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"Such a periodical as Arnold would have loved, and Coleridge promised to contribute to. Altogether, I never had more pleasure in reading or recommending any religious periodical. O! si sic omnia,”---GEORGE GILFILLAN. "Most heartily and conscientiously do I recommend the 'Homlist' to all classes of readers. Young preachers should study it. It will greatly benefit them. Laymen (improperly so called) should read it. It will create in them a thirst for something better than what they commonly hear from our pulpits, and stir up in their souls feelings and aspirations of the nobler sort,"--SAMUEL DAVIDSON, D.D., LL.D.

"The Homilist is full of thoughts. Words stand for something here; and do more than fill up space---they are the media of ideas. We heartily commend to our thinking readers this admirable work."---Hastings News.

"Should the pulpit generally be raised to the standard which the 'Homilist' has set up, it will be clothed with a power as great as it has ever wielded in any age of the church. We have fresh, living thought, spoken in the language of common life, with a wholeness and healthiness. of tone, an absence of cant, a fervent truthfulness and a deep reverence, which must greatly move thoughtful and earnest minds."--Commonwealth.

"Strong meat to the strong, to those who are skilful in the word of righteousness, is to be had in the HOMILIST.' Ministers of the Gospel should especially procure it, read, and study it. Almost every sentence contains hosts of ideas."--The Dysgedydd.

"It contains some of the most eloquent discourses that have ever been penned, and it deserves a high place in our periodical literature. We must say more to do anything like justice to this truly valuable serial."---Leeds Times.

"The Homilist' is, of all thought books for ministers, the most suggestive and philosophical we have seen. The book is a thoroughly healthy book from beginning to end If we have any objection to make, it is on the score of a too prodigal expenditure of mental wealth."---Christian Spectator.

"We are anxious that our readers, who wish to see our theological and religious literature fresh and healthy, should know of the existence of the 'Homilist." The Editor is a man of remarkable ability, in every way well qualified for the mission he has assumed."---Hogg's Instructor.

"The Editor (who is also the chief contributor) is one of the most profound, suggestive, eloquent preachers of the age; and this work bears on every part the impress of his great mind."---Halifax Courier.

"We know of nothing better than this publication for young Welsh preachers; not to copy, and take their sermons out of it; but to study it, to improve themselves, and to take an example from it. It is perfectly real and all powerful."

Y. Methodist, Cylchgrawn Misol,

At Wasanaeth Crefydd a Llenyddiaeth.

LONDON: WARD AND CO., 27, PATERNOSTER ROW.

THE

HOMILIST.

VOLUMES I. II. III. AND IV.

Vol. I. price 4s. 6d. Vols. II. III. and IV., each, price
6s. 6d., cloth.

"It is full of original and suggestive thought, clothed in imagery and language of great beauty. The whole work is pervaded by an independence

of thought, and a freshness of feeling that are tonics alike to the intellect and the heart."-Herald of Peace.

"This is a periodical of rare worth.

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Its aim is not so much to furnish elaborate productions, or finished fabric, as to supply the raw material of thought. It is teeming with thought and provokes thought. It is well fitted to be a guide to any one who wishes to be a We should like to see it in the hands of all our ministers -to them, especially, it is a boon, and it needs only to be known to them to be prized."---Perthshire Advertiser.

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"According to the Rev. G. Gilfillan, Mr. Thomas is one of the most wideminded ministers' of the Metropolis. This verdict of the accomplished and generous critic will be received by all our readers who are induced, by our warm recommendation, to procure the "Homilist." Very

high are its literary merits, very catholic in its spirit. It is strewed with numerous and beautiful thoughts, clothed in diction, energetic and elegant. Any congregation would do a minister more service, and confer a more valuable gift, by presenting him with the volumes of the 'Homilist,' rather than any one of the huge commentaries which are sometimes given as expressions of esteem and affection."--. Montrose Standard and Argus, and Mearn's Register.

"For indepencency of thought, clearness, freshness, and vigour of style, the 'Homilist' is, unquestionably, far superior to any other production of the kind that has yet appeared. It aims not to be elaborate, but to be concise and suggestive. On this account it will prove highly valuable, especially for ministers and attendants." The Welsh and Independent Monthly periodical of the North speaks of it as one that "launches into the deep, and if the net be cast on the right side of the ship a vast multitude of fishes will be enclosed." "We cannot but strongly recommend it to the readers of the Diwygwr."

"It is certainly one of the most extraordinary and able-written publications of It the day. It is entirely original, and abounds with sterling ideas.. needs but to be perused to commend itself to the genuine Christian of every denomination."---Birmingham Mercury.

LONDON: WARD AND CO., 27, PATERNOSTER ROW.

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"I KNOW WELL I OUGHT NOT TO HAVE ANY DESIGN FOR
MYSELF, WHICH ADMITS NOT OF SUBORDINATION TO THE INTEREST
AND HONOUR OF THE GREAT GOD AND MY REDEEMER, AND WHICH
IS NOT ACTUALLY SO SUBORDINATED."

JOHN HOWE.

LONDON:

WARD AND CO., 27, PATERNOSTER ROW;

W. OLIPHANT AND SON, EDINBURGH; R. STARK, GLASGOW;

G. AND R. KING, ABERDEEN; AND J ROBERTSON, DUBLIN.

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