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KNOW YOUR HYMNS? by Frederick Hall. It is often said that when a ser- mon leaves the heart untouched, a hymn may find an entrance there. He who makes a study of gospel hymns and of their writers and circumstances will find his life and ministry im measurably enriched. This volume will help to that end. It comprises over a thousand questions about hymns, hymn writers, and the com posers of hymn tunes—some questions absurdly easy, others admittedly hard. As a game for choir or young people’s groups, the study will call forth com petition and will increase knowledge in a delightful manner. 140 pages. W. A. Wilde Co., Boston, Mass. Cloth. Price $1. ROYAL ALBERT HALL CAMPAIGN, 1944. In the midst of London’s war time terrors and restrictions, a team of six speakers, with other helpers, had faith to engage the largest hall in Great Britain for a sixteen-day evangelistic campaign. The group in cluded ' such spiritual leaders as A. Lindsay Glegg, Colin C. Kerr, T. M. Bamber, and Robert Laidlaw, men often identified with the Keswick movement in England. The plan of operation was unique in this respect: There were two speakers each - eve ning, both using the same theme. The first man approached the subject in a teaching ministry, while the second built upon that foundation and cli maxed the study with a personal ap peal. Reading the thirty-two dynamic messages which are here preserved in permanent form, one is not sur prised that the audiences in Royal Al bert Hall should have been not only remarkably large, but also responsive, for the unity and power of the Holy Spirit are clearly manifested. Here are addresses which may well be studied from many angles. 176 pages.' Pickering & Inglis, Ltd., 229 Bothwell St., Glasgow. Cloth 6/net; paper 5/net. WONDROUS TRUTHS FROM THE WORD, by John Hess McComb. “I be lieve,” declares the author, "that the Bible is the inerrant and inspired Word of God because the more I study and compare Scripture with Scripture, the more thoroughly I am convinced that it has but one Author and that the Author is God.” Comparing “Scrip ture with Scripture,” he focuses light upon such subjects as "Why Jesus Came,” “The Social Gospel,” “Things God Cannot Do,” “The Necessity for a Revelation,” and “Revival.” Here are suggestions for sermons, but most ci all food for the soul. 128 pages. Seyell Co., New York. Cloth. Price $1.25
CHRISTIANITY IS CHRIST, by W. H. Griffith Thomas. To the q u e s t i o n , “What Is Christianity?” the scholarly Dr. Thomas has brought a conclusive answer in the fourteen chapters of this book. Here one sees Christ, in the beauty of His perfection, in relation to His character, teaching, miracles, death, resurrection, and influence. To read this book prayerfully is to be not only informed concerning the S.on of God and His purposes, but to be drawn also to Him as Saviour and Lord. Be fore his death, the writer was pro- fessor of Old Testament Literature at Wycliffe College, Toronto, and prin cipal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. His name is synonymous with profound and reverent exegesis. 168 pages. Zon- dervan Pub. House, Grand Rapids, Mich. Cloth. Price $1. “ From the time that, at my i mother’s feet or on my father’s [ knee, I learned to lisp verses i from the sacred writings, they { have been my daily study. The j older I grow and the more I I read the holy Scriptures, the | more reverence I have for them | and the more convinced I am j that they are not only the best j guide for the conduct of this j life, but the foundation of all | hope respecting the future J ’ state. If we abide by the prin- | ciples taught in the Bible, our j country will go on prospering j . . . but if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and au- ! thority, no man can tell how ! sudden a catastrophe may over- I whelm and bury all our glory | in obscurity.”— Daniel Webster j i I 1 I CHICKEN DEVIL MYSTERY, by John Bechtel. Here is a story, packed with mystery and adventure, that will de light young readers. The author, who has been a missionary in China for many years, takes "The Shining Lights Sunday School Class” of girls on a journey which is to teach them about the aborigines of Kwangsi, give them opportunity to be missionaries by pass ing out tracts and giving their testi mony, and help them to find “the jade chicken” for an American museum. As they1proceed on their way, the mem bers of the class add to their num ber and to their exciting experiences. The plan of salvation and the appeal of missions are excellently stressed. 102 pages. Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Cloth. Price 60 cents. j
THE SANHEDRIN VERDICT, by Irwin H. Linton. Written by a lawyer of national repute, the eight chapters of this book furnish a wealth of factual material dealing with the verdict on the Christ of Galilee by the Sanhedrin Tribunal. The logic is indisputable, the treatment clear and understand able. Says Dr. Arthur I. Brown, a great scientist and Christian: “The author brings forward a superb ar ray of incontestable proofs of His (Christ’s) deity as he reviews the evi dences for the Virgin Birth, and the Resurrection, while uncovering the fal lacies and absurdities of the Arian position.” Concluding this study, one is led to a position of adoring wonder in the presence of Christ, the Son of God, on trial-before men. Seventy-one pages. Loizeaux Bros., New York. Cloth. Price $1. PRAYER POEMS, compiled by O. V. and Helen Armstrong. As a help in personal prayer and as an aid in stimulating prayer on the part of others, this “anthology for today” will be welcomed. The book contains three hundred prayers:—all poems— divided into seven sections, and repre senting many authors. There are prayers for morning, evening and mid night; for special days; for the home, the bride and bridegroom, the par ents, the children; for the church, the nation, the world; for quiet medita tion, and for growth in an understand ing of prayer itself. Excellently in dexed and beautifully printed, the book would be a worth-while addition to any library. 256 pages. Abingdon- Cokesbury Press, Nashville, Tenn. Cloth. Price $1.75. DICTIONARY OF BIBLE TOPICS, by Theodore Graebner. A dictionary is not usually regarded as a book of hu man interest, but this one is. Prepared by the professor of New Testament Interpretation at Concordia Theolog ical Seminary, for the purpose of en abling the reader “to live, as it were, with the great characters of the Bible, see them in their own surroundings at work and at worship, and thus receive a new experience of intimacy with the personalities, localities, and events of sacred story,” the book achieves the happy result of furnish ing many less familiar confirmations of the authenticity of the Word of God. There are three main divisions: “Studies in Biblical Interpretation,” “Bible Land Rambles,” “Biblical Arch aeology and History,” each of which has some thirty separate topics, all well indexed. 278 pages. Zondervan Pub. House, Grand Rapids, Mich. Cloth. Price $2. ,
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