Part 13 (1/2)
THE REV. DR. JOSEPH CROSS'S WORKS.
+_KNIGHT BANNERET._+ Sermons. By the Rev. Joseph Cross, D.D., LL.D. 1 vol. 303 pp. 12mo, cloth. $1.50.
”Its literary qualities will charm still another cla.s.s of readers, for imagination has filled its pages with pictures from near and from far; fancy has lavished its every color upon them; they gleam with an unstinted splendor of rhetoric, or glow with an eager, consuming intensity of conviction.”--_Am. Church Review._
”The sermons are serious and conservative in theological position, practical and a.s.sisted toward their end by an unusual amount of ill.u.s.tration and metaphor.”--_The Independent._
”They [the sermons] are pervaded by an intensely earnest spirit, full of Christ and his salvation, and suited to be useful. The author's style and method of treatment are oratorical, and we find many vigorous and eloquent pa.s.sages.”--_Lutheran Quarterly._
”The diction is always magnificent, always elegant, and the thought never fails of clearness.”--_The Living Church._
”They are true and brave and zealous presentations of questions of practical moment; and their perusal will give new strength and a new inspiration to every honest reader.”--_Syracuse Daily Journal._
”They are distinguished by remarkable intellectual force, point and brilliancy of statement, short, vigorous sentences, and a desire to benefit his fellows by teaching them the truth.”--_The Keystone._
+_EVANGEL._+ Sermons for Parochial Missions. By the Rev.
Joseph Cross, D.D., LL.D. 1 vol. 303 pp. 12mo, cloth. $1.50.
”Not for a long time have we pored over pages glowing with so much gospel power and spiritual radiance.”--_Michigan Christian Advocate._
”This volume of sermons is one of the very best we have recently met with for the lay reader or for family reading.”--_Church Guardian._
”They appeal more to the feelings than do the ordinary sermons of church pastors; but preaching of this kind is needed. The idea that all sermons must follow a fixed model, either in style and arrangement or in length, tends to a lifeless formalism. Dr. Cross has an original way, and is very strong in his presentation of truth.”--_The Churchman._
”Many books of sermons which are regarded as models have in them much less of thought and gospel truth.”--_American Literary Churchman._
”They unfold and enforce wisely and winningly the fundamental truths of the gospel, and are direct and impressive in style.”--_The Congregationalist._
”There is in them just what is indispensable to success on such occasions,--the flowing earnestness of a spirit that burns with the love and glory of the message it has to deliver.”--_The Living Church._
_+EDENS OF ITALY.+_ By the Rev. Joseph Cross, D.D., LL.D. With more than one hundred ill.u.s.trations, map, and index. 1 vol.
Royal 8vo, cloth extra, gilt edges. $5.00.
”He writes without exaggeration, and with a strong sense of enjoyment in a land that constantly surprises him by its varied beauty.... The work takes the reader along by its clearness, and there is no better test of a descriptive book.”--_Cincinnati Commercial._
”The book is one of the most attractive among those intended for holiday gifts.”--_New-York Tribune._
”This is one of the handsomest and most substantial of the higher-cla.s.s gift-books of the season.... The external appearance of the work is exceedingly attractive, the stamped design of the cover being in the most perfect taste. The literary execution of Dr. Cross's book is of a very high order. The author is a master of descriptive style; and his learning and information, though un.o.btrusive, are both extensive and accurate. The study of his subject occupied many months of intelligent and careful observation.”--_Good Literature._
”Either because the subjects themselves are wondrously rich and varied in interest, or because the writer is most happily gifted in the treatment of these subjects, or for both reasons combined, this book abounds with very choice and delightful entertainment. It may be compared to a string of gems, all of the richest kinds, sparkling and flas.h.i.+ng with radiant and ever-varying beauty, or to a garden filled with a great variety of the rarest flowers and fruits: while the descriptions and pen-pictures are transparently faithful to truth, they also seem to be the very essence of poetry. The reader is fascinated; he seems to be travelling upon enchanted ground....
”The work in its mechanical execution throughout, in paper, type, and binding, is a splendid specimen of book-making.”--_Northern Christian Advocate._