Theology headerTheology and Philosophy.
Theology headerTheology and Philosophy.
Theology and Philosophy.
The Wider Hope:Essays and Strictures on the Doctrine and Literature of a Future. By Numerous Writers, Lay and Clerical: CanonFarrar, the late PrincipalTulloch, the lateRev.J. Baldwin Brown, the VeryRev.E. H. Plumptre,D.D.,Rev.William Arthur,Rev.James H. Rigg,Rev.Henry Allon,D.D.With a Paper byThomas de Quincey, and a Bibliography of Recent Eschatology as contained in the British Museum. Crown8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.
“A mass of material which will certainly prove useful to students of the subject. Here they will find a large body of valuable opinion on a topic perennially attractive.”—Globe.
The Treasure Book of Consolation:For all in Sorrow or Suffering. ByBenjamin Orme, M.A.Popular Edition. Crown8vo., cloth extra, gilt edges, 3s.6d.
“It is a useful book for ministers, and will prove an invaluable boon for those in whose special interest it has been compiled.”—Christian World.
The Questions of the Bible,Arranged in the Order of the Books of Scripture, with Connective Readings and Tables. ByW. Carnelley. Demy8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.
“The book will be a useful one for theologians and students.”—Fireside News.
“A book of peculiar value to all who study the Bible.”—Christian.
The House and Its Builder,with Other Discourses: A Book for the Doubtful. By Dr.Samuel Cox. Third Edition. Small crown8vo., paper, 2s.6d.; cloth, 3s.
“Expositions.”By the same Author. In Four Volumes, demy8vo., cloth, price 7s.6d.each
“We have said enough to show our high opinion of Dr. Cox’s volume. It is indeed full of suggestion.... A valuable volume.”—The Spectator.
“Here, too, we have the clear exegetical insight, the lucid expository style, the chastened but effective eloquence, the high ethical standpoint, which secured for the earlier series a well-nigh unanimous award of commendation.”—Academy.
“When we say that the volume possesses all the intellectual, moral, and spiritual characteristics which have won for its author so distinguished a place among the religious teachers of our time ... what further recommendation can be necessary?”—Nonconformist.
The Risen Christ:The King of Men. By the lateRev.J. Baldwin Brown, M.A.Second and Cheaper Edition. Crown8vo., cloth, 3s.6d.
“We have again felt in reading these nervous, spiritual, and eloquent sermons how great a preacher has passed away.”—Nonconformist.
Christian Facts and Forces.By theRev.Newman Smyth, Author of “The Reality of Faith.” New edition. Crown8vo., cloth, 4s.6d.
“An able and suggestive series of discourses.”—Nonconformist.
“These sermons abound in noble and beautiful teaching clearly and eloquently expressed.”—Christian.
Inspiration and the Bible:An Inquiry. ByRobert Horton, M.A., formerly Fellow of New College, Oxford. Fourth and Cheaper Edition. Crown8vo., cloth, 3s.6d.
“The work displays much earnest thought, and a sincere belief in, and love of the Bible.”—Morning Post.
“It will be found to be a good summary, written in no iconoclastic spirit, but with perfect candour and fairness, of some of the more important results of recent Biblical criticism ”—Scotsman.
Faint, yet Pursuing.By theRev.E. J. Hardy, Author of “How to be Happy though Married.” Sq. imp. 16mo., cloth, 6s.Cheaper Edition, 3s.6d.
“One of the most practical and readable volumes of sermons ever published. They must have been eminently hearable.”—British Weekly.
The Meditations and Maxims of Koheleth.A Practical Exposition of the Book of Ecclesiastes. ByRev.T. Campbell Finlayson. Crown8vo., 6s.
“A thoughtful and practical commentary on a book of Holy Scripture which needs much spiritual wisdom for its exposition.... Sound and judicious handling.”—Rock.
The Pharaohs of the Bondage and the Exodus.Lectures byCharles S. Robinson,D.D.,LL.D.Second edition. Large crown8vo., cloth, 5s.
“Both lectures are conceived in a very earnest spirit, and are developed with much dignity and force. We have the greatest satisfaction in commending it to the attention of Biblical students and Christian ministers.”—Literary World.
The Reality of Faith.By theRev.Newman Smyth,D.D., Author of “Old Faiths in New Light.” Fourth and cheaper edition. Crown8vo., cloth, 4s.6d.
“They are fresh and beautiful expositions of those deep things, those foundation truths, which underlie Christian faith and spiritual life in their varied manifestations.”—Christian Age.
A Layman’s Study of the English Bible.Considered in its Literary and Secular Aspects. ByFrancis Bowen,LL.D.Crown8vo., cloth, 4s.6d.
“Most heartily do we recommend this little volume to the careful study, not only of those whose faith is not yet fixed and settled, but of those whose love for it and reliance on it grows with their growing years.”—Nonconformist.
The Parousia.A Critical Inquiry into the New Testament Doctrine of Our Lord’s Second Coming. By theRev.J. S. Russell, M.A. New and cheaper edition. Demy8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.
“Critical, in the best sense of the word. Unlike many treatises on the subject, this is a sober and reverent investigation, and abounds in a careful and instructive exegesis of every passage bearing upon it.”—Nonconformist.
The Gain of Life, and Other Essays.ByWilliam Chatterton Coupland, D.Sc., M.A. Crown8vo., cloth, 6s.
“The work is so well written as to be likely to attract readers not specially addicted to metaphysics.”—Scotsman.
The Ethic of Freethought:A Selection of Essays and Lectures. ByKarl Pearson, M.A., formerly Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge. Demy8vo., cloth, 12s.
“Are characterised by much learning, much keen and forcible thinking, and a fearlessness of denunciation and exposition.”—Scotsman.
Personal Creeds;or, How to form a Working Theory of Life. ByNewman Smyth,D.D., Author of “The Reality of Faith,” &c. Crown8vo., cloth, 2s.6d.
The Nature and Method of Revelation.ByGeorge Park Fisher,D.D.,LL.D., Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History in Yale University. Crown8vo., cloth, 4s.6d.
Descartes and His School.ByKuno Fischer. Translated from the Third and Revised German Edition byJ. P. Gordy, Ph.D. Edited byNoah Porter,D.D.,LL.D.Demy8vo., cloth, 16s.
“A valuable addition to the literature of Philosophy.”—Scotsman.
“No greater service could be done to English and American students than to give them a trustworthy rendering of Kuno Fischer’s brilliant expositions.”—Mind.
Socrates:A Translation of the Apology, Crito, and Parts of the Phædo of Plato. 12mo., cloth, 3s.6d.
“The translation is clear and elegant.”—Morning Post.
A Day in Athens with Socrates:Translations from the Protagoras and the Republic of Plato. 12mo., cloth, 3s.6d.
“We can commend these volumes to the English reader, as giving him what he wants—the Socratic ... philosophy at first hand, with a sufficiency of explanatory and illustrative comment.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
Talks with Socrates about Life:Translations from the Gorgias and the Republic of Plato. 12mo., cloth, 3s.6d.
“A real service is rendered to the general reader who has no Greek, and to whom the two ancient philosophers are only names, by the publication of these three inviting little volumes.... Every young man who is forming a library ought to add them to his collection.”—Christian Leader.
Natural Causation.An Essay in Four Parts. ByC. E. Plumptre, Author of “General Sketch of the History of Pantheism,” &c. Demy8vo., cloth, 7s.6d.
“While many will find in this volume much from which they will dissent, there is in it a great deal that is deserving of careful consideration, and a great deal that is calculated to stimulate thought.”—Scotsman.