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Rh forms a valuable introduction to the book.—Rev. , D.D., President of Dickinson College.

The biography of Rev. Dr. T. M. Eddy is a real contribution to missionary literature, and a memorial monument of a burning and shining light in the Church.—Western Christian Advocate.

The thanks of the Church are due to Rev. Dr. C. N. Sims, for the admirable manner in which he has executed the trust reposed in him, of writing the "Life of Dr. Thomas M. Eddy." It has evidently been with him a labor of love. I have just read every word of it, and, from the beginning of the volume to its close, was thoroughly and intensely interested. I feel that I have renewed my acquaintance with the great soul of Dr. Eddy. From my heart I commend the book to all, young and old, ministry and laity. It is the record of a successful life in the pastorate of our Church, begun in ill-health, continued in toil, sacrifice, and suffering, and closed in wonderful triumph. I advise that the chapter which records the dying scene be read first of all; that the reader may then begin the book, and advance, step by step, along a pathway lit up by the glory of that dying hour, and the exceeding brightness of that crown that, in the very presence of the weeping Church he loved so well, descended upon his victorious brow. Since the day that Edward Payson lay panting in bodily anguish, yet crying in fullness of joy and certainty of faith, "The celestial city is full in view; its odors are wafted to me; its songs strike my ear; its spirit is breathed into my heart!"—since that day there has been no such instance of complete, sustained victory in death, lasting for days, until the very gates of heaven were kept open long enough to flood the Church with a light "that is not born of sun or star." May this book find a place in every pastor's library, in every family library, in every Sabbath-school library, in the whole Church. It will quicken zeal, kindle faith, inspire hope, mold character, nerve to high purpose, and bring many souls to Jesus.—Rev. , D.D.

This is a work of singular value to the whole religious public. We have here the picture of one of the most intense and devoted lives in our whole Methodist history. Every young man who hopes to serve the Master's cause ought to read it, and think over the real grounds, for the rare usefulness of this noble character. The author has been