NEW FAMILY COMMENTARY. Manna in the House: OR, DAILY EXPOSITIONS OF THE GOSPELS OF St. Matthew and St. Mark. Specially designed for reading at Family Worship. By the Rev. BARTON BOUCHIER, M.A., CURATE OF CHEAM, SURREY, Two Vols., price 6s. 6d. cloth, or in One Vol., price 6s. "This work is emphatically suited for family use. The expositions are short, each chapter being divided into sections. The style is thoroughly Saxon and simple, and the statements and appeals are weighty, solemn, and appropriate."- Christian Times. "We speak of Mr. Bouchier from experience, having read with pleasure and profit many of his Commentaries to rather a large domestic circle. The matter is sound, never objectionable, and to persons wishing to give variety and interest to their family worship, and not possessing the art of extempore comment, we can without hesitation recommend these unpretending volumes."-Record. "These brief and simple Commentaries will be found useful to heads of families, by supplying what many have felt to be needed in conducting family devotion; namely, an appropriately devout exposition of the chapter usually read before prayers."-Church Journal. "There is a freshness and simplicity of style, and an adaptation to the peculiar trials, circumstances, and needs, of every day life, that will be sure to render these two-and, we hope, two more volumes an acceptable aid in the hands of many a family priest, when he assembles his group of children and servants around the domestic altar."-Christian Guardian. "There is something in these Expositions free-and-easy, simple, and loving, of a Christian parent at the head of his household, which far transcends the best expositions. Such expositions, droppings of wisdom from paternal lips, have a charm about them which can never attach to any printed page, by whomsoever written. The volumes have our hearty commendation. They are equal to all they pretend, and greatly more." -British Banner. "We can with truth say the work before us is admirably adapted to the purpose had in view; the clear and simple, but comprehensive style of these commentaries on the inspired text, rendering them suitable for family use. We have little doubt their general estimation will lead to the publication of the remaining Gospels."- Bath Herald. "We consider this work as one of the VERY BEST that has come under our observation for family use, and we strongly recommend it as a valuable aid in domestic worship."-Portsmouth Guardian. MANNA IN THE HOUSE: OR, DAILY EXPOSITIONS OF THE GOSPEL OF St. Luke. SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES. BY THE REV. BARTON BOUCHIER, A.M., CURATE OF CHEAM, SURREY. LONDON: JOHN FARQUHAR SHAW, 27, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, RUSSELL SQUARE, EDINBURGH: J. MENZIES. DUBLIN: J. ROBERTSON. M DCCC LIII. 101. a. 22. INTRODUCTION. I Do not know that I need to add anything by way of preface to this solitary volume, which, in continuance of my purpose of completing the Gospels, I now commend to the kindly consideration of my readers, in the hope that it may be as acceptable, as I am grateful to think its predecessors have been. They have been very properly called 'unpretending volumes;" their only claim is to be faithful expositors of what the author believes to be "the truth as it is in Jesus,"-not exponents of the views of one party nor opponents of another; but simply to deliver that truth which is to be found by every one who prayerfully seeks it, within the covers of our good old English Bible. A writer of a preceding generation has left on record the well-known line, "An honest man's the noblest work of God." But I believe it may be more truly said that a Bible Christian is the best and only expounder of the will of God; and it may be looked upon as |