Mr. Houghton, the Editor of the Gospel Magazine, has given an excellent and interesting account of the Oxford Movement that was so disastrous to the Protestant interests of the Church of England. For those who have not time to study Mr. Walsh’s standard book on the subject this will form a most convenient handbook in view of the centenary of the Movement next year. Mr. Houghton has been able to cram a great deal of information into his fifty odd pages. “In many instances,” he says, “the plainness and simplicity of services have been departed from in order to attract larger numbers. This, however, is unwarranted by Scripture, and despite these changes churches are now comparatively empty. For ourselves we regret that the Reformers did not abolish both surplice and gown and arrange that the minister should minister in his ordinary attire. If a cleaner sweep of such things had been made we might have been saved all the controversy about Mass Vestments. By the use of surpliced choirs and musical services Evangelicals are unconsciously training their congregations to be at home in Anglo-Catholic churches . . . . We would venture to ask what Scripture ground can be given for surpliced choirs consisting of unconverted men and boys.” To which we respond by a hearty amen.