...The Roll-Call of Faith. By the Rev. Charles D. Bell,
M.A. (W. Hunt and Co.)—This volume consists of sermons on the eleventh chapter of 'the Epistle to the Hebrews, which Mr. Bell persists in con- sidering the work of St. Paul. In some passages they are eloquent, and they also contain some suggestive interpretations of Scripture. We .protest, -however, against such a statement as this about Cain,— '4'Ele was a Deist," because, as is explained, he held unevangolical opinions on the doctrine of the Atonement. Such statements obscure the moral teaching of -the Bible, while seeking to find support for a particular theological opinion. The sin which lay at Cain's door is obvious enough. He claimed an unjust authority over his younger brother. It would have been truer teaching, and more wholesome for -these-times, if Mr. Bell had said that " he was an Ottoman."
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