20 AUGUST 1898, Page 24

The Vitality of Christian Dogma. By A. Sabatier, D.D. Trans-

lated by Mrs. Emmanuel Christen. With a Preface by Dean Fremantle. (A. and C. Black.)—Dr. Sabatier is not a champion. of dogma as it is commonly regarded and accepted. On the other hand, he does not regard dogma as a mischievous addition to the simplicity of Gospel truth. His view would be that it was evolved out of the contact of that truth with the conditions of human intelligence and knowledge which it found. And, he holds, it must go on evolving. But we cannot attempt to epitomise Dr. Sabatier's views. Dean Fremantle commends them to the care- ful attention of Christian thinkers and teachers, and we cannot. do better than take his advice.