PART II. CHOICE FAMILY RECEIPTS. (continued 4)

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THE LIFE OF JESUS THE CHRIST, BY HENRY WARD BEECHER.

From the Boston (Mass.) Traveller.

“This work has a deeper purpose to serve than that of mere ornament. It is the product of a life of thought and loving labor in study of the character and life of Jesus, and a remarkably successful career of presenting it to the popular mind in the ministry of the pulpit.

“The demand for this book will be great among the searchers after knowledge, and it will be a standard for Christian homes and libraries. It is destined to exert a tremendous influence, not only in this day and generation, but in all time.”

By the Rev. Joseph P. Thompson, LL. D., from an article in The Independent.

“That which first impresses one in Mr. Beecher’s book is the maturity of the work, both in its conception and in its execution. If any have expected to find in it rhetorical fancies struck out at extemporaneous heat, declamatory statements—‘the spontaneities of all his individual personal life’—projected from some fusing centre of philosophy within, but not welded into logical consistency, they have yet to know Mr. Beecher through this book, as working by method upon a well-ordered scheme of thought, and with a deep philosophic purpose toward one great, overmastering conception. He has neither thrown off his random thoughts nor strung together his best thoughts; but has brought all his powers, in the maturity of their strength, in the richness of their experience, and the largeness of their development, to produce a work that may fitly represent the labors and the results of his life.”

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CHRISTIAN UNION

IS AN UNSECTARIAN RELIGIOUS WEEKLY.

HENRY WARD BEECHER,

Editor.

This journal has had a very remarkable success, in two years attaining a circulation surpassing that of any other religious weekly in the world.

WHY IS IT?

Because, First, Henry Ward Beecher is its Editor, and his Editorials, Star Papers, and occasional Literary Reviews and Lecture-Room Talks are sought for by thousands, while the auxiliary editorial labor is in the hands of cultivated journalists; the CONTRIBUTORS being representative men and women of ALL Denominations.

Because, Secondly, ITS FORM, twenty-four pages, large quarto, SECURELY PASTED AT THE BACK AND CUT AT THE EDGES, is so convenient for reading, binding, and preservation, as to be a great and special merit in its favor.

Because, Thirdly, It is called “the most Interesting Religious Paper published,” being quoted from by the press of the entire country more extensively than any other. The critical Nation (N. Y.) says it is “Not only the ablest and best, but also, as we suppose, the most popular of American religious periodicals. At all events it is safe to predict that it will soon have, if it has not already, greater influence than any other religious paper in the country.”

Because, Fourthly, It has something for every Member of the Household: admirable contributed and editorial articles, discussing all timely topics, fresh information on unhackneyed subjects; reliable news of the Church and the world; Market and Financial Reports; an Agricultural Department; excerpts of Public Opinion from the press; careful Book Reviews, with Educational, Literary, Musical, and Art Notes; much matter of a high and pure religious tone; a Household Department; choice Poems; Household Stories; and Chat for the Little Ones.

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PLYMOUTH PULPIT

Is a weekly pamphlet Publication of Sermons preached by

HENRY WARD BEECHER,

Printed from Mr. T. J. Ellinwood’s careful, verbatim phonographic reports, taken down from the speaker’s lips. This issue is the only regularly authorized edition of them, the one endorsed by Mr. Beecher’s approval as correct, and sanctioned by his authority. It is well printed on good paper, in book form; it is suitable for binding and preservation, and it is cheap, within the reach of all. The publishers have also responded to the demand for a continued insertion of the Prayers before and after the Sermon, as among the most spiritually profitable of Mr. Beecher’s ministrations. Besides this, the Scriptural lesson and hymns sung (Plymouth Collection) are indicated, thus making a complete record of one service of Plymouth Church for each Sunday.

CRITICAL OPINIONS.

BRITISH.

“They are magnificent discourses. I have often taken occasion to say that Beecher is the greatest preacher that ever appeared in the world; this judgment is most soberly considered and most deliberately pronounced; his brilliant fancy, his deep knowledge of human nature, his affluent language, and the many-sidedness of his noble mind, conspire to place him at the head of all Christian speakers.”—Rev. Dr. Parker, in The Pulpit Analyst (Article “Ad Clerum”).

“These corrected Sermons of perhaps the greatest of living preachers,—a man whose heart is as warm and catholic as his abilities are great, and whose Sermons combine fidelity to Scriptural truth, great power, glorious imagination, fervid rhetoric, and vigorous reasoning, with intense human sympathy and robust common sense.”—British Quarterly Review.

“They are without equal among the published sermons of the day. Everywhere we find ourselves in the hands of a man of high and noble impulses, of thorough fearlessness, of broad and generous sympathies, who has consecrated all his wealth of intelligence and heart to the service of preaching the Gospel.”—Literary World, London.

AMERICAN.

“We certainly find in these sermons a great deal which we can conscientiously commend, and that amply justifies the exalted position which their author holds among American preachers. They are worthy of great praise for the freshness, vigor, and earnestness of their style; for the beauty and oftentimes surprising aptness of their illustrations; for the large amount of consolatory and stimulating thought embodied in them, and for the force and skill with which religious considerations are made to bear upon the most common transactions of life.”—Bibliotheca Sacra, Andover, Mass.

“In point of ability and eloquence he has scarcely a rival, while in the magnetism that arises from earnestness and deep, broad, humanity, he is absolutely unrivalled. No preacher of the present age exercises so wide and potent an influence. And he reaches a class that ordinary preachers fail to touch.”—Philadelphia Inquirer.

Mr. Beecher “by his genius, and without any direct effort, has more influence upon the ministerial profession than all the theological seminaries combined. The discourses are rich in all that makes religious literature valuable.”—Chicago Evening Journal.

Vol. I., No. 1, of Plymouth Pulpit was issued September 26, 1868. Each Volume contains twenty-six numbers, being one sermon each week for six months. This gives annually two volumes of nearly five hundred pages each.

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