CHURCH AND EMPIRE.
Church and Empire. Edited by the Rev. John Ellison and the Rev. G. H. S. Walpole. (Longmans and Co. Ss. 6d. net.)—The first. partof this volume is entitled "Principles of Action." To this Dr. Lock contributes an excellent essay on "Mission Work in the-- New Testament," which is practically an account of the evange- listic activity of St. Paul ; Dr. Walpole writes on England's vocation and responsibility, and Mr. Ellison on "The Church and the National Life," both essays sound and instructive,—as we read "God has made use of nations in carrying out His purposes for the world," we are reminded of the storm which followed Dr. Temple's essay in which the same thing was said. Part IL is occupied by essays, eight in number, in which Indian and Colonial Bishops speak of the conditions under which they are working, their difficulties, their encouragements, their needs. All are- interesting in a high degree. We have been specially attracted- by Dr. Neligan, Bishop of Auckland. He is speaking of a lay friend, whom he describes as "as strong and definite a Church- man as you could find anywhere." "When this man came here' he held non-essentials as dearly as essentials : but now 'I get my communion six times in the year, and even then in the afternoon, but. I am thankful to get it at all.' . . . . We want definite Churchmen in the Colonies, far more definite than you have any conception of at home on the essential verities, but we have no room for mem with 'frills' or 'fads' or 'party' ideas. We want missionaries."
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