CLASSIFIED AND REVIEWED. 249 neological tendencies, and we admit that a neologian might have written the RIVULET;' but, on the other hand, it might equally well have been written by a most orthodox Christian. In fact we do not want doctrinal statements, even in hymns, properly so-called; whenever the attempt is made so to exhibit doctrine, it will uniformly be found that the doctrine and the poetry are alike spoiled. Hymns are for the expression of devotional feeling. Now we never looked on Mr. Lynch's poems as properly hymns; they are fitter for the closet than the congregation, and certainly we should not go to such a volume for explicit statements of doctrinal truth. Mr. Lynch it is true calls them hymns, and many of them deserve the title. We shall take two, which we think will vindicate the author from the charges brought against him, and at the same time justify our late criticism. Our first shall be one which only a Christian could feel; but surely a diligent poet would not have left so harsh a line as the last one of the first stanza "Rise! He calleth thee, arise! 66 Come, O sorrow-blinded man; Only He relight them can. Who familiar was with grief; In his smile is thy relief. When thou seest Christ the Lord; Both to look and walk abroad." Our readers shall judge for themselves with regard to one more, which we shall leave without comment as to its theology, only directing their attention to the beauty of its poetry. "Lord, why dost Thou thy love conceal, And why so long a silence keep? When souls by Thee forsaken feel, Childlike, they tremble and they weep; "Or stand in mute and tearless woe VOL. XL. Like crosses, which their victims leave, S "O Lord, when darkest grows the hour, To be the Father that Thou art. And crosses trees of life shall grow." VI. FICTION. Perversion; or, the Causes and Consequences of Infidelity. A Tale for the Times. 3 Vols. London: Smith, Elder and Co. 1856. We are, we believe, violating no confidence when we state that this very clever work is to be attributed to the Rev. Mr. Conybeare, whose article on church parties, published a short time ago in the " Edinburgh Review," excited so much attention. The present tale is not unworthy of its paternity; there is a remarkable insight into character displayed in it; much knowledge of school and college life; and a great acquaintance with the "Causes and Consequences of Infidelity." The story is extremely interesting, but the interest flags in the third volume, and it would be better that in another edition, some of the more didactic and argumentative portions should be retrenched. The book will be extensively read at Oxford and Cambridge, just the places where it will be most qualified to do good. Trevanion; or, the Voice of Conscience. A Narrative (founded on facts) of the Times of John Wesley. By Mrs. Quintin Kennedy. London: Partridge. 1856. A well told tale of a youth, who from the position of a miner was raised to wealth and station, and finally lost both again. The religious convictions, the domestic history, the changing fortunes of the hero, are rendered more interesting by being associated with John Wesley and his labours among the Cornish miners. Modern Accomplishments; or, the March of Intellect. By Catherine Sinclair. London: Simpkin and Co. 1856. A neat and cheap reprint of a work which has been very successful, and we trust very useful. It is dedicated by permission to the Queen, and will be read with much pleasure and profit by many of her subjects. CLASSIFIED AND REVIEWED. 251 Grace Hamilton's School Days. By Emma Jane Worboise. Bath: Binns and Goodwin. 1856. We would gladly speak in higher terms than any which we are able to employ of this very well-intended book. There is a good deal that may be safely commended in its descriptions of early piety: but there is also much to be condemned in the nature of the denoument. It concludes, or nearly concludes, with an elopement, and towards the close touches on many points much better kept, at least as far as possible, from the knowledge of young people. The Elephant's Feast; or, the Use of Birds and Beasts to Man. With Illustrations by Harrison Weir. London: Dean and Son. 1856. Among books for children we can especially recommend this, for it is not only written in a pleasant and engaging style, and interspersed with moral observations well adapted for children, but it also gives them a very wholesome dose of sound natural history. Fragments of the Great Diamond set for Young People; being a variety of Addresses to Children. By the Rev. James Bolter, B.A. London: Hamilton, Adams and Co. 1856. We We cannot speak very highly of this little book. have tried it with intelligent children who were not very much interested in it. Books for children can only be written by a peculiar class of persons. Their minds must be able not to condescend to-Dr. Watts did that-but to interpenetrate the mind of childhood-and this is a gift bestowed on few; certainly not on the excellent and pious author of these "Fragments." The volume of the "Cyclopædia Bibliographica," arranged under subjects, is in active preparation, and will be ready for the press about the end of this year. Besides being very complete in Theological Literature, it will embrace nearly all departments of knowledge, pointing out the best books on each subject. It will be issued in the same manner as the volume already published on authors, their lives and works. WHILE these sheets are passing through the press, we hear doubts thrown on the appointment of Mr. Trench to the Bishopric of Gloucester. We hope these doubts are without foundation for we know of no one more calculated to adorn the episcopate than Mr. Trench. He must not be surprised that his appointment should be unpopular with the bigoted and the corrupt, nor that they should "signify their disapprobation in their usual way.' He must expect a very miscellaneous accusation against him, probably embracing every variety of moral and doctrinal delinquencies, for this is the mode in which clerical parties do battle in these days. But we earnestly wish him success, less for his own sake than for that of the Church. We have just learned the appointment of Mr. Baring. We hear, too, that the Bishops of London and Durham wish to retire from their labours, but that they stipulate for full pay, i. e. £10,000 per ann. in the one case, £8,000 in the other. If this statement be true, it can only be on the ground that the poorness of their preferment hitherto has prevented their making a proper provision for their families. Let us hope that this sad case will be enquired into. Should it be needful, a subscription among the curates of the respective dioceses should at once be set on foot. But we say this only provisionally, for the report may be without foundation. PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS OF THE CLERGY. OUR readers, especially our clerical readers, will doubtless remember our observations on this subject at the close of our last number. We are pleased to be able to say, that the plan for a regular series of clerical portraits is now matured : that a clerical portrait club is established, and that a portrait, in the very best style of photography, may now be obtained for the sum of half-a-guinea. By itself this would be so clearly a matter of mere trade, that we should say nothing about it save in our advertising columns, (where our readers will find further notice,); but, in addition to this, it is intended to supply copies, equal to the original, at the rate of half-a-crown each. Families and friends may thus be enabled to preserve the portraits of those most dear to them; and persons interested in public characters may form galleries of their own. We have seen some of these portraits, which appear to us the perfection of art. The photographic process serves as a basis, and on this the artist works: so that what finally meets the eye is the labonr of the miniature painter, who is prevented from going astray by the unerring sketch of the sunbeam. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND Quarterly Review. OCTOBER, MDCCCLVI. ART. 1.-1. The Gospels of St. Matthew and St. John-The New With an 2. Scripture, and the Authorised Version of Scripture; being the substance of Two Ordination Sermons. Appendix, containing Notes, and a Glossary of Words which have become obsolete in the sense which they bear in the Translation of the New Testament. By SAMUEL HINDS, D.D., Bishop of Norwich. Second Edition, with additions. London: Fellowes. 1853. 3. The New Testament translated from Griesbach's Text. By SAMUEL SHARPE, ESQ. Third Edition. London: Hodgson. 1856. [SECOND NOTICE.] IMPORTANT as it must be to every reader of the Bible to understand the language of its writers, and necessary as it is for us to possess an English text that will bear the closest scrutiny, it will be acknowledged that these objects are of paramount importance in reference to the New Testament. It is upon this spacious field of inquiry that we now propose to enter, in resuming our task of considering the necessity of a revision of the English authorised version. The path before us is somewhat long and intricate, but we shall prepare our way in this direction by a brief notice of several important passages, which we find in Macknight's work on the Apostolical Epistles. Matt. x. 29. "One of them shall not fall to the ground without your father." This, he says, implies that the other might do so. Compare with Luke xii. 7, where there is no such improper adherence to the Greek idiom. VOL. XLI. Τ |