' LIBRARY OF DEVOTION. Demy 16mo, purple cloth, red edges, 2s. 6d. net each. A DAILY MESSAGE FROM MANY ANDREWES' PRIVATE DEVOTIONS. MINDS.

PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS.

DT SAMUEL JOHNSON.

GREAT SOULS AT PRAYER.

By

Four

teen Centuries of Prayer, Praise, and Aspiration. Edited by M. W. TILESTON.

Translated by NEWMAN and NEALE.
THE IMITATION OF CHRIST. By
THOMAS À KEMPIS. A reprint of the
edition of 1633.

THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. By JOHN
KEBLE.

WORKS BY DORA GREENWELL.

CARMINA CRUCIS.

Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

First

reprint of this very scarce volume of poems by DORA GREENWELL, with an Introduction by Miss C. L. MAYNARD. Scotsman.-"Among the best religious poetry of the nineteenth century." London Quarterly Review.-"A book which many have wanted to read, and its message of faith and courage is one that our age greatly needs."

SELECTED POEMS FROM DORA GREENWELL.

Chosen and edited, with Introductions, by Miss C. L. MAYNARD.
Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

Newcastle Daily Chronicle.-"Many who may be temporarily discouraged by difficulties will find comfort and consolation in these earnest and beautiful poems." TWO FRIENDS. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.

THE PATIENCE OF HOPE. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d. THE COVENANT OF LIFE AND PEACE: or, A

Present Heaven. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d. EVERLASTING LOVE AND OTHER

SONGS OF

SALVATION. Neat paper wrapper, 6d. net; cloth, Is. net; leather, 2s. net; postage id. Dundee Advertiser. "No more useful religious writing has been done than these pieces describing the practical application of faith to the lives of the simple and the partially educated. The

[Heart and Life Booklets. Pitman to his Wife' and 'The Wife's Answer are worth a dozen of ordinary sermons so far as regards the bringing home to the mind of humble hearers the significance of conversion." "

GREGORY. AN INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM. A Lecture by ELEANOR C. GREGORY, of the Deanery, St Paul's Cathedral, London, Editor of "A Little Book of Heavenly Wisdom." With Prefatory Letter by Dr ALEXANDER WHYTE, Edinburgh. New edition. Fcap. 8vo, paper, 6d. net; cloth, Is. net; leather, gilt edges, 2s. net; by post 2d. extra.

Dr Whyte.-"I rejoice in the publication of anything that helps to turn the public mind to the study of the great spiritual writers; and this lecture will form an admirable introduction to the greatest and best of all studies."

[Heart and Life Booklets. The Rock.-"A delightful guide to the subject of which it treats."

Daily News." A decidedly lucid and interesting account of the great mystics." The Christian." A welcome little volume."

THE UPWARD WAY. A Series of Readings for one month from SAMUEL RUTHERFORD. Compiled by Miss E. C. GREGORY. Fcap. 8vo, paper, 6d. net; cloth. Is. net; leather, 2s. net; postage id. [Heart and Life Booklets. GUYON LIFE OF MADAME. New ed. 6s. See Upham. SPIRITUAL TORRENTS. By MADAME GUYON. Handsome cloth, crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. net; postage 4d. This valuable book on the interior life has long been out of print. Methodist Recorder.-" Madame Guyon's writings have edified thousands, and this volume, well rendered into English by Miss Marston, is a good specimen of her characteristic qualities."

The Christian.-"For more than two centuries spiritually-minded people have recognised the high value of the writings of Madame Guyon; and there are those who will cordially welcome the convenient edition now before us of Spiritual Torrents.' Such mystical works do not yield their secrets to the hasty glance, but must be pondered in quiet hours, if one would receive the true impression of the author's thought." Dundee Advertiser." One of those books of personal religious experience which live in the world's literature by the fact that they come so close to humanity."

A SHORT AND EASY METHOD OF PRAYER. By MADAME GUYON. Fcap. 8vo, paper wrapper, 6d. net; purple cloth, Is. net; limp leather, gilt edges, 25. net; postage id. [Heart and Life Booklets. This noble specimen of Madame Guyon's practical, lofty, and inspiring teachings on experimental religion is now made available for the first time in England in a handy and inexpensive form.

Rev. F. C. Spurr writes:-" I Prof. J. Rendel Harris writes:must congratulate you. It is a great Many thanks for the Short Method of favourite of mine. Thank you for sending Prayer' and Supersensual Life.' I hope it. I greatly appreciate the kind thought. to introduce them to my friends. The It ought to go strongly. I trust it will." reprints are valuable, the form convenient." HACKER. A HUNDRED YEARS IN TRAVANCORE. A Memorial Volume of the Centenary of the London Missionary Society in Travancore, South India. By the Rev. I. H. HACKER, of Martandam. Handsome cloth, 4to, 68 Illustrations, 108 pages, 2s. 6d. net; postage 4d.

HALSEY. THE BEAUTY OF THE LORD. Twenty Sermons. By Rev. JOSEPH HALSEY. Crown 8vo, cloth, 5s. TRUTH. Twenty-one Sermons Crown 8vo, cloth, 5s.

THE SPIRIT OF

by Rev. JOSEPH HALSEY. "Original in the best sense."

"A fresh and breezy book of sermons."

Capital Nature Talks.

HAMILTON. A MOUNTAIN PATH. Forty-four Talks to Children. By Rev. JOHN A. HAMILTON. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, handsome cloth, 2s. 6d.

sure."

Examiner." One of the most de- read, must capture the children, we are lightful children's books we have met with for a long time. Each talk is based on some fable or story, or on some fact of nature with which an ordinary walk through garden or field may make one familiar. These addresses, spoken or

Methodist S.S. Record.-" Full of metaphor, parable, incident and illustration, freshly put and original in the best

sense."

An Entirely New Volume to Children.

THE WONDERFUL RIVER. Sixty-three Talks to Young People. By Rev. JOHN A. HAMILTON. 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

Crown

Dr Hastings, in Expository Times, says :-" Mr Hamilton has returned to what is manifestly his special gift-and how priceless a gift it is-of preaching to children." Preachers' Magazine.-" Very bright and very fresh."

British Weekly." This writer is a true story-teller. These attractive addresses will be most acceptable to children and teachers."

HAMPDEN. THE CHANGED CROSS, by the Honble.

Mrs HOBART HAMPDEN, and other helpful Religious Poems. 32mo, cloth, 6d. net; ooze Persian yapp, paste grain, lambskin, gilt edges, 1s. net each; velvet calf yapp, gilt edges, Is. 6d. net.

THE SANCTUARY BOOKLETS. HANDLEY. WHAT ENGLAND OWES TO THE PURITANS. By Rev. S. B. HANDLEY. 6d. net; post free 7d. Sword and Trowel." The Free Church Federation would do real service by scattering his little work broadcast over the land. The Nonconformist memory, like its conscience, needs stirring up; this little historical and descriptive work is admirably adapted for this purpose."

HARLAW. SANDY GORDON: MISSIONAR. A Story
of Struggle, by JOHN HARLAW. Cloth, crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.
Strikingly Fresh Addresses to Children.
HASTIE. UNDER THE BLUE DOME. A Series of
Open-Air Studies with Young Folk. By Rev. J. S. HASTIE,

B.D. Handsome cloth, crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.

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S. S. Chronicle.-"As a sanctified study of nature it is one of the freshest books of its kind we have seen for a long time. We congratulate Mr Hastie, and cordially recommend ministers, superintendents and teachers to peruse this book, and then to go and do likewise."

HAWTHORNE.

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HERRON. THE CHRISTIAN SOCIETY. By G. D. HERRON. Introduction by Dr CHARLES A. BERRY. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

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