Sermons. By the late Alexander MacEwen, M.A., D.D, Minister of -
Claremont Church, Glasgow. Edited by his Son, with a Memoir.. (Maclehose, Glasgow.)—The memoirprefixed to these sermons is a very interesting one, giving, as it does, a lifelike portrait of a noteworthy man. The Scotch Presbyterian Churches seem to be rich in men of the type of Dr. MacLeod, of wide culture and sympathies, genial humour,. and genuine devoutness. Dr. MacEwen's catholic-mindedness is well illustrated by the reply he made to his son, who was rallying him on- the list of authorities whom he was consulting on some point, which list comprised J. H. Newman, Jowett, and others,—" What good men they all are'." What excellent sense there is in this advice to a young student:—" Read something every day out of the line of your work, however noble that work may be, or you're sure to become a prig or bigot." The sermons are such as might be expected from such a man,. fall of genial wisdom and healthy Christian feeling. Dr. MacEwen had evidently studied the wants of age, and by his teaching has done much to satisfy them.
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