Appendix 7: A complete inventory of the Leading Articles of the British Weekly; 1886-1923 (The Nicoll Years)
The following abbreviations used to denote articles by W.R. Nicoll that were also published in book form:
The Key of the Grave – KOTG
Ten-Minute Sermons – TMS
The Seven Words from the Cross – SWFTC
When the worst comes to the worst – WWCTW
Return to the Cross – RTTC
Blessed are the cross bearers – BATCB
The Ascent of the Soul – AOTS
The Church’s One Foundation – TCOF
The
The Lamp of Sacrifice – TLOS
Sunday Evening – SE
The Christian attitude towards Democracy - TCATD
The Difference Christ is making – DTCIM
Prayer in War Time – PIWT
Princes of the Church – POTC
Other abbreviations used
‘The Correspondence of Claudius Clear’ – CCC [not complete listing]
Some leading articles that form an important series are subsequent to the first article reduced to initials.
1886
Nov 5: The Creed and The Hope of Progress: ‘(1) Our Religious Census of London’: Sermons by C H Spurgeon & Marcus Dods.
Nov 12: The Nonconformist Invasion of Oxford: (2) ORCOL: ‘Sermon Column’ – The Lord Bishop of Ripon & C H Spurgeon
Nov 19: Preaching Prince Kpopotkine: (3) ORCOL: Hugh Price Hughes comments on the Religious Census.
Nov 26: Sir Robert Hamilton: (4) ORCOL: Marcus Dods on ‘Preaching’: ‘Some of Lord Shaftesbury’s Estimates of Men’: ‘Irish Affairs’ by Henry Drummond.
Dec 3: A Plea for ‘Poor Gentlemen of Christ: (5) ORCOL: ‘Some Texts that have taken hold of me’ – Alex Whyte [first article].
Dec 10: Against Bamboozling: ‘Liberalism - the Christianity of Politics’ by Henry Drummond
Dec 17: The Lessons of our Religious Census of London (complete summary): ‘The present position of Liberalism in Scotland by Taylor Innes.
Dec 24: Who helped Lord Shaftesbury? ORCOL – Letters & Comments
Dec 31: Light in the Darkness: ‘Prosperous Churches and the causes of their success’ [1] Lyndhurst Road Congregational Church, Hampstead and Robert F. Horton: Letters on the ‘Census’ (cont)
1887
Jan 7: Faith, Politics, and Culture: Prof. Henry Drummond on ‘Natural Law in the Spiritual World’: Letters on the ‘Census’ (cont)
Jan 14: The Temper of Controversy: Drummond ‘Natural law’ (cont): ‘Prosperous Churches’ [2] Westbourne Park and John Clifford
Jan 21: The Lessons of Lord Iddesleigh’s death: Prof. Warfield’s The Textual Criticism of the Old Testament reviewed by Marcus Dods
Jan 28: The Influence of Scepticism on Character: ‘Books which have influenced me’ (Marcus Dods): ‘Prosperous Churches’ [3] Broughton Place, Edinburgh and its ministers
Feb 4: The Present Position of the Temperance Movement: Bkwhim (Marcus Dods [2] & W.E. Gladstone): ‘Prosperous Churches’ [4] Nottingham Tabernacle
Feb 11: Is our Literature Declining? Dr J. Parker in Edinburgh: ‘Prosperous Churches’ [5]. Trinity Church, Poplar
Feb 18: Two Religions: ‘Prosperous Churches’ [6].Tottenham Court Chapel – Whitefield’s Tabernacle
Feb 25: Why Temperance Reformers should ask for the Direct Veto: ‘Church Life in Manchester’ (1. Congregationalists)
March 4: About going over to the Church: ‘Church Life in Manchester’ (2. Baptists)
March 11: The Disestablishment Movement in Scotland: Bkwhim (Joseph Parker): ‘Prosperous Churches’ [8] New Court, Tollington Park
March 18: Henry Ward Beecher: Bkwhim (Archdeacon Farrar)
March 25: ‘The Revolution in Tanner’s Lane’ [Review of Mark Rutherford’s novel]: ‘Prosperous Churches’ [9] St John’s Wood Presbyterian Church
April 1: ‘The Lord’s Ear is not heavy that it cannot hear’: Bkwhim (W.T. Stead)
April 8: Against Coercion [Home Rule]: ‘Here and there among the Churches’
April 15: The Redemption of the Evening: Bkwhim (Walter C. Smith): ‘Prosperous Churches’ [10]. Clifton Road Congregational Church, Brighton
April 22: What can Books do for us? ‘The Revision of the Westminster Confession’ – W.G. Blaikie & Marcus Dods
April 29: ‘Spurgeonism’: ‘Christ’s Kingdom and how He wins it’ – by Marcus Dods: ‘Miss. Annie S. Swann’ (intro & portrait)
May 6: Life without Clocks and Watches: Bkwhim (Prof. John Stuart Blackie)
May 13: ‘Is Preaching Doomed?’ Bkwhim (Robert Louis Stevenson).
May 20: The People’s Palace, or the Pessimist put to shame: ‘Editors of Today’ [1] W.T. Stead of the Pall Mall Gazette): R.W. Dale on ‘The Future of the Heathen’
May 27: The New Puritanism: ‘Editors of Today’ [2] - Charles Alfred Cooper of the Scotsman): Bkwhim (H. Rider Haggard)
June 3: Buried Alive: ‘The London Wesleyan Mission’ – St George’s-in-the-East (Peter Thompson): Bkwhim (John Ruskin)
June 10: Standing Still: ‘The Second Advent: will it be before the Millennium?’ [1] Affirmative – Canon Fausset): Bkwhim – John Ruskin [part 2]
June 17: Canon Westcott’s Castle in the air: ‘The Second Advent’ [2] Negative –J.A. Beet
June 24: Jubilant? ‘The Second Advent’ [3] Affirmative – Mr & Mrs Grattan Guinness; Bkwhim (Walter Besant)
July 1: The Crisis in New College, London: ‘The Second Advent’ [4] Mr & Mrs Grattan Guinness (cont): ‘The Rev. Dr. Whyte’ – by J.M. Barrie
July 8: More troubles in the Theological Colleges: ‘The Second Advent’ [5] Negative – Principal T.C. Edwards: R.W. Dale’s Farewell: ‘Bkwhim (Alexander Whyte)
July 15: About Holidays: ‘The Second Advent’ [6] Affirmative – Prof Godet: ‘Prof. John Stuart Blackie’ – by Gavin Ogilvy (J.M. Barrie)
July 22: The Temper of Science: ‘The Second Advent’ [7] Negative – Principal Brown)
July 29: A Welsh Worthy [Dr. Lewis Edwards]: Prof Calderwood – J.M. Barrie: ‘The Second Advent’ [8]. Principal Brown (cont)
Aug 5: The Link between Wesley and Newman: Bkwhim [12] (Philip Gilbert Hamerton): ‘The True Method of Learning’- Henry Drummond: Spurgeon on ‘The Downgrade’
Aug 12: The Coming Battle: ‘The Second Advent’ [9] Affirmative – Canon Fausset
Aug 19: The Influence of Journalism: ‘The Second Advent’ [10] Negative –J.A. Beet: ‘Professor A.B. Davidson in the Pulpit’
Aug 26: The Hope of Glory: ‘The Second Advent’ [11] Negative – J.A. Beet: ‘Editors of Today’ [3] - Edward Richard Russell of the Liverpool Daily Post
Sept 2: What Students expect in a Professor: ‘Mount Etna’ (by Henry Drummond): ‘The Second Advent’ (Correspondence)
Sept 9: What are we to believe about the Old Testament? ‘Are Nonconformists Departing from the faith?’ (Correspondence): ‘The Week’ – Editorial discussion of Spurgeon’s Attitude in the Downgrade Controversy
Sept 16: Our Case against the High Church Party: ‘Are Nonconformists Departing from the Faith?’ (Correspondence, cont)
Sept 23: Tempted London: ‘Are Nonconformists departing from the Faith?’ (Cont): ‘The Second Advent’ – letters: ‘Love- the supreme gift (by Henry Drummond)
Sept 30: ‘Leave Thou Thy Sister’: ‘Prof. A.B. Davidson’; ‘Love’ (pt 2) Drummond
Oct 7: ‘Friend against friend the polished missile flinging’: ‘Tempted London’ [Series begun], Young Men: ‘Are Nonconformist Ministers departing from the Faith?’ (Letters, cont)
Oct 14: Face to face with the mountain: Professor Elmslie on the Bible and Modern Thought
Oct 21: The Defence of the Faith: ‘An Appeal to wavering Nonconformists’ (R.F. Horton)
Oct 28: Bowing in the House of Rimmon: ‘The Week’ – Spurgeon’s resignation from the Baptist Union (CCC) [First Article of a regular feature by WRN]
Nov 4: Foreign Missions- Theories and facts: ‘The Week’ – Spurgeon’s secession from the Baptist Union
Nov 11: Can English Literature be taught? ‘On the need of maintaining Nonconformity as such’- R.F. Horton
Nov 18: ‘Natural Law in the Spiritual World’: Tempted London - Gambling
Nov 25: How Mr. Greatheart was recovered of his Fainting: Prof. Masson – J.M. Barrie: ‘Evangelicalism and its prospects’ – R.W. Dale
Dec 2: The Mercilessness of Universalism: ‘The Testimony of the Free Churches’- R.F. Horton
Dec 9: Remembrancers: ‘Tempted London’ (Gambling and the Law: an indictment of the Police)
Dec 16: Are Ministers Lazy?
Dec 23: A Word to our Readers
Dec 30: ‘Ordered South’- R.L. Stevenson: ‘The Testimony of the Free Churches’- R.F. Horton: ‘Editors of the Saturday Review’ (CCC)
1888
Jan 6: The Gift of the Morning Star (TMS): ‘A Gallery of Pulpit Portraits’ – [1] Canon Liddon (appreciation by WRN)
Jan 13: Notes and queries on the Mission Hall Census: Rv of Dr. Ker’s Bk on Preaching - WRN
Jan 20: The Ecclesiastic; Mr. Spurgeon and the Baptist Union: Rv of Marcus Dods Genesis by W.G. Elmslie
Jan 27: The Baptist Union and Mr. Spurgeon: The London Mission-Hall Census- Is the Salvation Army a Failure?
Feb 3: Dr. R.W. Dale [An Appreciation]: ‘Rev Eli Julius, minister of Blossom Lane Chapel, Surrey (CCC).
Feb 10: ‘Why Orthodox Men do not preach the Gospel?’ ‘R.L. Stevenson on Fleming Jenkin’ (CCC)
Feb 17: R.H. Hutton as a guide of faith: ‘Pulpit Portraits’ [2] ‘Spurgeon in the Metropolitan Tabernacle’
Feb 24: ‘Speaking Sponges’: ‘The Baptist Council and Mr Spurgeon’: Tempted London –‘Dancing Rooms
March 2: The Lost Gift: Christian Baptism – J.A. Beet: ‘Preparing for Italy’ (CCC).
March 9: The Woman of Feeling [Mrs Humphrey Ward’s Robert Elsmere]: Clerical Incomes- how they are spent: ‘The Psalmist and the Scientist’ – W.G. Elmslie
March 16: Gordon’s Gospel: ‘Robertson in Venice’ (CCC)
March 23: The Bridge of the Saviour: ‘An appeal to Mr Spurgeon’ (letter)
March 30: ‘Lead, lead me on, my hopes’: ‘What it is to be educated?’ – Henry Drummond: ‘Tempted London’ – What the Churches are doing?
April 6: The critic as a poet, Lowell, Sharp, and Brooke: ‘Pulpit Portraits’ [3] Archdeacon Farrar
April 13: ‘Tempted London’ – Young Women: ‘A flight from winter’ (CCC)
April 20: What justifies secession? The Baptist Union debate –John Clifford’s speech: ‘Matthew Arnold’ (Obituary)
April 27: The Scotsman [Dr Begg] (POTC): ‘Home to buds and books’ (CCC)
May 4: Disestablishment- duties of the lull: Parker on Spurgeon and the Baptists
May 11: Knowledge shall vanish away: ‘A frivolous letter’ (CCC)
May 18: A living soul or a quickening spirit? ‘The true imitation of Christ’ – sermon by R.W. Dale: ‘Books which have impressed me’ (CCC)
May 25: Fallacies about compensation; ‘Books which have impressed me’ – poetry (CCC)
June 1: The Religion of the Scottish Highlands: ‘A Visit to Mosby’ (CCC)
June 8: The Apology of the ‘Narrow-minded’: ‘Pulpit Portraits’ [4] R.W. Dale; June magazines (CCC)
June 15: The Mystery of Divine Love and Hate (TMS): ‘Books which have impressed me’ – stories (CCC).
June 22: A death in the open [Death of Emperor Frederick]
June 29: The Duty of the Church of England to Nonconformists: ‘The Reminiscences of an Editor’ (CCC)
July 6: The Imitation of St Paul: How far is the Church Responsible for the Present Scepticism? (Marcus Dods): Walks Abroad (CCC)
July 13: ‘Taking the Divine Wind out of their Sails’: ‘Present position of Religious Thought in Wales – Principal T.C. Edwards: July Magazines (CCC)
July 20: ‘Make His Paths Straight’: ‘A question of creed’ (W.G. Elmslie): At Eastbourne (CCC)
July 27: Church and Morle: Mr Pepys in Scotland (J.M. Barrie)
Aug 3: ‘He wept over it’: ‘Dr. George MacDonald in the pulpit’ (CCC).
Aug 10: The Enduement of Power: ‘A Minister’s Breakdown’: August Magazines (CCC)
Aug 17: The Enduement of Power, its manifestation: ‘A gossip about holidays’ (CCC)
Aug 24: Soured: ‘Margaret Veley’ (CCC)
Aug 31: The 200th Anniversary of John Bunyan’s death
Sept 7: Ethics to Saturn?
Sept 14: Suggestions towards a new kind of economy (TMS); Archbishop Trench (Obit)
Sept 21: Present-day preaching, Preachers who have arrived: ‘A bundle of books’ (CCC)
Sept 28: Present-day Preaching, Coming Preachers: Tempted London – ‘Factory Girls’
Oct 5: The Moving soil (TMS): ‘Lord Rosebery’ – J.M. Barrie.
Oct 12: The Descending Jerusalem
Oct 19: At Great Length: ‘The awful experience of an old minister’ (CCC).
Oct 26: Nonconformity and Liberal Unionism [R.W. Dale withdrew from Congregational Union];’Father Addis in a Unitarian Pulpit’ (CCC)
Nov 2: Alleluias through the smoke
Nov 9: Three Strict Particular Baptists [.J Hazelton, Jas. Wells, C.W. Banks]
Nov 16: Pulpit Plagiarism
Nov 23: Gladstone’s New Elizabethan Question
Nov 30: Gladstone on the Modern Church Question
Dec 7: The Weight that hangs on Jesus (TMS): December Magazines (CCC)
Dec 14: Who are the plagiarists?’Mr McNeil and Mr Henry George’ (CCC): Whyte on ‘Pride’
Dec 21: The Difference Christ has made: ‘A Christmas poem’ (CCC): ‘The uses of sin’ (A. Whyte)
Dec 28: December Sunshine: ‘Tempted London’ (Survey of articles): ‘Holiness’ (A. Whyte)
1889
Jan 4: The Deep between the Old Theology and the New: ‘Introduction’ to series on ‘Unknown Paris’: Prof. Delitzsch’s changes: Note on Adolf Harnack’s Lectures: January Magazines (CCC)
Jan 11: ‘Whate’er the faithless people say’: ‘Unknown Paris’ [series] – Education: John McNeil and Regent Square Church (London).
Jan 18: The Age after Macaulay: ‘Was John Bunyan a Baptist?’ (John Brown).
Jan 25: The Perseverance of the Saints
Feb 1: Has Evangelicalism a Future? ‘Is London growing better?’ ‘London Literary Homes’ [1] Ruskin and Herne Hill (CCC): McNeil sermon – ‘The Healing of the Leper’
Feb 8: The Duty of Dissatisfied Church Members: ‘Unknown Paris’ [continuing] - A peep beneath the surface
Feb 15: The Duty of Dissatisfied Ministers: ‘London Literary Homes’ [2] Author of “Festus” at Blackheath (CCC)
Feb 22: Present Opinion on Future Punishment: ‘Against Long Pastorates’
March 1: The shadows that will not flee away: ‘London Literary Homes’ [3] Mr Spurgeon at Upper Norwood (CCC)
March 8: The Preaching of Doom: ‘Principal Rainy and Mr McNeil at Regent Square’ (CCC)
March 15: Social Christianity [review of book by H. Price Hughes]: Introduction to series on ‘Student Edinburgh’
March 22: Gosse and Carlyle, two generations
March 29: Temperance lessons from Recent Biographies.
April 5: ‘The Grievous Crab-tree Cudgel’: Dr Herber Evans at Westminster Chapel (CCC).
April 12: The Religious Situation (Parker, Huxley and Morley): The Literary calling- by J.M. Barrie: April Magazines (CCC)
April 19: The Saving Resurrection Faith: ‘Semi-jubilee of Marcus Dods’: ‘A preliminary trip to Paris’ (CCC).
April 26: Preliminaries to a discussion of the Atonement: ‘The Late Professor Smeaton’
May 3: The Foundation of the Atonement: Professor Cheyne’s reply to his critics’
May 10: The Heart of the Atonement: ‘The Position and Prospects for Nonconformity’- Henry Dunckley [Series of 4 articles]
May 17: The Congregational outlook
May 24: The Key of the Mystic Gates
May 31: Mr Gladstone and Disestablishment
June 7: ‘Why They will not Die’: ‘Mr Moody in his own Church’ (W.G. Blaikie): ‘New Songs of Innocence – Some Magazines’ (CCC)
June 14: The Social Condition of France
June 21: Mr. Gladstone crosses the Rubicon.
June 28: Interesting: ‘Open Letter to Andrew Lang’.
July 5: ‘Free among the dead’: John Macleod on ‘Pentecost’
July 12: The Duty of the Wesleyan Methodists to their foreign missionaries: Henry Drummond’s appreciation of Marcus Dods
July 19: Three years in Central London
July 26: The remission of earthly penalties
Aug 2: The Fire Christ Flung on the Earth (TMS): ‘Open Letter to Marcus Dods’: ‘A visit to the Thrums’ (CCC)
Aug 9: Dr Horatius Bonar (POTC): ‘Address at the induction of Marcus Dods’ by Alex Whyte: An interview with Mr Gladstone: ‘The Magazines’ (CCC).
Aug 16: Twelve sermons a year: ‘Sweet psalmist of Israel’ - Tributes to Horatius Bonar
Aug 23: Thoughts for a Wrinkled People
Aug 30: Is Christianity Losing its Hold?
Sept 6: Shall we establish a Roman Catholic University in Ireland?
Sept 13: ‘As sheep having no shepherd’: ‘Archibald Brown on the Strikes’.
Sept 20: Our page for young men
Sept 27: Can the Apostolic Theology be revived? ‘Our Young Men’s Page – Programme and Prizes’
Oct 4: In the Shadow of the Thundercloud: ‘Dr. Somerville appreciated by A.A. Bonar’
Oct 11: The Unity of the Church: ‘The National Home Reading Union’
Oct 18: Demos Stirring: The Opening of Mansfield College [WRN]
Oct 25: Theological Blondinism [Defence of Marcus Dods against heresy charges]: ‘The Decline of Dissent’: ‘William and Mary Howitt’ (CCC)
Nov 1: Dr. Charles Stanford [Bio Review]: ‘Essentials of a good newspaper’ – W.T. Stead.
Nov 8: Trimmers and mediators: Inaugural address of Marcus Dods at New College, Edinburgh
Nov 15: A New Imitation of Christ [Review of James Stalker’s book]
Nov 22: Professor Elmslie (POTC)
Nov 29: ‘Over-worked, Over-worried’: ‘Should women have the vote?’
Dec 6: The Consecration of the Common Sunshine: Should women have the vote? - WRN
Dec 13: Theological Reconstruction (Briggs, Dale and Gore): ‘Malvern and Worcester – Mrs Browning, Jenny Lind and Mrs Henry Wood’ (CCC).
Dec 20: Mr. Browning’s Religious History: WRN’s James Macdonell, Journalist reviewed by Taylor Innes.
Dec 27: The Times of Christ: Dr. Dods’ position
1890
Jan 3: Bishop Lightfoot (POTC): Open letter to Wemyss Reid: ‘A Bachelor in Search of a Wife – Annie S. Swan: ‘Alfred Tennyson’ by WRN
Jan 10: Harriet Beecher Stowe: ‘Does God forbid war? –John Clifford [pacifist]: Dr. Dods’ sermon notes – Joseph Parker
Jan 17: Religious Journalism in a New Era: ‘Does Christianity forbid war? ‘–W.J. Dawson [reply]
Jan 24: The Future of Religious Journalism: ‘Robert Browning’- J. Munro Gibson: The Controversy in the Free Church [of Scotland] – Dr. Ker & Dr. Dods
Jan 31: Lord Salisbury at the Vatican: ‘Bunyan in prison’ – Alexander Whyte
Feb 7: The Reality of Redemption and Revelation: ‘Seven Abominations’ – Alexander Whyte
Feb 14: The Antinomianism of Today: ‘Remarks on Reading’ – John Morley; Rv of W.R. Smith’s The Religion of the Semites: ‘Pride’ – Alexander Whyte
Feb 21: The Book of the Holy Ghost: ‘Remarks on Reading’ – John Morley [2]: Dr. John Brown and his sister Isabelle: ‘An Unsworn Affidavit’ – Joseph Parker
Feb 28: Some Plain Questions for Unitarians: ‘Parable of the Prodigal son and the Atonement’ (by R.W. Dale)
March 7: Mr. Stead and Mr. Pope: ‘Canon Liddon’ – F.C. Burnand [ed. of Punch]: Letter from David Brown on Marcus Dods
March 14: Franz Delitzsch [Obit WRN]: ‘Dr. Bruce on the Kingdom of God’ (by James Stalker)
March 21: A New Defence of the Old Testament: ‘A Sunday in London, Preachers and Music’ (CCC)
March 28: ‘At the evergreen thorn-bush in the wilderness’ (KOTG): ‘Atheistic Science’ – John Stuart Blackie
April 4: Mr. Stalker on Theological Progress [Rv of article in Expositor]: Sermon by R.W. Dale
April 11: On ‘Reserve’ in Congregations: ‘The Future of the New Hebrides’ – John G. Paton
April 18: Greater works than Christ’s: ‘Robert Browning and Jane Austen’ (CCC)
April 25: Methodist puzzles: ‘An Open Letter to Spurgeon’ (Joseph Parker)
May 2: ‘More than they that watch for the morning’: ‘The Close Brethren’ [series starting]
May 9: The ‘Forward’ Movement in English Presbyterianism
May 16: The Gospels and the Gospel
May 23: The Theological Crisis in Scotland
May 30: After the May Meetings: The Free Church Assembly and Dr. Dods: ‘The Two Gospels’ – R.W. Dale
June 6: A Sop that missed Cerberus: The Settlement of the Marcus Dods – A.B. Bruce Cases:
June 13: Today in Oxford
June 20: W.F. Callaway: ‘Life among the Close Brethren’ (No. 7 Mr. Darby’s False teaching’): Miriam’s Schooling (CCC) [Novel of W.H. White].
June 27: Spurgeon and McNeill, their first volumes: ‘John F Ewing, a Tribute to a friend’ - Henry Drummond: ‘A Letter from the Law Courts’ (CCC)
July 4: Imputed Righteousness (TMS): The Wesleyan Missionary Controversy
July 11: The Approaching Crisis in Methodism: ‘Life amongst the Close Brethren’ (No. 9 The Great Schism of 1880)
July 18: The Knowledge of Christ (TMS): ‘Slavery in the South Seas’ – John G. Paton
July 25: A palm branch from Judah: Lord Salisbury and the Pope
Aug 1: A Ministry in New Conditions: ‘Temple Gossip’ (CCC)
Aug 8: ‘But then face to face’ (KOTG): Lord Salisbury (CCC)
Aug 15: John Henry Newman (POTC): ‘Dr. Newman as a Preacher’ (by R.W. Church)
Aug 22: The Treatment of Seceders [From Nonconformity to Anglican]
Aug 29: The Worth of the Solitary Life [Newman & Manning]: ‘London in leaf’- a suggestion to holiday makers (CCC)
Sept 5: The Standing Miracle of the Church
Sept 12: Labour, Parliament and the Church
Sept 19: ‘A Debtor to the Wise’ [obit Dr. Liddon] (POTC)
Sept 26: The Brightness of the Day of Christ (TSM): ‘The Bundling of the Books’ (CCC)
Oct 2: Signs of hope: ‘To those about to become Journalists’ [Our Young Men’s Page]: Advice to a young journalist
Oct 9: The Blunting of ‘All-Prayer’: ‘The Christadelphians’ [series] No. 1 ‘Dr. Thomas and the Campbellites’): Advice to a young journalist [2]
Oct 16: MacKay of Uganda [review]: ‘In Bath – William Jay & Henry James’ (CCC)
Oct 23: Aspects of the Cross (1): ‘The Trials of Youth’ – Marcus Dods
Oct 30: Mr. Gladstone’s Third Death
Nov 6: The Modern Sermon [Appreciation of Sermon by Joseph Parker]: ‘Should Parliament enforce an eight hours working day?’ ‘The Ministry required by the Age’ (by R.W. Dale): November Magazines (CCC)
Nov 13: Aspects of the Cross (2): ‘Charles Dickens’ – J.M. Barrie: ‘The Ministry required by the Age’ [2] by R.W. Dale: ‘Bishop Boyd Carpenter on Dante – The Scottish members’ (CCC)
Nov 20: Dr. Hannay [an appreciation]: G. Adam Smith’s Second volume on ‘Isaiah’ – reviewed by Marcus Dods
Nov 27: Liberalism vs Libertinism
Dec 4: After the High Winds [the fall of Parnell]: ‘Theology and the Universities’ by A.M. Fairbairn: General Booth’s Scheme – R.W. Dale
Dec 11: The Rose that cannot wither [Rv of a Henry Drummond Booklet]: ‘Letter to a young man beginning to gamble’ [Our Young Men’s Page].
Dec 18: A Christian Journalist [obit. Dean Church] (POTC): ‘Recollections of Dean Church’: ‘Should Nonconformists adopt Liturgies?’ [1. Affirmative]
Dec 25: Christmas Cheer: ‘Should Nonconformists adopt Liturgies? [2. Negative]
1891
Jan 1: A Problem of Ulster: ‘Opinions of Nonconformist Ministers’ [Clifford, Parker, Horton, etc]: ‘The Incarnation’ – R.W. Dale: ‘New Stories- The Dictionary of National Biography’ (CCC): BD and DD degrees by Joseph Angus
Jan 8: General Booth: ‘The Preacher and his Work’ (by Joseph Parker)
Jan 15: A Plymouth Brother [review of Philip Gosse’s Father and Son]: ‘A Rare volume of Sermons’ [Rev. S. Tipple] (CCC): ‘What is Scott’s best novel?’ by J.M. Barrie.
Jan 22: Trade Unions and other Unions: ‘The Editor in the East End’
Jan 29: ‘The Faith once and for all delivered to the Saints’: Quotes from Spurgeon’s ‘Our Manifesto’
Feb 5: The Sources of Spiritual Influence: ‘Are the Churches on the Downgrade?’ – Affirmative [Our Young Men’s Page]: Rome – the Graves of Keats and Shelley (CCC)
Feb 12: Accidie and Pues: ‘Are the Churches on the Downgrade?’ – Negative [Our Young Men’s Page]
Feb 19: Aspects of the Cross – End of Ends (KOTG): ‘How to read the Bible’ by Archbishop of Canterbury
Feb 26: The Stars against Sisera: ‘The Sanctification of the Intellect’ by R.F. Horton [Our Young Men’s Page]
Mar 5: The Heart in the Cross and the White Rose: ‘Impression of Scotland’ by W.J. Dawson
Mar 12: Professor Drummond’s teaching [1] His Influence: Spurgeon at an Anti-Downgrade meeting: ‘Charles Dickens and Mr Micawber’ (CCC).
Mar 19: Professor Drummond’s teaching [2] His Recipes: ‘Letter to a young man about to form a library’ (WRN)
Mar 26: Life, a patient waiting; death, a falling asleep (KOTG): ‘Inspiration’ (by James Denney)
April 2: Professor Drummond’s teaching [3] His System; ‘Living Authors- [1] Henrik Ipsen
April 9: Professor Drummond’s teaching [4] His Mission: Living Authors – Mrs. Humphrey Ward (CCC)
April 16: Wanted – a New Unionism: ‘My Self’ (by Alexander Whyte)
April 23: The Life of Atonement (TMS)
April 30: From Albermarle Street to Grub Street [review of biography of John Murray].
May 7: The Prophet May (TMS)
May 14: The Parable of Mr. Morley and his gig
May 21: The Sin against the Holy Ghost (TMS)
May 28: An Arrested Chapter in English Theology
June 4: The Scottish Gladstone [Principal Rainy an appreciation]
June 11: Nor Crying (TMS): ‘Poets of Congregationalism’ (CCC).
June 18: Tait and Oliphant [review of biographies].
June 25: Recollection (TMS)
July 2: Religious opium eaters: American Notes by James Stalker [on the Dr. Briggs’ case].
July 9: Robert Browning, was he a philosopher? [Bk Rv]
July 16: An open letter to American members of International Congregational Church [plea for more open-mindedness than a defence of Briggs): Spurgeon Illness
July 23 After the Council (Congregationalists gathering): ‘Impressions’ by Joseph Parker
July 30: The Leaven of the Sadducees: Series ‘The Perfectionist’s Circle’ (Pt 1 Is Perfection Possible?) [Series]
Aug 6: A Vexed Ghost [Rv of biography of Jane Welsh Carlyle]
Aug 13: William Howie Wylie
Aug 20: Thoughts in a Country Lane
Aug 27: The Church of the ‘Intellectual Aristocracy’
Sept 3: The Evangelistic view of Sin: ‘The Depopulation of the Rural Districts’
Sept 10: ‘The Bookman’ [the launch of new magazine]: ‘The Depopulation of the Rural Districts’ –can anything be done to check it?
Sept 17: Found in Him: ‘How I became an Abstainer’ by Mark Guy Pearse
Sept 24: ‘I will make thee a ruler.’
Oct 1: Mr. Albert Spicer on Land Reform
Oct 8: St. Paul at the Indian’s grave: ‘Parker to Spurgeon’, An Open Letter [second]
Oct 15: The Burden of Egypt (TMS)
Oct 22: In Praise of Provincials: ‘Advice about books’ (by Henry Drummond)
Oct 29: Dr Dale’s Theological System [Rv of Bks]: ‘Dr Pierson in the Metropolitan Tabernacle’ (CCC
Nov 5: The Restoration of Passion
Nov 12: Literary Criticism, Over-estimates and Under-estimates
Nov 19: The Programme for Christianity (review of Henry Drummond): ‘The long-suffering of God’ by G. Adam Smith: ‘On Conversation’ (CCC)
Nov 26: The Sabbath day [Rvs]
Dec 3: Sabbath day singing [Rvs Cont]
Dec 10: Waiting: ‘Letter to a young man on how to use a library’ (WRN)
Dec 17: The Sonetham Letters
Dec 24: The Brightness of His rising
Dec 31: ‘In the midst of the years make known’
1892
Jan 7: The Green Stone: ‘Teachers of Young Men’ – Henry Drummond [series]
Jan 14: Authority in Religion [Rv of Bk by Charles Gore]: ‘English Evangelicals & Higher Criticism’
Jan 21: My Father’s House’: ‘Criticism – Letters to a Friend’ (by James Stalker)
Jan 28: The House of David Grieve: ‘Teachers of Young Men’ – R.F. Horton
Feb 4: Charles Haddon Spurgeon – Memorial Issue (POTC): ‘Biblical Criticism a letter to James Stalker’ (by G. Adam Smith): Professor Drummond and the Students
Feb 11: The Mansfield Summer school: Tributes to Spurgeon: ‘Teachers of Young Men’ – Joseph Parker
Feb 18: Why they cast down their Crowns: Spurgeon’s Funeral
Feb 25: The Soul’s Death and Awakening: ‘Should ministers be styled Reverend? ‘Teachers of Young Men’ – Marcus Dods
Mar 3: ‘Homeland and bog-land: The wall between’ [review]: ‘Teachers of Young Men’ – Hugh Price Hughes
Mar 10: ‘Not by water only’: ‘Biblical Criticism’ (by James Stalker)
Mar 17: Principal Cairns [memorial issue]: ‘Biblical Criticism’ (by G. Adam Smith)
Mar 24: In Heavenly Places: ‘Teachers of Young Men’ – John Clifford: ‘Biblical Criticism’ (by T.K. Cheyne): Dale on ‘Calvinism’: ‘The Tyranny of Todd’ (CCC)
Mar 31: The Case against Broad Churchism (1 Theology & the Believer): Thomas Spurgeon on his father: ‘Walt Whitman’ (CCC)
April 7: The Case against Broad Churchism (2 the Relation of Theology to the Church): ‘Teachers of Young Men’ – R.W. Dale
April 14: The Church in the Churchyard (KOTG)
April 21: Dr. Henry Allon [Obit WRN]: Are the churches losing ground? ‘A Group of Gossips on Sunday Schools’: ‘Easter at Deira’ (CCC)
April 28: ‘Mialism’
May 5: A Missionary People [Rv of Diaries/Letters/Reports]
May 12: The Face of the Deep [Bk Rv]
May 19: The Lost land of Beulah (KOTG)
May 26: The Church at School (Rv of W.G. Blaikie Moderator’s speech): Dr. Dale’s Illness: Boy’s Brigade speech by Henry Drummond
June 2: ‘The Shot heard round the World’ [Anniversary of William Carey’s Mission Sermon]
June 9: An Old Psalm freshly read: ‘Studies in Scottish History’ (by Principal Rainy)
June 16: ‘It is of the Lord’s mercies’ (TMS)
June 23: A new Polonius: ‘In the life of Gladstone’ [1] His early triumph
June 30: Mr Huxley on Christianity [bk. review]: ‘Gladstone’ [2] His first premiership
July 7: The nourished and cherished Church (TMS): ‘Gladstone’ [3] His longest holiday
July 14: Progress in Theology: Nonconformity and the General Election: ‘Gladstone’ [4] Miscellanies
July 21: That we must believe or die (KOTG).
July 28: Christianity and Evolution (book review): Lloyd George on Wales and the Liberal Party.
Aug 4: The Division of Christian labour
Aug 11: The Fourth Province of Life
Aug 18: Pierre Loti
Aug 25: Immortality without God (KOTG)
Sept 1: British Wives: ‘The Soteriology of the New Testament’ (by James Denney)
Sept 8: That the Scripture might be fulfilled.
Sept 15: I saw the earth move sunward
Sept 22: To our readers [Enlargement]: Criticism of Prof. Drummond: ‘The Reporter in Literature’ (CCC)
Sept 29: Re-union: in reply to Mr. Hughes: ‘The Work of the Ministry’ (by R.W. Dale): ‘Two Famous Scottish Views’ (CCC)
Oct 6: ‘A place for you’ (KOTG): ‘Letter to Young Men – On self-culture’- WRN.
Oct 13: Dr. Cairn’s sermons (Bk Rv)
Oct 20: The Church Termagant
Oct 27: The Fellowship of Church Members
Nov 3: Even weeping
Nov 10: This word ‘yet once more’ (TMS): ‘The Church and working men’ (by Marcus Dods)
Nov 17: The Free Church Congress
Nov 24: First things first: ‘Letter to young men beginning to study theology’ – Marcus Dods
Dec 1: Saved by grace: ‘Letter to young men beginning to study theology’ - [2] Marcus Dods
Dec 8: The Perils of Evangelism
Dec 15: George Gilfillan [Bk Rv]
Dec 22: ‘Let nothing you dismay.’
Dec 29: The Defence of the Gospel [review of A.B. Bruce’s Christianity Defensively Stated]
1893
Jan 5: The Justifying faith of Dante: Our Young Men’s Page [series] ‘Letters to a young man who wishes to acquire knowledge of English Literature: ‘Christian Perfection’ [series]
Jan 12: ‘He was not afflicted’ (KOTG): Death of Andrew Bonar
Jan 19: Some limits of political compromise: ‘Higher Criticism’ (by A.B. Davidson)
Jan 26: The Happy Ending (KOTG): Death of Phillips Brooks
Feb 2: Moses and God – address by A.B. Davidson: Dr. Stalker in London’ (CCC)
Feb 9: Three books of sermons [reviews of R.W. Church; J.R. Illingworth; J. Vickery]
Feb16: ‘Harden not your hearts’: Questions & Answers about the Home Rule Bill: Christian.
Feb 23: Christianity without Christ [Rv of Caird’s Gifford lecture]
Mar 2: The riches of poverty: W.T. Stead on Home Rule: ‘Welsh Disestablishment, its present position’ – D. Lloyd George: ‘People I have met’ – Alexander Whyte (CCC)
Mar 9: The Divine Yea: Dr. Dale on the pursuit of Perfection: ‘People I have met – Prof. Minto’ (CCC)
Mar 16: The agony in the garden (KOTG): A sermon by A.B. Davidson, ‘God’s answer to depression’: ‘People I have met – Prof. Elmslie’ (CCC)
Mar 23: This Regal Hour: Are Welshmen in earnest? ‘People I have met’ – Louise Chandler Moulton (CCC)
Mar 30: Falling asleep by the counsel of God (KOTG): ‘Is Nonconformity declining?’ (by John Clifford): Interview with John G. Paton
April 6: Ishmaelites: ‘The Stickit Minister’ [appreciation of S.R. Crockett’s book] (CCC)
April 13: Should churches cry for the moon? Is Nonconformity Declining? ‘People I have met’ – Prof. Cheyne (CCC).
April 20: Why not take a plebiscite? [Scottish Church Establishment]: ‘The Evolution of Man ‘[address by Henry Drummond (1)]: ‘People I have met’ – Thomas Hardy (CCC)
April 27: George Macdonald: poet [appreciation]: ‘Evolution of Man’ [2]: Missions in the South Seas – R.L. Stevenson: ‘People I have met’ – H.W. Massingham (CCC)
May 4: Is literature on the Downgrade? ‘Evolution of Man’ [3]: ‘People I have met’ – William Forsyth (CCC)
May 11: The River in the City of God [1] The Bible [a serial review of Faith and Criticism – Essays by Congregationalists]: Free Church Jubilee Extra Supplement: ‘Evolution of Man’ [4]: ‘Reminiscences of Free Church Assemblies (CCC): Reminiscences of Free Church Assembly [1] (CCC)
May 18: The River in the City of God [2] The Atonement: Evolution of Man [5]: History of Free St George’s, Edinburgh – Alexander Whyte: Reminiscences of Free Church Assembly [2] (CCC)
May 25: The River in the City of God [3].The Penal Element in the Atonement: ‘Evolution of Man’ [6]: ‘People I have met’ – Olive Schiliner (CCC)
June 1: The Haunting Tomorrow: G.A. Smith on the Free Church Jubilee: The Declaratory Act in the Free [Church] Assembly
June 8: The river in the City of God (4.Prayer): ‘Sunday Schools’ – a sermon by R.W. Dale: ‘The Evolution of Man’ [7]: ‘People I have met’ – Henry Drummond (CCC).
June 15: Where is thy sister? ‘Evolution of Man’ [8]: ‘People I have met – George Augustus Simcox’ (CCC)
June 22: Rudyard Kipling [Rv]: Adolf Saphir [an appreciation]: ‘The Simple Gospel’ (CCC)
June 29: The Silence of the Dead [Rv] (KOTG): ‘A Scientific Socialist’ [Mrs Sidney Webb] – Frances Willard
July 6: The Present Political Temper [Rv Home Rule Debate]: ‘How to make a Living in London’ [new series]
July 13: The Case of James Tims L.C.C. [a ticket ‘bilker’ sentenced]: ‘The World and Worldliness’ – G.A. Smith: ‘People I have met’ – Augustine Birrell (CCC)
July 20: The Prisons of the Soul: ‘People I have met’ – William Alexander (CCC)
July 27: Immortal Love (KOTG): ‘People I have met’ – Dr. John Ker (CCC)
Aug 3: The Abundance of Time: ‘What we remember’ (CCC)
Aug 10: Christianity and Socialism: ‘A Sunday on Dartmoor’ (CCC)
Aug 17: Diana of the Ephesians (TMS)
Aug 24: The Transcendental Philosopher [review of biography of Bronson Alcott]: ‘Visit to Mr Baring Gould’ (CCC)
Aug 31: How to be sure of God [Rv of Christian Certainties by John Clifford]: ‘A Scotch Student 60 years ago’ (CCC).
Sept 7: A Great Preacher- Mr T G Selby [Bk Rv]
Sept 14: ‘The Woman at Home’ [Launch of new magazine]: Review of Joseph Parker’s None like it
Sept 21: Scott and Stevenson [Bk Rv]: ‘The Absolute Inerrancy of the Bible’ (by John Urquart)
Sept 28: Let us Labour: ‘Are there errors in the Bible?’ (by John Clifford)
Oct 5: The Life of Dr Pusey [Rv of biography]: ‘Are there errors in the Bible?’ (reply by John Urquart): Adventures in Old Bookshops (CCC)
Oct 12: Catholic Nonconformity: ‘Are there any errors in the Bible?’ (by Principal Cave): Prof Jowett on the Profession of Ministry: Prof. Drummond by J.H. Jowett
Oct 19: The Gospel to the Poor: ‘Are there any errors in the Bible?’ (by Prof. Adeney): ‘A Gossip about London’ (CCC)
Oct 26: Things which must be Saved (TMS): ‘Are there any errors in the Bible?’ (by Robert Howie): Leitch Ritchie (CCC)
Nov 2: What is the Joy of our Lord? (TMS): ‘The Absolute Inerrancy of the Bible’ – Prof. A. Beet: ‘The Brontës in Ireland’ (CCC)
Nov 9: Dr. Parker and Dr. Horton [Rv of Parker’s None like it]: Interview with Dr. Paton: Some new Writers (CCC)
Nov 16: The Lord, the Burden Bearer: ‘Are there errors in the Bible’ (by Rev M’Craig): ‘Beside the Bonnie briar bush’ – Ian Maclaren: ‘Fireside travels’ (CCC).
Nov 23: The Deep that Coucheth Beneath [Rvs of sermons of Spurgeon and Phillips Brooks]: ‘Inerrancy of the Bible’– Fergus Ferguson: John Norris of Bemerton (CCC)
Nov 30: Noah Porter [Rv of biography by R.W. Dale]: ‘Inerrancy’ (by T.H. Darlow)
Dec 7: Dr. Andrew Bonar [Rv of Diary and letters] (POTC)
Dec 14: From strain to rest (TMS): ‘Inerrancy’ (by Principal David Brown)
Dec 21: The Christmas Number: Unto Him that loved us: Life of Dean Stanley [Rv]
Dec 28: The Kingdom of God [book review]: ‘Are there any errors in the Bible?’ – reply by John Clifford: ‘Dean Stanley’ (CCC)
1894
Jan 4: The Waylessness of Life: Review of F.J.A. Hort’s lectures: ‘Socialism’ (by Marcus Dods)
Jan 11: ‘Nevertheless’: New Year Sermons by R.W. Dale and Joseph Parker
Jan 18: The Moral of Horncastle [comment on the election]: ‘Socialism’ by Keir Hardie
Jan 25: A Story of Salvation: [Rv of Mark Rutherford’s Catherine Furze]: ‘On a Painful Problem and its Happy Solution’ (CCC)
Feb 1: The Religious Experience of Novelists [Bk Rv]: ‘His Mother’s Sermon’ – Ian Maclaren
Feb 8: A Study of Low Churchism [review of Overton’s English Church in the Nineteenth Century]: ‘The Young Men’ (CCC)
Feb 15: Atra Cura [black care] (TMS): ‘Lord Salisbury’ (CCC)
Feb 22: Epaphras, ‘A heart at leisure from itself’ (TMS)
Mar 1: Goldwin Smith [book review]: Gladstone resigns
Mar 8: Prayer for the Dead: Mr. Gladstone and after
Mar 15: The Light over the Law (TMS): Review of Handley Moule’s ‘Romans’
Mar 22: He descended into Hell (TMS)
Mar 29: The Preaching for Mission Halls
April 5: Dr. Robertson Smith (POTC): ‘Prof. Robertson Smith at Cambridge’: ‘The Gospel Offer’ by Robertson Smith: April Magazines (CCC)
April 12: The Triumph of Continuance (TMS):
April 19: The Souls behind the Soul
April 26: What it is to Faint (TMS): ‘Welsh Disestablishment’ – interview with Lloyd George
May 3: The Welsh Disestablishment Bill: ‘Evolutionary Christianity’ by Henry Drummond [1]: ‘The Growing difficulties of the Ministry’ [Notes of the Week]
May 10: ‘If Christ came---’: ‘Evolutionary Christianity’ by Henry Drummond (2)
May 17: The Ascent of Man [review of H. Drummond’s book]
May 24: God the offerer of Prayer (TMS): Prof. Drummond’s new book
May 31: If Chicago came to Christ: ‘Growing difficulties of the Ministry’ [Notes of the Week].
June 7: Ought not Socialists to be Christians? [Review of B.F. Westcott’s book]
June 14: Is Christianity a Natural Religion? (Marcus Dods’ Rv of the Gifford Lecture)
June 21: ‘Judge not, that ye be not judged.’
June 28: R.H. Hutton [Rv of Spectator articles]: James Stalker on the late Mr. Spurgeon
July 5: Brought Home (TMS)
July 12: Advancing and Abiding: ‘Best 100 Religious books’
July 19: The Peace of Defeat (TMS): ‘Best 100 Religious books’ (by Marcus Dods)
July 26: A Mediterranean Galley of the 15th Century [Bk Rv]
Aug 2: First, Religion
Aug 9: The Decay of Puritanism
Aug 16: The Obedience of the Gospel [Bk Rv]
Aug 23: The Notes of False Religion
Aug 30: ‘This Beginning of Miracles’: ‘Best 100 Books’ (by James Denney)
Sept 6: The Independent Labour Party
Sept 13: Against Hurry
Sept 20: The Future of the Liberal Party: ‘Should wives promise to obey their husbands?’
Sept 27: ‘Young’ Preaching [an assessment]: ‘The Hardness of the Christian’ (by R.W. Dale)
Oct 4: The Coming Revival: The Life and Letters of Erasmus – reviewed by James Denney.
Oct 11: Ian Maclaren [review of Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush]
Oct 18: St. Paul on the Last Things
Oct 25: Lord Rosebery’s last opportunity: Serialising of The Clerical Life starts: Alexander Whyte on Biblical Characters [start of series] – ‘Eve- in Moses, in Milton, in Paul’
Nov 1: The Lost Grace of Godly Sorrow.
Nov 8: Theology in the Pulpit [review of Christian Doctrine by R.W. Dale]: John Macgregor ‘Rob Roy’ by Wm. Wright: Late Principal William Chalmers
Nov 15: The Value of Mr. Hamerton
Nov 22: ‘We bid you to hope’: ‘Individual Responsibility’ by R.W. Dale: ‘On Log rolling: Some remarks by a person of no consequence’ (CCC)
Nov 29: The School of Tyrannus (RTTC): ‘Interview with Ian Maclaren’ – Lorna [J.T. Stoddart]
Dec 6: The Wisdom of God in a Mystery [review of Jacob Bohme by Alexander Whyte] (RTTC):’ Profile, with picture’, of Andrew Murray: ‘Prof Drummond on Mr Moody’: ‘A.K.H.B. Once More’ (CCC)
Dec 13: Dr. Bruce on St. Paul: Review of biography of Dean Church
Dec 20: The Discovery of Christ the Lord: Death of R L Stevenson – articles
Dec 27: ‘They without us’ (RTTC): Dr Maclaren on ‘Higher Criticism’: ‘The Gift of Life’ by R.W. Dale
1895
Jan 3: In the New Testament World [review of J. Denney’s Studies in Theology (1)]: Mr. Moody Impressions – Henry Drummond
Jan 10: The Open Secret of the New Testament [review of Denney’s Studies in Theology (2)]: Mr. Moody Impressions – Henry Drummond (2)
Jan 17: The Power of an Endless Life [review of Denney’s Bk (3)]: ‘College rhymes’ (CCC)
Jan 24: ‘Being let go’ (RTTC): ‘Student Reminiscences, The Careless Crew’ (CCC)
Jan 31: Mr Illingworth’s Bampton Lectures [review]: Death of Randolph Churchill: The preaching of John Pugh – by Parry Owen
Feb 7: Almost an Archbishop: ‘Welsh Disestablishment’ – David Brown: ‘A Sunday in Edinburgh’ (CCC)
Feb 14: Mr. Balfour as a Theologian: The Fight for the London County Council: ‘Aberdeen preachers 25 years ago’ (CCC)
Feb 21: The Sweet Bitterness of the Divine Word: ‘Mr. Balfour as a Christian’ – James Denney.
Feb 28: An Autobiography of Jesus Christ
Mar 7: Pastor Naumann: ‘Sermon on the Mount’ – Canon Gore [first of a series]: ‘John Stuart Blackie’ by J M Barrie.
Mar 14: The Ecclesiastical Situation in Scotland
Mar 21: Memorial Issue: R.W. Dale (POTC): ‘Tributes & Appreciation’: ‘R.W. Dale: Man, Minister and Theologian’ by A.M. Fairbairn: ‘Three Anthologies’ (CCC)
Mar 28: Givers and Receivers (RTTC): Unpublished story by Charlotte Bronte: ‘Vacant Places in the Literary World’ (CCC)
April 4: God, not ashamed of His People (by James Denney): Chamberlain’s tribute to R.W. Dale
April 11: The Logic of Life: John Skinner’s ‘Ezekiel’ reviewed by A.B. Davidson: ‘To a writer of Scottish Idylls’ (CCC)
April 18: Maurice Maeterlinck on Novalis [review]
April 25: In reply to Lord Tweedmouth and Mr Haldane: ‘Charles Loring Brace’ (CCC).
May 2: The Backwater of Life (RTTC): ‘Ian Maclaren among the Wesleyans’ (CCC)
May 9: A Spiritual Triumph [review of the Life and letters of John Cairns] (POTC)
May 16: The Consolations of Slow Advance
May 23: ‘The style of a field preacher’: ‘Congregationalism during Victoria’s Reign’ by R.W. Dale.
May 30: I have taken no part: A Chat with Sir Walter Besant: ‘John Thompson & J.M. Gray’ (CCC).
June 6: The weight of the ends of the world (RTTC)
June 13: Dr. Miller on the problem of missions [review by James Denney]: The Welsh Calvinistic Assembly
June 20: The Hindu and Christian Ideals (review of lecture of Prin. Miller]: Interview with Prin. Cave: ‘Liverpool – there and back’ (CCC)
June 27: Fitzjames Stephen [review of biography]: ‘Mr Clement King Shorter’ (CCC).
July 4: The Political Duty of Nonconformists: Interview with Joseph Parker: ‘Visit to Bronte Country’ (CCC).
July 11: Lord Rosebery: Thought in the Albert Hall [review of a speech]: ‘Third Class Ministers – Ian Maclaren: ‘In the country of Shirley’ (CCC)
July 18: The Secret of a Burning Heart: ‘George Meredith’s Maiden Speech’ (CCC)
July 25: There is a budding morrow in Midnight [Liberal Party promises]: ‘Some Suffolk Stories’ (CCC)
Aug 1: The Fate to Fear: ’Two New Writers: Mr. Max Pemberton and Mr. Richard Harding Davie’ (CCC)
Aug 8: The Attacks on Lord Rosebery [defence]: ‘Carlyle’s house at Chelsea’ (CCC).
Aug 15: The Piety of Jesus (by James Denney): ‘Calvinism’ – R.W. Dale
Aug 22: ‘But Little Lower than God’: ‘A talk with a German Lady Editor’: ‘London Houses – Hugh Price Hughes’
Aug 29: Law and Vision (by R A Watson): ‘Dr. Dale and Calvinism’: ‘At Murren’ (CCC)
Sept 5: Our Lord’s Knowledge of Sin (SWFTC: 1): Interview with George Jackson: ‘Dr. Johnson of Belfast’ (CCC)
Sept 12: Our Lord’s Knowledge of Redemption (SWFTC: 2): ‘In Memoriam’ (CCC)
Sept 19: Our Lord’s Knowledge of Bereavement (SWFTC: 3)
Sept 26: Ignorant on the Cross (SWFTC: 4): ‘The Men on Moss Hags’ (CCC)
Oct 3: Our Lord’s Knowledge of Holy Scripture (SWFTC: 5)
Oct 10: Our Lord’s Knowledge of the Divine Sender (SWFTC: 6): ‘Dr. Parker’s new novel’ (CCC)
Oct 17: Our Lord’s Knowledge of the Father (SWFTC: 7) ‘Shirley reminiscences’ (CCC)
Oct 24: Should wealthy Christians be Socialists? (by F. Nauman): ‘Why be religious? by Marcus Dods: ‘Professor Blaikie’ (CCC)
Oct 31: The Revival of Sentiment [review of Ian Maclaren’s Days of Auld Lang Syne]: ‘The contempt for Foreign Missionaries’ by R.W. Dale
Nov 7: John Knox [review of biographies]: ‘Welsh Disestablishment’ by D. Lloyd George: ‘A trip to Scotland’ (CCC)
Nov 14: The Claim to Christian Perfection [review]
Nov 21: The Latest Word on St Paul [review of Prof Sanday’s ‘Romans’]: ‘A Morning’s Letters’ (CCC)
Nov 28: The Strength of Higher Criticism: ‘Matthew Arnold’s letters’ (CCC)
Dec 5: The Christian Doctrine of Immortality [review of Prof Salmon’s book]: ‘Tribute’ to Peter Mackenzie
Dec 12: The Imminence of the other World [review of R.W. Dale’s ‘James’]: ‘Hindrances to acceptance of Christ’ by Marcus Dods.
Dec 19: ‘Aliens from the Commonwealth of Israel’: ‘Strangers at Lisconnel’ (CCC)
Dec 26: ‘As dying and behold we live’ (by R.A. Watson): ‘D.G. Rossetti (CCC)