UN NTO God's gracious mercy and protection I commit all I love. The Lord bless them and keep them. The Lord make his face to shine upon them, and be gracious unto them. The Lord lift up his countenance upon them, and give them peace, both now and evermore. Amen. Printed in the United States of America. Why Men Pray BY DR. CHARLES L. SLATTERY Rector of Grace Church, New York Cloth, 12mo, $1.00 Dr. Slattery's handling of his subject is fresh, unconventional, and remarkably liberal in tone; he writes with sympathy and deep religious insight of a question close to the thought of a great number of people. The theme is developed in a steadily climatic line toward the heights of spiritual thought, with frequent pertinent illustrations from personal experiences. The author is in the front rank of the younger men in the Episcopal Ministry; his book carries an authoritative and appreciative message to the steadily increasing number of people who find prayer of intimate and significant value in their daily lives. "A little volume of unusual power and insight. . . . The meaning of prayer, its value and results in life and character are very practically and helpfully explained." - Independent. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Publishers 64-66 Fifth Avenue New York CHURCH PRINCIPLES FOR LAY PEOPLE The Apostles' Creed To-day BY PROFESSOR EDWARD S. DROWN, D.D. Of the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge Cloth, 12mo, $1.00 "THE APOSTLES' CREED TO-DAY," a new book by Professor Edward S. Drown, D.D., of the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, was written to satisfy the doubts of the sceptical, to clarify the thought of Churchmen, and to vitalize the work of the adult Bible Class. Dr. Drown begins by showing that creeds are not a shackle on freedom but are a guarantee of liberty. His interpretation of the origin and growth of the Apostles' Creed is scholarly. Pointing out that back of the Creed is the Bible, he maintains that the Creed is to be understood only in relation to it. The author takes up one after another the different articles of the Creed, relating each to the whole, and showing how each of them, though using a form of expression which may be differently interpreted in different epochs, embodies a universal and continuing truth. He constantly emphasizes that the Creed is an expression, not of belief about something, but of belief in somebody, — a religious, not a theological, instrument. Finally, the value and use of the Creed to-day are vividly brought out. The book is convincingly written in non-technical language, and is very well adapted for the use of classes of young men and women at the critical sceptical age. Its use in a reading course in connection with the Sunday School and the young men's clubs should be productive of great good for Christ and His Church. It is also extraordinarily well fitted for the serious study of adult Bible Classes. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Publishers 64-66 Fifth Avenue New York |