SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[Under this heading we notice such llo,ks of the week as has. not been reserved for review in other forms.]
Our Father. By the Rev. J. R. Cohn. (James Parker and Co., Oxford. 2s. 6d. net.)—This little book, which has for its subject " the Lord's Prayer viewed from a practical standpoint," is as full of thought and as eloquent in expression as we should expect from the author. We turn to the acknowledged difficulties.
(1) "As we forgive them that trespass against us." This Mr. Cohu seems to pass over too lightly. There is an admirable passage in Augustus Hare's " Sermons," " The Prayer of the Unforgiving Man." There is no precept so universally trans- gressed : good Christians even avow their disobedience.
(2) "Lead us not into temptation." Temptation is the same as trial. It is a good thing for us : we rise by trial to higher and better things. So theoretically St. James is right: "My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations " ; practically we are weak: it is a "prayer to God, an intensely human cry, pleading with Him not to forget human weakness and frailty." May we not compare Christ's own words : " 0 my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me" ?
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