The Church, the Ministry, and the Sacraments. By R. G.
Clark, M.A. (Saunders and Otlay.)—There is nothing remarkable about this book, except it be that Mr. Clark, who is a High Churchman, recognizes the value of other modes of thought, especially of the Evangelical revival, and that he writes with moderation and fairness. It seems strange that one should have to compliment a thoologiau on preserving the ordinary decencies of controversy, but the praise has not yet grown so common as to lose its value. It does not strike us that Mr. Clark's criticism is of the highest order. We find him, for instance, quoting the Epistle of Barnabas, apparently without any doubt but that it was written by the companion of St. Paul. His most successful attack is on the doctrine—certainly, we should think, not very susceptible of defence—of hypothetical regeneration in baptism. Certainly, on this question of baptismal regeneration, the Evangelicals, between the fires of the High Churchmen and the Dissenters, are in an exceedingly un- comfortable position, but this is a very wild expedient of escape.
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