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1-12. XI. Sept. 11.-GOLDEN PRECEPTS. Matt. 7. Commit vs. 7-11. GOLDEN TEXT: Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them. Matt. 7. 12. XII. Sept. 18.-SOLEMN WARNINGS. Matt. 7. 13-29. Commit vs. 13. 14. GOLDEN TEXT: Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Matt. 7. 19. XIII. Sept. 25.-REVIEW: Temperance Lesson, Rom. 13. 8-14; Missionary Lesson. Matt. 4. 12-16.

Fourth Quarter.

Studies in the Gospel According to Matthew.

Lesson.

I. Oct. 2.-THE CENTURION'S FAITH. Matt. 8. 5-13. Commit, vs. 8-10. GOLDEN TEXT: I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. Matt. 8. 10. II. Oct. 9.-THE TEMPEST STILLED. Matt. 8. 18-27. Commit vs. 24-27. GOLDEN TEXT: Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Matt. 8. 26.

III. Oct. 16.-POWER TO FORGIVE SINS. Matt. 9. 1-8. Commit vs. 4-7. GOLDEN TEXT: The Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins. Matt. 9. 6. IV. Oct. 23.-THREE MIRACLES. Matt. 9. 18-31. Commit vs. 23-26. GOLDEN TEXT: According to your faith be it unto you. Matt. 9. 29.

V. Oct. 30.-THE HARVEST AND THE LABORERS. Matt. 9. 35-38, and 10. 1-8. Commit vs. 36-38. GOLDEN TEXT: Freely ye have received, freely give. Matt. 10. 8.

VI. Nov. 6.-CONFESSING CHRIST. Matt. 10. 32-42. Commit vs. 37-39. GOLDEN TEXT: Whosoever therefore shall confess. me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. Matt. 10. 32.

VII. Nov. 13.-CHRIST'S WITNESS TO JOHN. Matt. 11. 2-15. Commit vs. 2-6. GOLDEN TEXT: He was a burning and a shining light. John 5. 35. VIII. Nov. 20.-JUDGMENT AND MERCY. Matt. 11. 20

30. Commit vs. 27-30. GOLDEN TEXT: Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matt. 11. 28.

IX. Nov. 27.-JESUS AND THE SABBATH. Matt. 12. 1-14. Commit vs. 10-13. GOLDEN TEXT: It is lawful to do well on the Sabbath days. Matt. 12. 12.

X. Dec. 4.-PARABLE OF THE SOWER. Matt. 13. 1-9. Commit vs. 3-9. GOLDEN TEXT: The seed is the word of God. Luke 8. 11.

Matt. 13.

XI. Dec. 11.-PARABLE OF THE TARES. 24-30. Commit vs. 27-30. GOLDEN TEXT: The harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are the angels. Matt. 13. 39.

XII. Dec. 18.-OTHER PARABLES. Matt. 13. 31-33, and 44-52. Commit vs. 44-46. GOLDEN TEXT: So shall

it be at the end of the world, the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. Matt. 13. 49.

XIII. Dec. 25.-REVIEW: or, Lesson selected by the school.

Book Notices.

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Contributions to the Science of Education. William H. Payne, A.M. New York: Harper and Brothers. This is a work in which Sunday-school teachers ought to be interested; for, while it makes no reference to Sunday-school teaching, but is intended for the teachers of secular schools, it discusses principles which are at the foundation of all teaching. Professor Payne has a clear and concise method of presenting his

thoughts, which is characteristic of the successful teacher.

Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis. By Ben. Perley Poore. Illustrated. Vol. I. Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers. [Sold by subscription only.] Not many men who sixty years ago were old enough to observe the doings of statesmen have at the present time sufficient vigor to tell about it. But the veteran journalist who writes this volume seems to have discovered the secret of perpetual youth. He writes in a style which might well be imitated by men much younger than himself. He gives interesting narratives of men and measures in the center of our national political life for more than half a century. The book does not pretend to be a history, but it will furnish the historians of future generations with a kind of material of which historians are sometimes greatly in need.

The Making of a Man. The Story of Rasmus. By Julia McNair Wright. New York: National Temperance Society. The incidents in this story are highly improbable, but the author manages to give a great deal of useful information on various subjects, and the moral lessons taught are worthy of remembrance.

Through a Microscope. By Samuel Wells, Mary Treat, and Frederick Leroy Sargent. Chicago and Boston: The Interstate Publishing Company. This is just the kind of a book that would have made us jump for joy in our boyhood, could we have obtained it. There are doubtless many boys and girls of the present generation who will be delighted with it. It opens to view a new world. It describes the microscope and tells how to use it.

The Making of Pictures. Twelve Short Talks with Young People. By Sarah W. Whitman. Chicago and Boston: The Interstate Publishing Company. This is an admirable little book, giving valuable information on painting and engraving, and its perusal will serve to answer many questions about art which often occur to persons unfamiliar with the subject. It may also aid in developing a taste for art, and in laying the foundation for a just criticism of the works of artists.

Entertainments in Chemistry. Easy Lessons and Directions for Safe Experiments. By Henry W. Tyler, S.B. Chicago and Boston: The Interstate Publishing Company. Professor Tyler, in twelve chapters, conveys a great amount of useful and valuable information on the subject of chemistry. He shows how certain instructive experiments can be made without expensive apparatus. Many of our young people could find in these experiments a fruitful source of instruction and of entertainment.

My Sermon Notes. A Selection from Outlines of Discourses delivered at the Metropolitan Tabernacle. By C. H. Spurgeon. From Matthew to Acts-Nos. 130195. These New York: Robert Carter & Brothers. notes are interesting as showing the peculiar methods adopted by the great preacher in analyzing his subjects; but if any man imagines he can preach like Spurgeon by making use of Spurgeon's notes he will find himself in grievous error. He cannot make these dry bones live. They are serviceable, as a skeleton in a museum is serviceable. They are worth examining, but should not be used in pulpit preparation.

Storm Signals. Being a Collection of Sermons preached at the Metropolitan Tabernacle on Sunday and Thursday evenings. By C. H. Spurgeon of LonTime don. New York: Robert Carter & Brothers. was, and that not many years ago, when volumes of

sermons were among the most unsalable of books. Of some such this is true still; but not of sermons like those in this volume. There is a marvelous power in Spurgeon, which not only brings crowding thousands to hear him every Sabbath, but leads tens of thousands to buy and read his printed sermons. Those in the present volume are fair specimens of his peculiar style, and are well worth reading and studying.

The Life of Christ. By the Rev. William Hanna, D.D., LL.D. Three volumes. New York: Robert Carter & Brothers. It is now twenty-four years since Dr. Hanna issued The Lust Day of our Lord's Passion. This was received with great favor by Christian readers in various lands. Seven years afterward these three volumes appeared under the general title of The Life of Christ. Numerous reprints have appeared since that time, and the present is the latest. The first volume treats of the earlier years of the Saviour's life and his ministry in Galilee. The second discourses on the close of his ministry and on passion week. The third speaks of the last day of our Lord's passion, and of the forty days after his resurrection. The whole work is well worth a place in every Christian library, and our Sunday-school teachers will find it very suggestive on the topics treated.

Voyages of a Merchant Navigator of the Days that are past. Compiled from the Journals and Letters of the late Richard J. Cleveland. By H. W. S. Cleveland. New York: Harper & Brothers. The young people of the present generation can have but little idea of the difficulties in the way of ocean travel experienced before the days of steamships. This volume will help to an understanding of the subject, and will also reveal to the careful reader much that is interesting as well as odd of the customs of former days.

Mary and Martha. The Mother and the Wife of George Washington. By Benson J. Lossing, LL.D. New York: Harper & Brothers. This beautiful volume is prepared in the best style of the publishers, and the picture it gives of noble lives is worthy of the setting. Public interest in all that pertained to Washington increases as the years pass away. This book will help to a better appreciation of his character, as it gives the story of the two excellent women who molded and influenced his life. It is as interesting as a romance. The illustrations are numerous and well executed.

The Irish Question. I. History of an Idea. II. Lessons of the Election. By the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. With a tireless energy and a marvelous persistence, the admiration of political foes as well as friends, Mr. Gladstone at an advanced age continues his labors. This pamphlet gives his views in condensed form on the great question now before the British people.

The Coin Gleaner. Newark, N. J.: Whitehead & Clark. This is a new plan for making collections for benevolent objects. It is simple, yet ingenious. Pictorial representations of various coins are given, and each subscriber indicates the amount he will give by marking the appropriate coin or coins.

Temperance Chromo Cards. The National Women's Christian Temperance Union have, under the direction of Miss Julia Colman, Superintendent of the Literary Department, issued for the holidays an assortment of beautifully colored cards, containing many interesting statements in connection with the temperance

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ance Ship;" Longfellow's "Drinking Song;" "Temperance Home Series;" and "Temperance Child Set." New York: 72 Bible House.

These Little Ones. By Dorothy Walrond. Winning the Victory. By Evelyn Everett-Green. New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons. Nearly all the English storybooks for the Sunday-school library can be divided into two classes. One relates to life in an alley or a garret in London, among the abject poor. The other is of people who live in some "Grange" or "Castle," in splendid state. There do not appear to be any people of the middle class in the English books, unless it be occasionally a boy who is "cut" because his father keeps a store. One of these books belongs to the pauper class, the other to the gentry, and both are of fair merit.

The Library Journal (monthly) and its Supplement, The Library News (monthly), and the Index to Periodical Literature (quarterly) make a series of periodicals that every first-class Sunday-school librarian, and indeed every well-educated person, will want to have. Founded in 1876, the centennial year, with Frederick Leypoldt, that prince of bibliographers, as its publisher, and Melvil Dewey, now Professor of Library Economy at Columbia College, (the only person in the world holding such a position,) as editor, it has continued through the years, affording suggestions and information of immense value to librarians. Any person who has a set of the volumes from the beginning has the best collection of books on library economy extant.

Commentary on the Gospel of John. By F. Godet. Translated from the Third French Edition by Timothy Dwight, President of Yale College. Vol. II. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. This octavo volume completes Godet's great work on the Gospel according to John, a commentary which takes rank among the very best, for its scholarship, its originality, and above all its deep spiritual tone. We could wish that this volume had appeared six months ago, that teachers might have availed themselves of it in the preparation of their lessons during the last two quarters.

The Gillettes. No. III. Jack, who Persevered. No. IV. Bert, the Enterprising Boy. By the Author of the "Win and Wear Series." New York: Robert Carter & Brothers. Two more charming stories about the self-reliant, whole-hearted Gillette family; excellent reading for children between ten and fifteen years of age.

Stories from Life. By Sarah K. Bolton. New York: T. Y. Crowell & Co. Some people have a prejudice against short stories collected in a book, though they enjoy them when scattered through the volumes of a magazine. But we see no reason why stories as good as these should not be as interesting when bound together as they were when separate, and they are certainly convenient for reading in brief snatches of time.

Archie's Chances. By the Author of "The Spanish Brothers." New York: T. Nelson & Sons. This is an excellent story, having for its hero a youth who found his opportunity for life in doing good to others.

Into Unknown Seas. By David Ker. New York: Harper & Brothers. Two sailor-boys meet with some strange experiences on the Mediterranean coasts. The story is certainly interesting, but rather improbable.

The Chautauqua Gem Calendar. Boston: The Chautauqua Press. All Chautauquans, who are now counted almost by the hundred thousand, will welcome this visitor, with its suggestions, its quotations from Chautauqua writers and workers, and its Scripture texts.

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Nov. 7. THOMAS CONVINCED..

.....John 20, 19-29.

...John 21. 4-19.

14. PETER RESTORED....
21. WALKING IN THE LIGHT........1 John 1. 5-10,
and 2. 1-6.

28. JOHN'S VISION OF CHRIST...... Rev. 1. 4-18. Dec. 5. Worshiping God and the Lamb. Rev. 5. 1-14. 12. The Saints in Heaven....... ....Rev. 7. 9-17. 19. The Great Invitation. .Rev. 22. 8-21. 26. Fourth Quarterly Review.

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