18 JUNE 1864, Page 23

The Crisis of Being. By David Thomas, D.D. (Jackson, Walford,

and Hodder.)—With this name the author labels six lectures on what he calls religions Decision. It is to be hoped that the Stockwell Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association understood them, but we do not think Dr. Thomas did. However their object is excellent, and they are not calculated to lead the young men into any worse sin than that of Entychns.