The Sling and the Stone. Vol. 4. By Charles Voysey,
B.A. (Tab- ner.)—It is needless to speak at length of this volume, which presents the same characteristics as its predecessors, except that it is expressed with more moderation, or, we should rather say, seeing that Mr. Voysey has not modified his views, with more precision. We do not see the crudities and errors which disfigure previous publications, though there is evidence of the same strange conceit which makes Mr. Voysey think he can reconstruct the Gospels out of his own consciousness. But of the theological aspect of the sermons we prefer not to speak. It will suffice to quote one passage :—" Tho doctrines of mediation, intercession, atonement, isolated incarnation, and the expected return of Jesus to earth, are all, more or less, opposed to the perfect harmony and sim- plicity of the love of God, as a Father." Possibly, but that is not the way in which Christianity has ever been understood up to this day and, if words mean anything, it is not the Christianity of the Church in which Mr. Voysey claims to minister.
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