25 NOVEMBER 1876, Page 24

Short Sermons on the Psalms, in their Order. By W.

J. Stracey, M.A. (Rivingtons.)— Some account is generally given in these sermons of the authorship of the Psalm commented upon, and of the circumstances under which it was written, which is obviously helpful to an intelligent comprehension of it. The writer endorses a remark made by some one else,—" That in these days of neglect no sermons ought to be without some reference, more or less direct, to one or both of Christ's Holy Sacraments." Such forcible introduction of the Sacraments on every occasion is likely often to make the application of the subjects under consideration very feeble, and often also weakens the force and meaning of that which it is intended to recommend.