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IV best fitted to espouse and maintain the cause of the Church, will be found at the opening of the volume; and the papers, generally, prepared by Mr. Miller in this cause, which enlisted his warmest interest and engaged his best powers, are characterized by Mr. Bayne, in his Preface, as "noble in eloquence, keen in satire, powerful in invective, and masterly in argument."

Though written with primary reference to the Church of Scotland and the spiritual welfare of the Scottish people, the great principles advocated in the work lie at the foundation of all religious prosperity, while those against which it contends are inseparably associated with spiritual torpor and death; and the discussion is thus appropriate to all times and places.

The English edition of this work contains an Appendix on "the Cardross Case," embracing the address of Dr. Candlish before the Commission of the General Assembly in relation thereto. As the address is of considerable length, and its details of no special interest to American readers, instead of this Appendix will be found a brief outline of the more recent history of the controversy, including a statement of the Cardross case, and of the present aspect of the whole question.

The work will secure many readers on this side of the Atlantic, and add to the author's great popularity.

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