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ment to which her employer, Ralph Whit lock, as well as the young millionaire, Jeffrey Wainwright, took her. How the Lord used her to lead others to Christ is an appealing story which Christian young people will enjoy. 306 pages. J. B. Lippin cott Co. Cloth. Price $2.00. Helping One Another Through the courtesy of the editors of Sunset magazine, Lane Publishing Com pany, San Francisco, the K ing ’ s B usiness has been able to use in its August issue a number of beautiful engravings. For this generous cooperation, the K ing ’ s B usi ness is grateful. It is estimated that Sunset is read in more than 200,000 homes in the better residential districts on the Pacific Coast. An independent survey shows that eight out of ten of its readers own their own homes. An attempt is made to give to Sunset readers information that will make for fuller home enjoyment. Editorially, the magazine deals with the preparation of tasty and economical meals, attractive home decorations, western garden, travel, and kindred subjects. The subscription price is: 50 cents for one year; $1.00 for 2 years; Canadian and foreign subscriptions $2.50 per year.
woven into the development of his theme, the author uses the Lord’s own Word as the means for directing readers to the su preme importance of hearing and obeying the message of God to man. The book is honoring to Christ and fulfills its stated aim: “To ‘magnify the Lord’ by exalting His Word, for God has magnified His Word above all His name.’! In a strong plea for personal and daily Bible study, the author shows that there is no substitute for individual searching of the Scriptures. The flow of the discussion is unbroken by Scripture references, and a simple sys tem of numbering of lines, with a tabu lated list of references at the close of the book, serves to give the location of every quoted portion. Chapter 7, “Call unto Me and I Will Answer Theej” presents a re markable group of questions regarding problems of interpretation and of practi cal Christian living, queries for which an swers can be sought in the Word. 255 pages. The Scriptures Publishing Society, Grand Rapids, Mich. Cloth. Price $1.00.
OUR LITERATURE TABLE [Continued from page 347] “O Come All Ye Faithful” will be found to add emphasis and beauty to every line. The hymns that have won and held the affection over many years, some for cen turies, are fully represented in The Service Hymnal. There is also an abundance of well-balanced song material for evangel istic appeal. The hymnal is most com pletely indexed: authors and composers, titles and first lines, and tunes—listed melodically as well as alphabetically. The portion of the hymnal devoted to respon sive and unison readings is a strong sec tion of forty pages. These readings, in the main, follow consecutively the Scriptural order from Genesis through the Bible, with the exception of the readings for special days. Mechanically, little more could be asked of a book than is provided in The Service Hymnal: attractive format, gold lettering, clear printing from new plates, good paper, tinted edges, and strong binding. The book contains 480 pages, 5.68 musical and responsive numbers, and is fully or che s t r a t ed. Hope Pub. Co., Chicago, 111. Price $60.00 per hundred, not prepaid. “ Thus Saith the Lord’’ B y S amuel V anden H oek With two thousand Scripture passages
White Orchids By G race L ivingston H ill
Camilla Chrystie, the heroine of this fascinating novel, was a genuine Christian,' and her testimony rang true in the office, in the home, and in the places of amuse
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church was valued at $50,000. The plant occupied a stra tegic location for the sounding forth of the Word of life. Dr. Rood found his devoted and Bible-loving people labor ing under the burden of a heavy mortgage, and he set about at once, through prayer and thoughtful planning, to find the Lord’s means of liberation. The answer came—for the sum of $31,000 was raised in a single evening! “The most outstanding feature of Dr. Rood’s work in Seattle was of course his ability to get the church out of debt,” writes one of the officials of the church. “His ener getic influence and hard work to raise the money with which to pay the mortgage on the property can never be forgotten. He is true to the Word of God, a good evangelist, who is also very popular; and is well liked among the young people.” While Dr. Rood was in Seattle, he was the President of the Seattle Ministerial Federation—the union ministers’ meeting of the city. At the time of his appointment, he was only twenty-eight years of age, but was already recog nized as an ardent evangelical. B u ild ing and B lessing G o H and in H and In 1922, Dr. Rood became pastor of Beulah Tabernacle, Turlock, Calif., and continued in this office for eleven years. During this period, there was marked advance, both in spiritual and temporal matters. A new church was erected, its auditorium having a seating capacity of 1,250. The Beulah School Building, which was formerly Turlock High School, was acquired, completely renovated, and equipped for Sunday-school use. Each summer, a large Daily Vacation Bible School is held in this building. The value of the two properties—the school and the church with its comfortable parsonage—is placed at $85,000. Dr. Rood’s pastorate marked the acquisition of Beulah Park, which is one block square and located three blocks from the business district of Turlock.
Dr. Rood was recognized in Turlock as a builder—not only a builder of churches, but also as a builder of lives. “When he first took up the work here in the fall of 1922,” writes A. E. Sandberg, of Turlock, “we had one of the greatest revivals in the history of our church. He organized the young people’s Bible class, called the Second Timothy 2 :l5 Class, consisting of 125 members. Dr. Rood is one of the outstanding evangelists of the country; we can heartily recommend him as a fundamental teacher of the Word. He is loved and respected by all the young people with whom he comes in contact. As a church, we thank God for the time we had him in our midst and for all the work he has done. His influence will long linger in our lives.” B ible I n st itu t e of L os A ngeles W elcomes D r . R ood The officials of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles regard Paul W. Rood as one raised up of the Lord for the leadership of the Institute in this hour of opportunity. Of His servant Moses the Lord declared: “For this cause have I raised thee up, for to show in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.” It is the opinion of friends closely associated with the Institute, as well as of those who view the situation from a distance, that for the same reason-—the manifestation of divine power and the spread of the gospel throughout all the earth—has God called His devoted servant to the presidency of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. The ultimate pur pose of the Lord for both the school and its newly appointed executive seems beautifully apparent: “To show in thee my power ”—against the incoming flow of modernism, skepticism, indifference; “to show in thee my power ”—to touch and mold the lives of youth. Raised up of the Lord for such a time as this, may the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, and its new President, Paul W. Rood, be a witness among the nations to the mighty power of God.
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