7 JULY 1877, Page 23

Heroes of Faith: Lectures on the Eleventh Chapter of the

Epistle to the Hebrews. By C. J. Vaughan, D.D. (Macmillan and Co.)—Those lectures show the earnestness of spirit and thoroughness of work which characterise all Dr. Vaughan's writings. They are, perhaps, even more impressive than those writings usually are. The two first lectures, on the "Definition of Faith," contain reflections which are well worth attention from any who may have been influenced by some recent speculations on this subject :—" When Christ bids us to bo mon of faith, ho is not contradicting Nature, he is not even introducing into the I world a now principle of action If we became Deists or Atheists tomorrow, wo should not have done with faith, wo should not be in the region of pure reason,—we should still be men of faith."