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vent~on of German Young Men's Associations, held in Baltimore, October,
1874.
The Apologetic Lectures of Dr. ERNST LUTHARoT, of Leipsic, are well
known and highly valued, not only in Germany, but also in England and
this country. The three volumes on the "Fundamental Truths of Christianity," its "Saving Truths," and its "Moral Truths," have been translated and
published in Edinburgh, and have been well received here. The American
Tract Society of New York has re-published the last German edition, the
seventh, in good style, and at a low rate, $ 1.20, for German readers. We
wish that this Society might also re-publish the other volumes in German;
and all three in English. The author is a devout and orthodox Lutheran.
He is thoroughly familiar with his subject, and knows how to meet and combat the objections and difficulties which are so confidently urged by the
heterodox and the infidel. In the first volume he discusses the Present Antagonisms, the Problems and Contradictions of Being, the question of a Personal ~od, Creation, Man, Religion, Revelation, History of Revelation,
Heathenism and Judaism, Christianity in History, and the Person of Christ.
The book is thoroughly excellent. We hope it will have the success it deserves. It is one of the very best works of its kind.
In our REVIEW for July, 1 ~74, we noticed, at some length, an excellent
work by Rev. WM. FRASER, LL. D., of Paisley, Scotland, entitled Blending
Lights; or' the Relations of Natural Science, Arch~ology, and History to
the Bible. A second edition of this work has been published, and it is, we
are glad to see, re-issued by the American Tract Society, New York. There
is no better work to put into the hands of those, especially young men, who
are beginning to inquire upon the perplexed questions of the relation of the
Bible to Science. The author gives all due right and credit to scientific and
critical investigations, while he maintains the rights and authority of revelation within its own sphere. He admits that in the long progress of this discussion, there have been faults and errors on both sides. But he repels the
claims of "scientists" to dictate its terms to revelation, and its attempts to
intrude its methods and conclusions into a sphere widely different from its
own. Dr. Fraser carefully defines the points and questions at issue; concedes all that can reasonably be asked; and makes out a strong argument
for his main positions. He is particularly able on the question of the nature and relations of the natural and the supernatural, where some Christian apologists have made unwise concessions.
Strivings for the Faith. A Series of Lectures delivered under the auspices of the Christian Evidence Society. New York: A. D. F. Randolph
& Co. Pp. 287. These lectures were delivered in London last year, at the
request of the Christian Evidence Society. They treat of the following
topics: "Difficulties on the side of Unbelief in Accounting for Historical
Christianity," by Rev. G. F. Maclear, D. D.; "The Variations of the Gospels in Their Relation to the Evidences and Truth of Christianity," by Rev.
T. R. Birks, M. A.; "The Apocryphal Gospels," by B. Harris Cowper,