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LAWSON, MRS. THE WARFARE OF GIRLHOOD.

A Series of Bright Papers for Girls.
LAWSON. Crown 8vo, art linen, Is. 6d.

By Mrs ROBERTSON

Christian World." The tone throughout is inspiring and practical."

LEADER. WANTED—A BOY, and other Addresses to Children. By the Rev. G. C. LEADER, A.T.S. Crown 8vo, cloth, Is. 6d. net; by post is. 9d.

REV. JAMES LEARMOUNT'S HAPPY VOLUMES. IN GOD'S ORCHARD. An entirely new Series of Addresses to Children on "The Fruits of the Spirit"; "The Beatitudes"; "The Lord's Prayer"; "The Best Things"; and Miscellaneous Addresses. By the Rev. JAMES LEARMOUNT, Author of "Fifty-two Addresses to Young Folk,” “Fifty-two Sundays with the Children,' Thirty Chats to Young Folk," etc. Handsome cloth, crown 8v0, 250 pages, 3s. 6d.

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Mr Learmount has made for himself a distinct reputation as a very happy and successful speaker to children. This new volume of his, containing as it does four complete series of addresses on subjects of eternal interest, is likely to still further add merit to his previous reputation.

Dundee Advertiser.-"It will be welcomed by Ministers, Sunday School Teachers, Superintendents, Boys' Brigade Workers, and the Mother at home with the little ones. THIRTY CHATS WITH YOUNG FOLK. By the Rev. JAMES LEARMOUNT. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.

Contains Addresses for Special Seasons-New Year, Easter, Whitsun, Spring, Summer, after Holidays, Harvest, and Christmas.

Glasgow Evening News.-"A volume of bright Sunday morning addresses, containing many striking stories."

FIFTY-TWO

SUNDAYS

Baptist Times." Mr Learmount is a past master in the art of addressing children. They abound in homely illus trations."

WITH

THE CHILDREN. Morning Talks to Children.

A new Volume of Sunday Rev. JAMES LEARMOUNT. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. Dundee Advertiser." Has the rare and happy art of saying things brightly and in a way likely to haunt the juvenile memory."

British Weekly.-" Brightened with many telling illustrations, well adapted to their purpose."

By

Our Young Men.-"A real children's Christian year. Mr Learmount has a fascinating way of simplifying classic legends and old traditions. His pages, glitter with anecdotes and illustrations appositely introduced."

FIFTY-TWO ADDRESSES TO YOUNG FOLK.

By

Rev. JAMES LEARMOUNT. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. This makes the fourth edition of Mr Learmount's happy Collection of Addresses. It contains a number of most useful stories, and particularly one, entitled, "The Third Finger."

The Examiner.-"The addresses are all rich in fresh and apt illustrations from science and legend, from literature and human life, and among all these there is not one 'chestnut '! Ministers and

others who have to speak to young folk should look into this volume."

The Pilot." Abundance of short and telling anecdotes, the value of which teachers will not be slow to recognise."

LEWIS.

SOME VIEWS OF MODERN THEOLOGY. Sixteen Sermons on Vital Questions. By the Rev. E. W. LEWIS, M.A. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

CONTENTS.

CHRIST THE SON OF GOD; PERSONALITY OF GOD AND HUMAN AFFAIRS; PRAYER AND ITS ANSWER; CHRIST'S MIRACLES; THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY; HELL AS A PLACE AND AS A STATE OF MIND; THE TRINITY; THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION; THE DEVIL; THE BIBLE: EVOLUTION AND CREATION; THE FALL OF MAN: SOLIDARITY OF HUMANITY; SIN AND PUNISHMENT; "ESCAPING HELL AND "BEING GOOD"; CHRIST AS SAVIOUR.

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The Friend.-"We have nothing but Christian World.-" Mr Lewis is a praise for this excellent volume. The clearness and candour of his arguments are remarkable. We believe in the main he represents the trend of thought in all denominations. Needless to say he parts company with the traditionalist and the literalist. The writer's work is constructive, and can only seem to strengthen and build up the faith."

theological progressive,' and he has the courage of his convictions. Practically, the whole foundation of Christianity is involved in the issues raised by these sermons; and, in bringing faith into harmony with modern feeling and knowledge, Mr Lewis is adopting the one effective way of meeting rationalistic criticism."

CONCERNING THE LAST THINGS: Five Sermons. By the Rev. E. W. LEWIS, M.A. Fcap. 8vo, cloth, Is. net.; by post is. 2d.

These addresses on Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell, The Coming of Christ, delivered at a Men's Meeting on Sunday afternoon, excited much interest and discussion. They are a frank statement of the great change which has taken place concerning these fundamentals of religious belief. LIDDON. CHRIST'S CONQUEST, and other Sermons. By Rev. CANON H. P. LIDDON. Demy 8vo, paper, 6d.; by post 8d. [Allenson's Sixpenny Series. LITTLE. THE OUTLOOK OF THE SOUL. By CANON KNOX LITTLE. Handsome cloth, crown 8vo, 356 pages, 2s. 6d. net. [Eminent Preacher's Series. This volume, previously entitled "Labour and Sorrow," contains some striking sermons by the popular Canon of Worcester:-The Duty of Strength; The End of Sorrow; The Outlook of the Soul; The Soul and the Unseen; Love and Death, etc.

MACFADYEN. CONSTRUCTIVE CONGREGATIONAL

IDEALS. Edited by the Rev. D. MACFADYEN, M.A. Addresses and Essays by JAMES MIALL, J. A. MACFADYEN, R. W. DALE, A. MACKENNAL, A. M. FAIRBAIRN, etc., and the EDITOR. Cheap edition. IS. net; postage 4d. The Christian World.-"The pros and cons of the various planks' in the programme of the Congregational reformers are frankly discussed by Mr Macfadyen, who, in this volume, reveals the possession of a statesmanlike grasp

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alike of principle and detail. He is persuasive as advocate and damaging as critic, but he seems ever possessed by an earnest and sincere desire to see organised Congregationalism adapted to meet its new needs and fresh responsibilities."

"A STRONG, HELPFUL BOOK."

MACLEAN. THE SECRET OF THE STREAM. By

the Rev. J. B. MACLEAN, B.D. 8vo, 2s. 6d. net; by post 2s. 10d. Glasgow Herald.-"Fresh, thoughtful, and suggestive, Mr Maclean writes sermons which must have been good to hear and are good to read."

Handsome cloth gilt, crown

Manchester Courier. "A work which is beautiful and strong, imparting to the mind an impression of vitality, truth, and hope."

MACLEOD.

THE GOLD THREAD. By NORMAN MACLEOD. New edition, with Introduction by Dr DONALD MACLEOD. Handsome cloth, crown 8vo, Is. 6d.

This new issue of Dr Norman Macleod's classic allegory contains all the original charming full-page illustrations by M'Whirter, Steell, Watson, and others from the original edition. The book should be found in all Sunday School Libraries, and a copy should be in every home.

S.S. Magazine.-"Once read The Gold Thread' can never be forgotten. It is a beautiful allegory of the Gospel, and ought to be put in the hands of every young person. This book ought never to be omitted in choosing prizes." MCWILLIAM. SPEAKERS FOR GOD. Plain Lectures on the Minor Prophets. By Rev. THOMAS MCWILLIAM, M.A., Minister of New Byth, Aberdeenshire. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. Prof. Flint, D.D., LL.D.-" I have not for a long time read a course of Lectures on scriptural characters so well fitted to be of great use to the general religious public. An admirable book, which I hope will be highly and widely appreciated."

Prof. A. R. S. Kennedy, D.D.— has accomplished the task of making a confessedly obscure and difficult breadth of Scripture instinct with life

and meaning
suggestive view-points."
Expository Times.-

many fresh and
We know
the grip Mr McWilliam takes of his
subject, and his skill in presenting it
lucidly.
We need all the aids at

hand. Mr McWilliam is one of the best and readiest. His book may be read with ease from beginning to end, and very likely will be read for pure enjoyment by those who light upon it."

MARSH. TOM OSSINGTON'S GHOST. By RICHARD

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

To-day." The book is certainly entrancing, but people with weak nerves had better not read it at night. I did though, I couldn't help it."

MARTIN. GREAT MOTTOES

WITH GREAT

LESSONS. Talks to Children on Mottoes of Great Families, etc. By the Rev. G. CURRIE MARTIN, M.A. 3s. 6d. Spectator.-"In this volume we have a good idea well executed. Discourses, suited to young hearers, have been constructed, with the sentiment of some motto, of a family or a public body, for their central purpose."

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The Christian.—“ Illustrative sions and pointed stories abound, making this a specially useful book."

Methodist Times.-"Mr Currie Martin has seized on a capital idea and worked it with consummate skill. The artistic teacher will find many of these addresses well adapted for blackboard illustration."

Christian World." The result is that of the numerous volumes of children's sermons published in recent years, his own is among the best."

The Outlook, New York.-"In any list of sermonic literature for children and youth this book should take place at the top. The biographical and historical groundwork is full of fresh interest; the ethical teaching is sound and strong; the religious spirit and aim dominate the whole."

OUTLINE SERMONETTES ON GOLDEN
TEXTS. Edited by Rev. G. CURRIE MARTIN, M.A. Fourth
Edition. Fcap. 8vo, Is.
Forty-seven topics by-

Rev. Prof. W. F. ADENEY, M.A.
Rev. W. J. ALLAN, M.A., B.D.

Rev. W. ARMSTRONG.

Rev. W. W. D. CAMPBELL, M.A.

Rev. JOHN EAMES, B.A.

Rev. HUGH ELDER, M.A.

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Sunday School Chronicle.-"They are rich in thought, and exceedingly sugges tive. Many a minister on the lookout for sermon seed' might go further and fare worse."

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MARTIN.

A CATECHISM ON THE TEACHING OF JESUS. By Rev. G. CURRIE MARTIN, M.A., B.D. For use in Schools and Bible Classes. Third Edition. 16 pages, stout wrapper, clear type, id.; cloth, 2d.; postage d.

Rev. Dr Clifford.-" This Catechism is one of the best I have seen. The questions are most skilfully arranged, and the answers are apt and effective. A better catechetical guide for the young in acquiring a knowledge of the teaching of Jesus I cannot imagine."

Prin. A. E. Garvie, M. A., D.D., says: -"It is good for children to store their minds with the golden sayings of Scripture, especially the precious words of Jesus. Professor MARTIN has done well in framing a catechism to confine himself to the teaching that is suitable for children. Dr Martineau's Famous Book, MARTINEAU. ENDEAVOURS AFTER THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. By JAMES MARTINEAU. First and Second Series complete in one vol., 235 pages, demy 8vo, neat cloth, Is. 6d. net; by post is. 10d.

This work contains forty-three chapters by one of the greatest thinkers of the Nineteenth Century.

Also in two separate vols., First and Second Series, 6d. each; by post 8d. each. [Allenson's Sixpenny Series. The Baptist Times.-"These famous sermons are among the very greatest of the Victorian era. In this well-printed edition we can purchase them for a tenth of their original cost.'

Sheffield Daily Independent.-"Thoughtful readers cannot find a better introduction to his luminous piety than through this book."

First Time Issued Cheaply.

WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY? Being a Reprint of "The Rationale of Religious Enquiry; or, The Question stated of Reason, the Bible, and the Church.' By JAMES MARTINEAU, Author of "Endeavours after the Christian Life,' ""Hours of Thought," etc. Large clear type. Demy 8vo, 6d; by post 8d. CONTENTS.

INSPIRATION.

CATHOLIC INFALLIBILITY.
PROTESTANT INFALLIBILITY

RATIONALISM.

RELATION OF Natural RE-
LIGION TO CHRISTIANITY.

INFLUENCE OF CHRISTI-
ANITY ON MORALITY AND
CIVILIZATION.

A very fine introduction to the essentials of Christianity. They were written by one of the very foremost thinkers of the last century. Dr Martineau depicts in magnificent language the condition of Palestine and the course of events during the time of Christ.

MILLARD.

THE QUEST OF THE INFINITE; or, The Place of Reason and Mystery in Religious Experience. By BENJAMIN A. MILLARD. Handsome cloth, crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.

CONTENTS.

THE PLACE OF MYSTERY IN RELIGION.
THE PLACE of Reason IN A RELIGION OF
MYSTERY.

THE LIMITATIONS OF REASON IN THE
SPHERE OF RELIGION.
RELIGION AND EXPERIENCE.

THE WITNESS OF HISTORY TO THE NEW
APOLOGETIC.

SOME OBJECTIONS TO THE NEW APOLO

GETIC.

THE ESSENTIAL AND THE ACCIDENTAL
IN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.
THE INCREASE OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE
GROWTH OF FAITH.

THE NEW APOLOGETIC AND THE WORK of Jesus. THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. Baptist Times.-"This is a thoroughly sound and helpful discussion in a popular form of some of the chief difficulties which prevent the average man from accepting the Christian faith. The plea that religion is so full of mystery, and therefore incredible, is shown to be utterly futile. This is a book which should make for a clear, strong faith in all who carefully read it."

MOLINOS. THE SPIRITUAL GUIDE. By MIGUEL DE MOLINOS. Edited by Canon R. Y. LYNN. Fcap. 8vo, paper, 6d. net.; cloth, is. net.; leather, 2s. net. [Heart & Life Booklets,no.27. PROF. MOMERIE'S FASCINATING VOLUMES. IMMORTALITY AND OTHER SERMONS. By Prof. ALFRED W. MOMERIE, M.A. D.Sc., LL.D., Author of Personality," Agnosticism," etc. Handsome new edition. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

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THE READJUSTMENT OF
RELATIONSHIPS.
CONTINUITY of Life.
PROGRESSIVENESS OF LIFE.
RETRIBUTION.

SECOND ADVENT.

THE END OF THE WORLD.
THE DAY OF Judgment.
HEAVEN.

HELL. I. WHAT IT IS NOT.
II. WHAT IT IS.
FINAL RESTORATION.

Also contains three fine sermons on "Common Failings," viz.: Cowardice, Indolence, Intolerance, and also Animals and Broad Churchism.

London Quarterly Review."There is much food for thought."

New Age.-"The extent of his influence on his contemporaries it is impossible to gauge. He sought to supply men with a rational faith, and it may well be that there are those who looked askance at his theology who have yet been helped by him towards a nobler and clearer conception of religion."

Examiner.-"The book is greatly enriched by the poetical quotations which conclude most of the sermons. Many of these are unfamiliar, and most of them are very beautiful and full of spiritual suggestion."

Expository Times.-"A serious and strong contribution to a subject which will never lose its interest while the world lasts."

IMMORTALITY. Thirty-five Chapters. By Prof. A. W. MOMERIE, M.A., LL.D., Author of "Belief in God," etc. Popular Edition, Thirty-fifth Thousand. 6d. by post 8d. [Allenson's Sixpenny Series. Literary World." Few sixpenny reprints deserve to be more widely read than this. Dr Momerie was one of the keenest thinkers and most concisely effective preachers that have stood in the modern pulpit."

PROF. MOMERIE'S MOST FAMOUS WORK.

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BELIEF IN GOD. By Prof. A. W. MOMERIE, M.A., LL.D., Author of " Immortality," Personality," etc. Second Edition. 6d. ; by post 8d. [Allenson's Sixpenny Series.

THE DESIRE for God.
MATERIALISM.

CONTENTS.

AGNOSTICISM.

SUPERNATURal Purpose.

THE INFINITE PERSONALITY.

Scotsman." Professor Momerie's acute criticism of sceptical philosophies of religion is sure of a wide circulation in this popular form."

Baptist Times." One of the most effective indications of theistic and Christian belief with which we are acquainted."

INSPIRATION. By Prof. A. W. MOMERIE.

First time less

than 5s. Cheap Edition. Demy 8vo, 6d. ; by post 8d. Local Preacher's Magazine.-" Prof. Momerie's celebrated work. Honest, fearless, supremely sane, he is also devout. His brightness and sustained interest are delightful."

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