"There are few of the varieties of human trouble, or the forms and appliances of Christian solace, that are not described by the author."
—Literary Gazette.
"The present volume is worthy to take rank with the best and most successful of the Rev. Author's previous works. Its consolations are leaves gathered from the tree of life, fresh in their lovely verdure, impregnated with the sweet odours of the Gospel. The author's contributions to religious literature are marked not less by their eminently evangelical and practical characters, their purity and loftiness of thought, than by their beautiful simplicity of language and style."
—Morning Herald.
"This volume is eminently practical, and is marked by all the author's characteristic excellences. We have not read a book from Dr. Cumming for a long time which we can more conscientiously commend."
—Weekly Christian News.
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THE CELEBRATED PROTESTANT DISCUSSION,
Between the Rev. JOHN CUMMING, D.D., and DANIEL FRENCH, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, held at Hammersmith, in 1839.
"No clergyman's library can be complete without it."
—Bell's Messenger.
"A compendium of argument."
—Gentleman's Magazine.
"The subject (pro and con) is all but exhausted."
—Church and State Gazette.