SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.]
Origins and Faith. By Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett, (Hodder and Stoughton. 6s.)—The sub-title of this book is "An Essay of Reconciliation." When a new apologist pre- sents himself we are disposed to ask at once ; What about miracles? Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett is quite resolved not to give them up. His survey of the evidence for the great miracle of the Resurrection is excellent. We can hardly accept his statement of the place which the miracles occupy in the Gospels. Jesus "only regarded them as supplementary attestations of His work." In the Synoptists they are the outcome of His pity. In the Fourth Gospel they are repeatedly appealed to as testimony. The volume as a whole may be studied with advantage.
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