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A Lamp unto M y Feet B y J ohn R. G unn
The writer is author o f two other vol umes of three-minute sermons. His brief messages are prepared for a group of newspapers and receive strong recognition from his readers. The homilies are choice expositions o f the texts chosen, and are admirably suited to the’ everyday needs o f average readers. 177 pages. Long & Smith. Cloth. Price $1.50. T h e R om an ce o f the B ook B y C harles E ugene E dwards The author presents the history and achievements of the British and Foreign Bible Society, the American Bible So ciety, and the National Bible Society of Scotland. He has chapters on Transla tion, the History o f the English Bible, the Grand Strategy o f Christian Missions, etc. The book is o f intense interest and clearly shows the movings o f providence in preserving and disseminating the Word o f God. 113 pages. Revell Co. Cloth. Price $1.25. T h e R om e o f St. Paul B y A lbert G. M ac K innon The illustrations with which the book abounds are from photographs recon structed by Professor Guiseppe Gatteschi. The author is a specialist in all things Roman, having written copiously on this subject. He has succeeded in reproducing the atmosphere o f the days o f imperial Rome, and his pages are crowded with historical information o f utmost value. In his chapter on “Where St. Paul’s Dust Lies,” he describes the reputed place o f his burial, which is suitably marked, but he believes that the dust itself has been claimed long ago by the Tiber in times o f flood. 232 pages. Winston Press. Cloth. Price $2.50. Th e Prayer L ife and Teachings o f Jesus B y A lbert C assel W ieand The author is President o f the Bethany Biblical Seminary, Chicago, His work seeks to prove that the Bible is our .only authoritative source o f instruction’ as to the meaning and practice of prayer. The Saviour taught constantly concerning prayer, and His own example is our highr est ideal o f the act o f prayer. This vol ume examines all that the New Testa ment contains concerning Christ's teach ings on prayer. From the data found, a philosophy of prayer is developed, and deep foundations'are laid for the prac tice of prevailing prayer in daily living. 172 pages. Revell Co. Cloth. Price $1.50. Jonathan Edwards B y A rthur C ushman M c G iffert , J r . Any one who gives the world a fresh view o f so great a character as Jonathan Edwards has done the world a service. The man himself is little enough known to the great majority o f people. In this volume, he is seen as the precocious child, the phenomenal student, the enthusiast in scientific observation, the eager explorer in philosophy, the profound theologian, the irresistible evangelist, the leader o f men. Even though he was so great, reverses came to him, and he was dismissed from the church where he had done his great est work. Posterity has in some measure done him justice. This book is a most read able account o f Edwards’ life and work. 225 pages. Harper Bros. Cloth. Price $2.50.
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Th e Sunday S ch ool in A ction B y C larence H. B enson
understood that Gandhi’s revolution had succeeded: “A people bred in the bones of children, born of children, nourished and trained by children, cannot have the phys ical and mental vitality to construct and maintain a government that is a secure economic unit.” This book should be care fully studied before yielding to the weird popularity o f the Hindu ascetic. 467 pages. Chas. Scribner’s Sons. Cloth. Price $3.50. What Next B y J ohn E. C olfee A college president comes to know young pfeople as they scarcely know them selves. When knowledge and love are com bined, the ripe experience o f a trusted edu cator enables him to bring to his students information, advice, and kindly admonish ment that is of high value. But all of this must be done in a way that interests and inspires those to whom the messages come. Dr. Colfee has succeeded in his task in a most gratifying way. 148 pages. Revell Co. Cloth. Price $1.50. Th e C ourse o f Christian Missions B y W illiam O wen C arver The author is professor o f Comparative Religions and Missions at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky. Here is a book that invites the most thorough study, and one that at the same time may be used as a reference book of the history o f missions in the various coun tries, as carried on by the great denomina tions and by independent missions, during all the great epochs since Christ gave His comprehensive commission. Completeness cannot be affirmed of any book on mis sions, for the subject is too vast, but Dr. Carver’s book is highly satisfying. 320 pages. Revell Co. Cloth. Price $3.00. Christian Liberty and Church Unity B y M. G. G. S cherer The author is secretary of the United Lutheran Church in America. This excel lent book is as satisfying in its scholar ship as it is clear in its limpid English, First o f all, there is a setting forth of that liberty in Christ for which the whole gos pel stands. This liberty coexists with ade quate recognition o f the rights of all others. Does church unity demand organic union? Such union would be an eloquent manifes tation of inner unity of faith and spirit, but “the inner unity must be sought first as the basis o f organic union” (p. 110). 204 pages. Revell Co. Cloth. Price $1.75. “ F ollow T h ou M e’’ B y G eorge W . T ruett The book is a compilation o f the revised stenographic report o f a series o f evan gelistic sermons preached at Immanuel Baptist Church, Nashville, Tenn. Dr. Truett is a prince o f preachers, and in these sermons he seems to be at his best. Always true to the Scriptures and to his Lord, he unfolds the riches o f the gospel message in choicest English and in the power of the Spirit. 241 pages. Long & Smith. Cloth. Price $2.00.
The author is director of the Christian Education Course at the Moody Bible In stitute of Chicago. His work is a most comprehensive book on the Sunday-school. It deals with the history, organization, ad ministration, standards, teacher training, curriculum, accomplishments, and evangel ism o f the Sunday-school. Part II deals with such subjects as publicity, housing, equipment, finance, councils, worship, home relations, special days, and vacation problems. Other books deal with these matters, but this author treats them from the conservative standpoint, while insisting upon the most modern and effective meth ods. 327 pages. Bible Institute Colportage Ass’n. Cloth. Price $1.75. The Pilgrim ’s Progress J ohn B unyan ’ s S tory R ewritten for Y oung P eople By W ade C. S mith Though The Pilgrim’s Progress has been printed in seventy-five languages, the immortal story bears a new telling. The text itself has been greatly abridged to meet modern habits o f reading and has been illustrated by Mr. Smith with his “ Little Jetts.” It will give Bunyan a new audience and will confer a new blessing upon the world. 104 pages. Harper Bros. Cloth. Price $1.50. Keystones o f Scripture A s Seen in the Epistle to th e Ephesians B y P aul G rattan G uinness The book arranges the material of Ephe sians on the basis o f a series o f arches con sisting o f seven stones, the fourth being the keystone (after the manner o f the Com panion B ible). The work is done with rare accuracy and insight. 69 pages. Evangel ical Theological College, 3909 Swiss Ave., Dallas, Texas. Paper. Price 75 cents. This elaborate treatise on India covers 467 pages and is filled with citations from a wide variety o f authors. Twenty-seven histories are appealed to, thirteen authori tative writers on ethnology, philosophy, re ligion, etc., are cited, while twenty-two writers on miscellaneous aspects of India’s life are largely quoted. The author visited all parts o f India, studying the physical features o f the country, the people them selves, and the attitudes o f the ruling princes. The conclusions reached are posi tive and are not favorable to the major po sitions taken by Gandhi in his Sevaraj movement. The sixty million o f low-caste people cry out to America to appreciate their burdens. Gandhi would fix upon them the insufferable injustices o f caste; he would abolish machinery, railroads, tel egraphs; he-would open his country to the inroads o f the blood-thirsty Afghans on the northwestern border. One instance of the unspeakable horrors o f Moslem mas sacre occurred because these Moslems had C om e with M e to India B y P atricia K endall
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