14 OCTOBER 1871, Page 24

An Ordination Sermon. By the Hon. 'and Rev.' W. II.

Lyttelton, Rector of Hagley and Honorary Canon of Worcester. (Strahan.)— An admirable sermon, thoughtful, wise, and eloquent,—intended to impress on the young men taking orders that thorn was far more of study of Nature and deliberate adaptation of his methods of teaching to the facts of nature, in our Lord's lessons, than those who rightly regard his Gospel as the great source of supernatural teaching are willing to admit. Mr. Lyttelton remarks on the naturalism of Christ's parables, and entreats the newly-made clergymen to try to understand all facts as such, to let their full meaning, character, and drift sink into their minds, before beginning to tinker at them with their own private schemes of omondation.