12 NOVEMBER 1887, Page 9

THE DEMAND MADE ON THE PULPIT. A N article and

a considerable correspondence which appeared two or three months ago in the Christian World, have just been sent to us for our perusal; and certainly both the article and the letters have a considerable interest, not only in connec- tion with the main subject discussed,—the dishonourableness of pretending to have composed what is really the work of other hands,—bnt also in connection with a still more in- teresting subject, why so much dislike as there certainly is, is felt by preachers to owning frankly that what they preach is not their own thought, but the thought of some one else who has possessed a far greater power to touch men's hearts than is given to any but the very few. The statement