The members of the Maurice Memorial Union first meant to publish a complete American edition of his works. But out of respect for Macmillan’s copyrights, held for Mrs. Maurice, this is put off while she lives, and they issue only the present volume, which Macmillan does not reprint. Mr. Maurice said in his lifetime that he “would rather all the other works would go out of print than it” — a remark easily understood by those who have read his two volumes, What is Revelation? and Sequel to the Same, where he discusses Sir William Hamilton’s doctrine of the Unknowable, and the opposite but equally logical conclusions drawn from it by Mr. Mansell and Mr. Mill, and asks whether the Almighty Father cannot reveal Himself.
His other studies in the Scriptures can be had from Macmillan in New York:
The Patriarchs and Lawgivers of the Old Testament.
The Prophets and Kings of Israel.
(These two show the truth of Coleridge’s saying that the Bible, rightly interpreted, is the best handbook for the devout statesman.)
St. Luke’s Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven.
St. John’s Gospel of the Word.
Christian Ethics (lectures to the Working Men’s College on St. John’s Epistles).
The Apocalypse; a Vision.
(Of this the Nonconformist said Mr. Maurice had never been more reverent, more careful of the letter of Scripture, more discerning of the purpose of the Spirit, or more sober and practical in his teaching, than here. He shows that the historical references are to passing or recent events, and that their spiritual meaning must apply to the crises of history in every age, which display the same principles and everlasting laws.)
The Doctrine of Sacrifice Deduced from the Scriptures. (On “Sacrifice” in every aspect the Bible presents it.)
The Ten Commandments Considered as Instruments of National Reformation.
The Lord’s Prayer (nine sermons preached in 1848).
Grounds of Hope for Mankind (three sermons preached in 1867).
Ecclesiastical History of the first two Centuries.
Theological Essays (containing the remarkable one on the word Eternal).
The Religions of the World, and their Relation to Christianity.
Learning and Working (this volume also contains four lectures on The Religion of Ancient Rome before the Greek influence entered).
His last publications were:
Nine Lectures on Conscience.
Twenty-seven Lectures on Social Morality (treating domestic morality and worship, national morality and worship, and universal morality and worship).
A new edition of the
History of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy, up to the time of Hegel and after.
Besides these, there are many works on the education of women, on Queen’s College, and the like. Of special interest to England: Exposition of the Book of Common Prayer; Dialogues on Family Worship; The Claims of the Bible and Science; and, from his earlier life, many pamphlets on social subjects — “Christian Socialism,” “Co-operation,” “The Workman and the Franchise.” Somewhat later he wrote on the controversy between Protestantism and Romanism, to which belongs the Essay on Development that introduces the English edition of the “Commentary on the Hebrews.” Also pamphlets on “Sunday Excursions,” the “Opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays,” and so on. To a man so alive, truly nothing human was foreign.
Sermons preached in country parishes (published after his death).
Since his death, Mr. Thomas Hughes, M.P., has edited a volume of his shorter pieces, called, from the first of them, The Friendship of Books.