Short Notices [pp. 675-680]

1867.] 1)octrines of New-sc7~oo1 Pre~byterians. 675
journals, and to some extent even ree~choed among ourselves,
against those as calumniators of their New-school brethren,
who have offered as a reason against the projected scheme of
reunion, that the foregoing scheme of doctrine has place among
them, and must be tolerated in the united body, if union on
the proposed basis is consummated? Who are the calumniators, and who is calumniated in this matter?
The question before us is a very simple one. Shall we give
the foregoing theology sketched by Dr. Duffield equal liberty,
privilege, and authority in our church with that of our Catechisms and Confessions? Shall we fill our pulpits and church
courts with its proclaimers and defenders? Shall we subject
our theological seminaries to their control, and admit them to
our vacant theological chairs? Shall we submit the books of
our Publication Board to such an Index Exp~rgatorius as this
theology would reqm%e? Shall we bring back the intolerable
strifes which preceded and caused the disruption? Shall we,
in short, surrender unconditionally? For ourselves we say
No, and in this we believe we speak the deliberate mind of
our church.
SHORT NOTICES.
The Law of Creeds in Scotland. A Treatise on the Legal Relation of
Churches in Scotland established and not established, to their Doctrinal
Confessions. By Alexander Taylor Innes M. A., Solicitor before the
Supreme Court of Scotland and Member of the Faculty of Procurators
of Glasgow. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London,
1567. Svo. Pp. 493.
This is an able, elaborate, timely, and valuable work. It
consists of two parts. The first is devoted to an historical
exhibition of the relation of the law to the Creed of the Established Church in Scotland; and the second to the bearing of
the legislative power on the Non-established Churches with
their creeds. To each chapter is added "An Appendix-of
Statutes, Acts of Assembly, Articles of Faith, Legal Decisions,
Judges' Speeches, and illustrative documents generally,"
together with an Index of Subjects, of Statutes, and of Cases.
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