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There were many notices of this anniversary in the secular press and also in religious papers of all denominations. From an article in the Observer, by Mr. A. D. F. Randolph, the following is quoted:—

“You will agree with me that fifty years of a life devoted as this has been to the making of books, not one of which might make men worse, but ought to make them better, may well have a word of recognition in the Observer… He chose to be a publisher of religious books; to his early choice he has ever substantially adhered, while from the day he began down to the present hour he has never forgotten his responsibility as a publisher. And thus for half a century he has been doing a wholesome, honest, beneficent work. He has seen great changes,—seen also the wonderful development of the publishing business in this country. He has passed though many seasons of general business depression, and yet maintained his own credit unimpaired. Year by year, as his business grew into larger proportions, he still continued to conduct it with dignity, integrity, and success. He has kept before the public such old worthies as Matthew Henry, Poole, Rutherford, Boston, and others of the elder saints, while he has given us Chalmers and Guthrie and Hamilton, and Ryle and Bonar and Macduff, and a host of other theological and practical writers, to say nothing of the long list of minor authors,—those who have written for children and young people. Not an evil book in all the list,—not one that does not teach some important truth. Who can estimate the value and extent of his influence as a