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8attices of Recent Publications.
tist, and the commencement of the ministry in Galilee, and as to the
division of the whole work by the feasts in John; while he corrects, in
the main, Robinson's inconvenient dismemberment of the long passage of Luke ix. 51-xix. 28. Those accustomed to Robinson's Harmony will therefore find the transfer to this easy. Much valuable
matter is contained in the introduction and foot-notes, and the execution of the whole is clear and admirable. Breaking the synoptical
table of authors into divisions would make it more quickly intelligible. The work seems to be the result of great painstaking, and
will certainly be sought by all students of the subject. X
A Harmony of the Gospels in English, etc. By Frederic Gardiner, D.D.,
Prof. in the Berkeley Divinity School. Andover: Warren F. Draper.
1871.
This is the companion-work to the former. Its text is that of the
authorized version, with emendations from critical changes in the
Greek text, and the further correction of errors in regard to which
critics and commentators are substantially agreed. The valuable
apparatus of the Greek Harmony is reproduced here, so far as the
nature of the case admits, and the edition offers to the English reader
the full practical benefit secured to scholars by its fellow. Its use
in Christian families will greatly promote vivid and accurate conceptions of the nature and contents of the Gospel narratives.
lhe Mission of the Spirit; or, Thle Office and Work of the Comforter in
Human Redemption. By Rev. L. R. Dunn. New York: Carlton &
Lanaharn. 1871.
This volume contains much which strongly attracts us. It so completely attributes real piety to the supernatural work of the spirit in
the soul, and has so much that is genuinely scriptural and experimental,
that we rank it immeasurably above the semi-Pelagian and rationalistic expositions of the subject which too often appear in an evangelical
guise. It is written, too, with fervor and life, albeit occasionally, as
on the very first page of the preface, a little ambitious and turgid.
It is due to truth to add, however, that on such matters as the witness of the spirit, and the admissibility of grace, it is somewhat controversial and thoroughly Wesleyan.
Commentary on the Arew Testament. Intended for Popular Use. By D. D.
Whedon, LL.D. Volume III., Acts-Romans. New York: Carlton
& Lanahan. 1871.
This commentary displays the vigor, sometimes rude and rough, for
which Dr. Whedon is distinguished. He writes with force, and when
free from polemic or partisan bias, is apt to speak to the purpose, and
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