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designed book, but contains much helpful material. It is a little difficult to see just what specific contribution it would make, unless it would serve as a sort of handbook to the evange lism committee. 333 pages; cloth; Voice of Moody Publishers, River Grove, 111.; $3.35. The Doctrine of Eternal Punishment By Harry Buis There has been a good deal of wa vering on the doctrine of future pun ishment, even among otherwise sound Christians. This is due in part to the lack of clear teaching on the subject from the pulpit and in the church school. The subject hardly ever comes up in the natural course of curricu lum lessons. This book faces the ques tion squarely and after setting forth the biblical teaching and the histori cal development of the doctrine, it presents a present-day conservative position that satisfies the position of Scriptural infallibility. This is not to insist upon a literal fire in hell in the sense in which we know it; it must be something that will be applicable to the resurrected body and to the spirits of the Devil and his angels who have no body at all. 148 pages; cloth; Baker Book House, Grand Rapids; $2.75. The Book Ends JUST FOR MOTHERS by Dorothy Haskin. 62 pages; paper; Zondervan Publ. House, Grand Rapids; $1.00. In 11 chapters the various as pects of rrfotherhood ore discussed and it is interesting to see how many roles she really plays. She is superwoman, psychologist, philos opher, coach, public relations* expert, social chairman, sex authority and whatnot. The author is both forthright and vigorously Chris tian. 52 SERMON OUTINES ON THE TITLES OF OUR LORD by Rowley Hill. 112 pages; Baker Book House, Grand Rapids; $1.75. These out lines consist of a page to a page and a half of material with o few introductory paragraphs and an outline. The author is a minister in the Church of England, and this is another in the Minister's Handbook series. THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST by R. I. Humberd. 62 pages; paper; Humberd Press, Flora, Ind.; 25c. The author lists and discusses 25 testimonies of our Lord's resurrection (one point takes up seven reasons why it is impossible that Christ didn't rise from the dead). Includes some interesting incidents as illustrations.
Emblems of the Holy Spirit By F. E. Marsh This is a reissue of a work first published in 1884. Marsh takes up the metaphorical appellations used in the Bible of the Spirit — the dove, seal, oil, fire, rain, wind, dew, water, etc. Each chapter takes up in detail the use in the Scriptures of the par ticular symbol and brings rich truths to those who are ready to receive them. Marsh was author of Structural Principles of the Bible and a number of other deeply spiritual and scrip tural volumes. 257 pages; cloth; Kregel Publications; Grand Rapids; $2.95. The Naked Aucas — An Account of the Indians of Ecuador By Rolf Blomberg Interest has run high about the savage Auca Indians of Ecuador who killed five m i s s i o n a r i e s in 1956. Through Gates of Splendor, the story of this tragedy, has been among the best sellers. The present book is not a religious book but a report of an adventure that involved a number of contacts with these savage Indians who “kill peaceable Indians and whites alike, just as a matter of prin ciple.” There are a couple of chapters, however, on Jesuit missionary work in the area, and the anthropologic and cultural material contained in the book is valuable for anyone inter ested in trying to understand these people. Besides this it is a most fasci nating and exciting book. The author worked closely with the Shell Oil Co. expedition and received valuable help from them. There are many full-page illustrations. 191 pages; cloth; Essen tial Books, Fair Lawn, N.J.; $5.00. God's Work in God's Way By W illiam S. Dillon This is a rather curious collection of scriptural verses with brief com ments in outline form under an a l p h a b e t i c a l arrangement which covers church polity and activities, the Christian life, missionary endeav or and some miscellaneous items. The objective of the book is “world evan gelization; that is, the completion of the body of Christ.” It is a poorly ?o
A Brief Survey of the Bible By Sara Margaret Wright This is not an outline of the major sections of the Bible, but a series of 39 studies which carry the reader from Genesis to Revelation in rapid strides. However, the author does stop to explain the major significance of the chief periods and events of the biblical story. Warnings about doc trinal deviations appear here and there and the scarlet thread of salva tion is carefully traced throughout the Scriptures. The author has taught Bible for a dozen years in the Ponto toc, Miss, high school. 241 pages; cloth; Loizeaux Bros., New York; $3.00. This is a different kind of mission ary book. A lively missionary wife in India writes of everyday events in an intimate manner to show that the life of the missionary is interesting and exciting as well as strenuous and exacting. Ants on the children’s bed, scorpions, stifling heat, snakes, native servants—all these interspersed with the Lord’s miraculous workings make a most fascinating story. The mater ial is in the form of letters. 128 pages; cloth; Greenwich Book Publ., New York; $2.75. Missionary Mama By Ruth Seamands LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES by Joseph A. Seiss. 343 pages; cloth; Baker Book House, Grand Rapids; $2.75. A reissue of a significant series of 21 lectures on this great passage of Scripture. Seiss was a Lutheran pastor whose spiritual messages have been ac cepted and appreciated by a wide variety of evangelicals. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD by Esther Haggard Lee. 79 pages; cloth; Vantage Press, New York; $2.50. A missionary who travelled extensively in pre-communist China and Korea recounts intimately her experiences. The writing is in diary form and too informal to be easily read. DEVOTIONS FOR THE FAMILY ALTAR by Ruth I. Johnson. 127 pages; paper; Moody Press, Chicago; 35c. One of the Colportage Library books. PAT COLLINS AND THE SECRET ENGINE by Bernard Palmer. 63 pages; paper over boards; Moody Press, Chicago; $1. A novel for the lower teens. Adventure and Christian claims are part of the plot.
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