28 SEPTEMBER 1929, Page 20

When the Bishop of London was head of Oxford House,

Bethnal Green, and visited the University, his spirited and homely addresses in college halls exercised a profound influence on young men. It is pleasant to recognize the old vigorous

note in the Bishop's little book, Why am I a Christian ? (Cassell, 3s. 6d.), which contains eleven sermons preached in

East London in Lent and—not less noteworthy—the questions sent to him by troubled or hostile hearers and his replies to them. The Bishop emphasizes the practical value of Christi- anity in the moral regeneration of East and West alike. His plain answers to the doubters or sceptics will be distinctly useful to many readers—especially the compact treatment of the evolution difficulty. * * * *