The Lost Radiance of the Christian Religion. By L P.
Jacks. (Lindsey Press. Is. 3d. net.).—Dr. Jacks in this Essex Hall Lecture restates in a striking fashion the view that Christianity is " pre-eminently a religion of encouragement," not of domina- tion. lie laments the fact that civilization, instead of concen- trating on development, concentrated on government. " The ex-Kaiser of Germany is by no means a solitary instance of a man who fancied himself most like Cod when he was giving an order to his troops—that is to say, when he was least like God." " Treat man, after the mind of Christ, as a being whose first need is for light, and whose second need is for government, and you will find that as his need for light is progressively satisfied, his need for government will progressively diminish. That is the only solution of the problem of government."
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