REV. TALBOT WILSON CHAMBERS, D.D., LL.D.,

Of the Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, New York City,

AND

REV. FRANK HUGH FOSTER, PH.D.,

Professor of Church History, Theological Seminary, Oberlin, Ohio.

SECOND AND REVISED EDITION.

NEW YORK:

THE CHRISTIAN LITERATURE COMPANY.

1891.

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LEADING ARTICLES AND CONTRIBUTORS.

ADVENTISTS. By Rev. DANIEL THOMPSON TAYLOR, Hyde Park, Mass.

ANABAPTISTS. By Rev. Prof. BENJAMIN OSGOOD TRUE, Theological Seminary, Rochester, N. Y.
ASSYRIOLOGY AND THE BIBLE. By Rev. Prof. FRANCIS Brown, D.D., Union Theological
Seminary, New York City.

BAPTISTS. By Mr. HENRY C. VEDDER, Editor of the Baptist Quarterly Review, New York City.

CHINA, RELIGIONS AND SACRED BOOKS OF. By Prof. WINFRED ROBERT MARTIN, Ph.D.,

Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.

CHRISTIAN UNION (Denomination). By Rev. HENRY J. DUCKWORTH, Centreburg, O.

CONGREGATIONALISM AND CONGREGATIONALISTS. By the late Rev. HENRY Martyn

DEXTER, D.D., LL.D., Editor of the Congregationalist, Boston, Mass.

COREA. By Rev. WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS, D.D., Author of "Corea, the Hermit Nation," Boston, Mass.

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST. By Rev. BENJAMIN B. TYLER, Pastor of the Church of the Disciples, New

York City.

DODDRIDGE, PHILIP. By Rev. FREDERIC MAYER BIRD, the Hymnologist, South Bethlehem, Pa.

ENGLAND, CHURCH OF.

EPISCOPACY.

EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

FRANCE, REFORMED CHURCH OF.

versity of the City of New York.

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By Rev. Prof. ALEXANDER VIKTS GRISWOLD ALLEN, D.D.,

Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass.

By Rev. Prof. HENRY Martyn BaiRD, D.D., LL.D., Uni-

FRIENDS, THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF. By President ISAAC SHARPLESS, Haverford College, Pa.

GRUNDTVIG. By Mr. C. H. A. BJERREGAARD, one of the Librarians of the Astor Library, New York

City.

HENOTHEISM. By Prof. Winfred Robert MARTIN, Ph.D., Hartford, Conn.

HUS, JOHN, HUSSITES. By Rev. Prof. J. TAYLOR HAMILTON, Bethlehem, Pa.

HYMNOLOGY. By Rev. FREDERIC MAYER BIRD, South Bethlehem, Pa.

INDIA, RELIGIONS OF. By Prof. WINFRED ROBERT MARTIN, Ph.D., Hartford, Conn.

JABLONSKI, DANIEL ERNST. By Rev. Prof. J. TAYLOR HAMILTON, Bethlehem, Pa.

JAPAN. By Rev. WILLIAM Elliot Griffis, D.D., Author of "The Mikado's Einpire," Boston, Mass.

JERUSALEM.

JEWS.

JOSEPHUS.

By Rev. SELAH Merrill, D.D., LL.D., Andover, Mass.

JUDSON, ADONIRAM, ANN, SARAH, AND EMILY. By Mr. HENRY C. VEDDER, New York City.

KIERKEGAARD. By Mr. C. H. A. BJERREGAARD, Astor Library, New York City.

LUTHER, MARTIN.

By Rev. Prof. J. W. RICHARD, D.D., Lutheran Theological

Seminary, Gettysburg, Pa.

LUTHERAN CHURCH, THE.

MCALL MISSION. By Mrs. LOUISE SEYMOUR HOUGHTON, N. Y.

MENNO AND THE MENNONITES. By Rev. Prof. B. O. TRUE, Baptist Theological Seminary,

Rochester, N. Y.

METHODISM, METHODIST CHURCHES. By Rev. Prof. C. W. BENNETT, D.D., Theological
Seminary, Evanston, Ill

MISSIONS.

MOHAMMED, MOHAMMEDANISM.

By Rev. Prof. H. W. HULBERT, Marietta College, Ohio.

MORAVIANS. By Rev. Prof. J. TAYLOR HAMILTON, Bethlehem, Pa.

MORMONISM. By Rev. Prof. W. H. WHITSITT, D.D., LL.D., Baptist Theological Seminary, Louis-
ville, Ky.

NEW CHURCH. By Rev. Prof. JOHN WORCESTER, Boston, Mass.

PALESTINE. By Rev. SELAH Merrill, D.D., LL.D., Andover, Mass.

PARKER, THEODORE. By Rev. S. J. BARROWS, Editor of the Christian Register, Boston, Mass.

PERSIA, RELIGIONS OF. By Prof. WINFRed Robert MarTIN, Ph.D., Hartford, Conn.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES. By Rev. Prof. W. H. ROBERTS, D.D., LL.D., Lane Theological

PRESBYTERIAN SYSTEM.

Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio.

PSEUDEPIGRAPHA AND APOCRYPHA. By Rev. E. C. Richardson, Ph.D., Librarian of the
College of New Jersey, Princeton, N. J.

REFORMED (DUTCH AND GERMAN) CHURCH. By Rev. E. T. CORWIN, D.D., New

Brunswick, N. J.

SALVATION ARMY. By Commissioner BAllington Booth, New York City.

SCHWENKFELD AND SCHWENKFELDERS. By Rev. President C. D. HARTRANFT, D.D., Theo-
logical Seminary, Hartford, Conn.

SPURGEON. By Mr. HENRY C. VEDDER, Editor of the Baptist Quarterly Review, New York.

SWEDENBORG. By Rev. Prof. JOHN WORCESTER, Boston, Mass.

UNITARIANS. By Rev. S. J. BARROWS, Editor of the Christian Register, Boston, Mass.

UNIVERSALISTS. By Rev. R. EDDY, D.D., Editor of the Universalist Quarterly, Boston, Mass.

WAYLAND, FRANCIS. By Mr. HENRY C. VEDDER, Editor of the Baptist Quarterly Review, New

WILLIAMS, ROGER.

York.

WESLEY FAMILY. By Rev. Prof. GEORGE RICHARD CROOKS, D.D., Drew Theological Seminary,
Madison, N. J.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETIES. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR, by Rev. Dr. F. E. CLARK; KING'S DAUGH-
TERS, by Mrs. M. BOTTOME; EPWORTH LEAGUE, by Rev. ROBERT R. DOHERTY; ST. ANDREW
BROTHERHOOD, by Mr. H. A. ŠILL; LEND-A HAND CLUBS, by Rev. Dr. E. E. HALE.
ZEISBERGER, DAVID. By Rev. Prof. J. TAYLOR HAMILTON, Bethlehem, Pa.