THE Memoir and Remains of Rev. Donald Macfarlane, late of Dingwall, is expected to be issued from the press before these lines will appear. As almost the whole of it was written by dictation from his own mouth, it may be called an autobiography. His life since his boyhood is related in beautiful simplicity of diction and narrative. Many wonderful interventions of the Lord’s providence towards Mr Macfarlane are recorded in it. This is true very specially in his Diary. As regards the few sermons at the end of the volume of 300 pp. octavo, they show his great insight into the mystery of the glorious Gospel of the grace of God. Such as have had the privilege of having heard him preach, or such as have read the volume of sermons published a few years since from his pen, will need no praise from us to whet their appetite for this volume. We are confident that it will hold an honourable place among biographies of men who served well their generation in Scotland, especially on account of his brave stand for the Word of God and the Confession of Faith, with all its doctrines and principles, in 1893. The beautiful grace with which he relates his various experiences in connection with that stand shows his faith and submission to the Lord in it all.
The book can be had from Rev. D. Beaton, Free Presbyterian Manse, Wick, Caithness; the price is 3s 6d; post free 4s (U.S.A. and Canada, 1 dollar post free); 2 copies 7s 9d post free.—N. C.