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The Evolution of Christianity. By Lyman Abbott. (James Clarke.)—This very

thoughtful book will well repay a careful perusal. Mr. Abbott holds firmly to the essential truths of the divinity of Christ and of the Resurrection. To him, Christ is not the product of evolution ; Christ is the "Infinite entering into human life, and taking on the finite, in order that he may achieve the end of all evolution, material and spiritual, in bring- ing men to know and be at one with God." On any other theory, as it seems to us, Christianity must become obsolete. It may be our ideal now ; it will not be an ideal millenniums hence. Mr. Abbott goes, on some points, beyond the limits which we are prepared to concede ; but he is always thoughtful, devout, and logical.