tion and leaders of youth work. — 329 pages; cloth; Judson Press, Val ley Forge, Pa.; $6.95. BOOK ENDS______ (A Review of Current Publications) DOCTOR IN A DARK LAND by Alan Living stone Wilson. 159 pages; cloth; Zondervan Pub lishing House, Grand Rapids; $2.50. Sequel to Doctor in the Jungle. Congo is the field. Written in fictional form, the story is based on factual situations. THE CHALLENGE OF WORLD COMMUNISM IN ASIA by J. R. Saunders. 125 pages; paper; Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Raipids; $1.95. Intimate story of the communist take-over jn China by a missionary who spent fifty years in the Orient. JUST FOR TODAY by Walter B. Knight. 349 pages; cloth; Wm. B. terdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids; $4.25. Daily devotions for the year. Prose and poetry are used along with Scripture material. THE SHOEMAKER WHO GAVE INDIA THE BIBLE by James S. and Velma B. Kiefer. 61 pages; cloth; Baker Book House, Grand Rapids; $1.95. Story of William Carey in the Valor series. HOW TO SERVE GOD IN RETIREMENT by Paul W. Travis. 54 pages; paper; author, 531 Linwood Ave., Santa Ana, Calif.; $1.00. A second career for retired Christians can be an exciting and rewarding experience. This manual explains the whole thing with a list of missions that welcome such assistance. OBSERVER IN ROME by Robert McAfee Brown, xi, 271 pages; cloth; Doubleday & Co., New York; $4.95. The author was an official observer at the Second Vatican Council, one of few who sat through the entire second session in 1963. This is his report and interpretation, written from daily notes taken during those weeks. LIGHT IN THE NORTH by J. D. Douglas. 220 page; cloth; Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids; $3.75. Volume VI of The Advance of Christianity Through the Centuries series. The real issue was the “crown rights of Christ the Redeemer“ versus ecclesiastical hegemony during the Scottish Covenanter episode, which this volume chronicles. CHURCH CONFERENCES FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS by James L. Ballinger. 160 pages; paper; Bethany Press, St. Louis; $1.95. A manual for planning, staffing, operating, and evaluating all kinds of church conferences. DANGER, SAINTS AT WORK! by Jean Rees. 121 pages; paper; Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids; $1.25. This one is different — each chapter tells how not to perform various duties and ministries in the church program. Illustrated with comical drawings. HOW TO GET YOUR CHURCH BUILT by C. Harry Atkinson, xix, 217 pages; cloth; Double day & Co., Garden City, N.Y.; $4.95. The author of the magazine, Protestant Church Buildings, sets forth the step-by-step process of building a church from the conception of the task to the dedication of the building. How should the planning be done, and by whom? What tradi tions should be trespassed, and what preserved? These and many other questions are discussed in full with many illustrations. THE FAITH OF THE RUSSIAN EVANGELICALS by J. C. Pollock. 190 pages; cloth; McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York; $3.95. Newspaper accounts of the 32 Siberian Evangelicals who journeyed to our Moscow Embassy hoping to find religious fredom spurred the author to recount the story of all Evangelicals in Russia today. It is an interesting and stimulating story. “We are grate ful to our government,“ they say, “for putting us in a position where it costs so much to be a Christian“ (p. 99). BE PERFECT by Andrew Murray. Bethany Press, Minneapolis; $1.50. Reprint of the 1893 edition of a classic in spiritual literature. Recommended, books are available from the Biola Book Room, 560 South Hope Street , Los Angeles; and on the La Mirada Campus , 15800 Biola Avenue. Handy mail order service is also available. Free descriptive books and record catalogs will be sent upon request.
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There Was A Man His Name: Paul Carlson Compiled by Carl Philip Anderson Copyright Covenant Press Not since the five Ecuador mission aries were murdered in their initial effort to reach the Aucas of South America has the martyrdom of a missionary attracted such world wide attention. The death of Dr. Paul E. Carlson, slain on November 24, 1964 by Congolese rebels, re ceived well-nigh universal coverage by press, radio and TV. This brief volume is a personal account, composed of tributes from eleven people who were very close to the courageous doctor, including his wife, brother, fellow - missionaries, church officials, and others. Mrs. Carlson declares: “ To live for Christ in a way that others could see Christ in him was his deepest desire and prayer” (p. 26). These intimate con tacts with Dr. Carlson present con vincing evidence that this noble aim of the missionary doctor was ful filled abundantly. Christ was magni fied in his death as well as in his life (Phil. 1:20). A quotation from The Covenant Companion states in part: “ As a mis sionary he considered himself ex pendable, but that he preferred life to death can certainly be assumed and requires neither explanation nor justification. That he was willing to risk and to accept death as the ulti mate price of his commitment to Jesus Christ is eloquent testimony to this faith and devotion. In the life and death of Paul Carlson the entire world was given a thrilling illustration of discipleship. It will not soon forget the courage of this man who, while he was a prisoner, continued to practice the healing art, ministering even to those who were his accusers and who were responsi ble for his death” (p. 71). The illus trations which enhance this book, by L. Birger Sponberg, seem singularly appropriate. No Christian can remain unmoved by this account nor can his prayer life be unaffected by the tre mendous need of lands still lying in darkness and the shadow of death. Reviewed by Mrs. Betty Bruechert —107 pages; cloth; Fleming H. Re- vell Co., Westwood, N.J.; $2.50.
Open Letter To Evangelicals by R. E. O. White A devotional and homiletic com mentary on the First Epistle of John, the body of this book is in the form of an exposition, with notes concerning special problems printed at the back. Included is a section of six special essays on the evangelicals and authority, spiritual experience, ethics, ecumenicity, the cross, and Jesus. In t*he matter of ecumenicity, the author sees no plausible end to the “ cold war” between the world ecu menical movement and “a loose asso ciation of evangelicals marked by di versity of organization, spiritual fervour, and a large variety of wor ship and ethos of biblicist and con servative type” (p. 189). The exposi tion is pretty largely geared to mod ern involvements and applications, but the author has a background of New Testament Greek studies and does not hesitate to wrestle with the problems of interpretation on the exegetical basis. This would be a good work to use with others in preaching through the Epistle.—276 pages; cloth; Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids; $4.95. One of the more important special fields of evangelism is the college and university campus. This book is a symposium of fifteen chapters deal ing with as many aspects of the sub ject, each by a different writer. It in cludes a brief history of student Christian movements, but this chap ter is limited to those well-known organizations such as the YMCA, YWCA, and those currently related to the World Student Christian Fed eration, which in turn has connec tions with UNESCO, the World Council of Christian Education and the World Council of Churches, leav ing out all the really evangelical agencies, such as Inter-Varsity, Youth for Christ, Campus Crusade, etc. There is a bibliography, again slanted toward liberal theology, but no index. The book can be of some use to directors of Christian educa Campus Ministry Edited by George L. Earnshaw
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