The Polities of Christianity. By Edward Mall. (I. Miall).—This volume
consists of a series of papers which originally appeared in the Nonconformist in 1847-8. Their object is to convince the public of the
truth of the conviction held by their author, "that the more studiously this country conforms its politics to the great ethical principles to be found in the Christian revelation, the more satisfactorily will its public affairs be conducted." That Mr. Miall is no mere visionary speculator the conclusions at which he arrives in his article on war are alone suf- ficient to show, and none of our readers who are acquainted with his previous works will require to be told that the present volume is tem- perately and effectively written, and is well worthy of a careful perusal.
To those who may be inclined to sneer at the general object of the book, we commend a remark in the preface, to the effect that "it is curi- ous that precisely that portion of the public which would sneer at
the notion of founding their politics upon the principles of the Now Testament, insist upon the necessity of giving effect to the religion of the New Testament by political agencies and arrangements."
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