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DOMESTIC WORSHIP. By WILLIAM H. FURNESS, Pastor of the First
Congregational Unitarian Church in Philadelphia. Third Edition. 12mo.
pp. 272. Price, 75 cents.

"We are glad to see this book. It is a work of great and peculiar
excellence. It is not a compilation from other books of devotion; nor
is it made up of conventional phrases and Scripture quotations, which
have been so long employed as the language of prayer, that they are
repeated without thought and without feeling. It is admirably adapted
to the purpose for which it was written; and it may be read again and
again with great interest and profit by any one, who desires to enrich
his mind with the purest sentiments of devotion, and with the language
in which it finds its best expression. Here we have the genuine
utterances of religious sensibility,--fresh, natural, and original, as
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overflowing with love to God and love to man. They seem not like
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genuineness, that we cannot bring ourselves to regard them as
compositions written for a purpose, but rather as the actual
utterances of a pure and elevated soul in reverent and immediate
communion with the Infinite Father."--_Christian Examiner._

LAYS FOR THE SABBATH. A Collection of Religious Poetry. Compiled by
EMILY TAYLOR. Revised, with Additions, by JOHN PIERPONT. 16mo. pp.
288. Price, 75 cents.

"It is simple and unpretending: and though some of the pieces are
probably familiar to most readers, they all breathe a pure and
elevated spirit, and here and there is an exquisite effusion of
genius, which answers to the holiest wants of the soul.

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thought and serious reflection."--_Christian Examiner._

THE YOUNG MAIDEN. Seventh Edition. By Rev. A.B. MUZZEY, Author of "The
Young Man's Friend," "Sunday School Guide," etc., etc. 16mo. pp. 264.
Price, 62-1/2 cents.

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