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Dr. Harris was a voluminous as well as a very able writer. He was one of the editors of the &quot;Biblical Eeview,&quot; and con tributed to the &quot; Congregational&quot; and &quot;Evangelical&quot; Magazines. Besides numerous essays and sermons, his principal works were &quot; The Great Teacher,&quot; 1835 : it had reached a tenth edition in 1849; &quot;Mammon,&quot; a prize essay, second thousand, 1836; &quot; The Great Commission,&quot; third thousand, 1842, and of which four editions were published ; &quot; Britannia : or, The Condition and Claims of Sailors,&quot; a prize essay, fourth thousand, 1837 ; &quot;Union: or, the Divided Church made One,&quot; second thousand,

1837. He was also the author of a series of theological works &quot;The Pre-Adamite Earth,&quot; 1846; &quot;Man Primeval,&quot; 1849; &quot; Patriarchy,&quot; 1855 ; and another volume was in preparation, entitled &quot; Theocracy.&quot;

Dr. Harris was also a hymn-writer. We have spoken of his early productions. He also published a volume, entitled &quot; The Incarnate One,&quot; besides other minor poems.

&quot; Light up this house with glory, Lord.&quot; No. 882.

This was the hymn selected from several supplied by Dr. Harris to the Rev. Henry Allon, for insertion in the &quot; New Congregational Hymn Book,&quot; 1855. It is given in the Hymn Book without the name.

JOHN HAMPDEN GUKNEY, M.A.

18021862. &quot; Lord, as to Thy dear cross we flee.&quot; No. 353.

THIS is part of a pleasing practical Christian hymn, bearing date

1838. It is found with Mr. Gurney s name in &quot; Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship, selected for some of the Churches in Marylebone,&quot; a collection made by him, and which contains twelve other hymns. Mr. Gurney was born in Serjeant s Inn, Fleet Street, August 15th, 1802. He was the eldest son of Sir John Gurney, one of the Barons of the Exchequer.

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