T. & T. CLARK, GEORGE STREET, EDINBURGH. Just Published, in One Volume, 18mo, Price 1s. 6d. A BRIEF COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS. By the REV. ALEX. S. PATTERSON, GLASGOW. "Mr Patterson's exposition of this interesting Epistle is brief, clear, and judicious-sound in its theology, and devotional in its spirit—not so lengthy as to become dull, nor so short as to be unsatisfactory."-British Quarterly Review. "It appears to us to be clear and vigorous in its style, evangelical in its spirit, and trustworthy in its interpretations of the inspired text. The critical and practical are blended in a manner calculated to render the exposition alike profitable, whether heard from the pulpit or read in the closet. A more effectual antidote to the prevailing errors of the Church, could not be well devised, than the general diffusion of such views of the Word of God as this little volume contains."-Biblical Review. 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LL.D., M.R.A.S. of Trinity College, Dublin. VITAL CHRISTIANITY, ESSAYS AND DISCOURSES ON THE RELIGIONS OF MAN AND THE RELIGION OF GOD. BY ALEXANDER VINET, D.D., Professor of Theology in Lausanne, Translated, with an Introduction, by the Rev. ROBERT TURNBULL, Boston. Price 4s. 6d. cloth. "These discourses, or essays rather, are among the best, in any language, that I have ever seen. Dr Vinet is decidedly the ablest Christian philosopher in Europe, and is, as Dr Merle D'Aubigné calls him, the Chalmers of Switzerland.' I have examined several portions of the translation, and do not hesitate to say that it is excellent."-From Rev. ROBERT BAIRD, D.D. "Dr Vinet is fond of philosophical subjects, and discusses them in a masterly manner. What would embarass others has no difficulty for him he is naturally profound and lofty, and he can pursue his thoughts even to the remotest abstractions. 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