The essential element in all religion requisite thereto is very simple, and really lies already in the forgotten meaning of that word itself. It consists in the careful and constant maintenance of the “bond” which unites us with God, through our unfailing good-will toward Him, and through our renunciation of all that stands in the way--what the Scriptures call “seeking God.” This is our part. Then God also comes “ere we are aware, and lets much good fall to our share.” He comes even to such as know him only very imperfectly (and, for that matter, that is the case with us all), if only there is a sincere longing for Him in their hearts. But unless He does come, each and every religious practice, in whatsoever form it now takes or may conceivably take hereafter, is but a still-born device of man, and never procures us what we are all nevertheless seeking--Happiness. FOOTNOTE: [1] Originally an address before an association of young merchants. By CARL HILTY HAPPINESS Translated by the Rev. Francis G. Peabody, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals in Harvard University Cloth 12mo $1.25 net Professor Hilty’s essays long ago took rank in Europe as classics in the sphere of personal culture in ethics and religion. Without haste, without fuss, he seems to see more deeply into the ordinary experiences of human life than most men can. There is with all his insight a simple gentleness and sympathy in his way of treating the deepest things of life, the primal motives that stir the soul. He discusses the Art of Work, How to Fight the Battles of Life, Good Habits, The Art of Having Time, Happiness, The Meaning of Life. By THOMAS R. SLICER Pastor of the Church of All Souls, New York, Author of “The Power and Promise of the Liberal Faith,” etc. The Way to Happiness Cloth 12mo $0.00 Dr. Slicer has written a practical, readable book based on the belief that a great many unhappy folk are so not because there has been any increase in the world’s misery, but because the consolations upon which people have depended in the past seem to them inadequate. The author therefore first restates certain old, old principles, which seem to have lost force from detachment, in the forms of conception, and in the speech, of modern life. The making of a character which is for itself a sufficient consolation seems to him the only permanent relief from unhappiness, and he sets forth the positive principles on which such a character is based. By HENRY C. KING President of Oberlin College =Rational Living= “An unusually valuable book on practical ethics ... admirably adapted for clubs and classes which wish to study ethical questions, and equally valuable for all who wish the latest and clearest information on such subjects.”--AMORY H. BRADFORD, First Congregational Church, Montclair, N.J. Cloth 12mo $1.25 net (postage 12c.) =Personal and Ideal Elements in Education=