or something worse. Others again live as if life were to be all, instead of a walk, a gay and giddy dance; alas! they may find it the dance of death. It is something to apprehend and feel that life is a walk; not a game, nor a pastime, nor an outburst of passion; not a random flight, nor a groping, groveling crawl, nor a mazy laby rinthine puzzle; but a walk; a steady walk; an onward march and move ment; a business-like purpose-like step-by-step advance in front; such a walk as a man girds himself for, and shoes himself for, and sets out upon with staff in hand, and firm-set face, and cap well fixed on the head, and holds on, amid stormy wind and drifting snow; resolute to have it fin ished and reach the goal. Such a walk is real life; life in earnest. Such a walk pre-eminently was the life of Jesus. No dilettante trifler was He; nor a visionary; nor a loiterer; nor a runner to-and-fro; nor a climber of cloud-capped heights; but a walker; a plain pedestrian walker; a deter mined walker, whom nothing could turn aside nor turn back. It is said of Him, on one occasion, that He ‘steadfastly set his face to go to Jeru salem.’ That was His way, His man ner always. He walked. He steadfastly set His face to walk. On, still on, He walked, unflagging, unflinching; He walked right on. It is a sublime spec tacle to gaze on; this Jesus, Son of God, Son of Man, thus walking; in Galilee, in Jewry; His face steadfastly set to go to Jerusalem.” This book, the book on First John, can be a great blessing to the reader. 577 pages; cloth; Zondervan Publish ing House, Grand Rapids, Mich.; $5.95. Th e B ib le H andbook By Joseph Angus First published a hundred years ago in 1853 and thoroughly revised and in part rewritten by Samuel G. Green in 1904, this handbook was for many decades considered the indispensable companion to the Bible. Joseph Angus (1816-1902), English Baptist, was president of Stepney College and highly regarded by scholars of all de nominations in his day. Excellent chapters on general intro duction are followed by others on Old and New Testament introduction. The credentials and claims of Scrip ture and inspiration and revelation are thoroughly discussed. About thir ty pages are devoted to the history of Bible translation. Two splendid chap ters assist the reader in methods of interpretation. Each book of the Bible is then treated separately, with intro duction, background, and outline. While Angus and Green’s work has been superseded at points by recent O C T O B E R 1 9 5 3
HYMNS YOU LOVE____________________________ By Phil Kerr Does Jesus Care?
Words by Frank E. Groeff Frank E. Graeff was a minister in the Philadelphia conference of the Methodist Church. Throughout the district he was known as “The Sunshine Minister.” C. Austin Miles ( “ In the Garden” ) says of him: “He is a spiritual optimist, a great friend of children; his bright sunshiny disposition at tracts him not only to children, but to all with whom he comes in contact. He has a ho_ly magnetism and a childlike faith.” In spite of his cheery disposition and win some friendliness, he often was called upon to go through testing experiences; and it was while pass ing through a severe trial that he was inspired to write the song- poem, “Does Jesus Care?” . He Julia Ward Howe was the wife of a Boston physician who served as an Army surgeon in Washing ton, D.C., during the Civil War. From her room in the Willard Hotel (now one of Washington’s great hotels), she could see and hear the feverish commotion of a nation learning the art of war. A favorite marching song which she heard daily was “John Brown’s Body.” A friend, Rev. James Clark, suggested to Mrs. Howe that she write new words to the tune. “ I have often prayed that I might,” she replied. conservative scholarship it will prove to be of great assistance to Bible stu dents and Sunday school teachers who are looking for a compact volume of Bible helps. 837 pages; cloth; Zonder van Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Mich.; $5.95. Y oung ’ « L itera l Translation Ot th e H o ly B ib le Robert Young (1822-1888) was a layman of the Free Church of Scot land and a Sunday school teacher. His Analytical Concordance to the Bible, familiar to every earnest Bible student, is a monument to the dili gence of Christian laymen. This lit eral translation of the Bible was first published in 1862 and later revised. The text is not intended to read smoothly—literal translation as it is.
Music by J. Lincoln Hall wrote more than two hundred hymns, scores of poems, and au thored a successful book, “ The Minister’s Twins.” The musical setting was pro vided by J. Lincoln Hall. He was bom November 4, 1866, in Phila delphia. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, and later received a Doctor of Music degree. He wrote many cantatas and oratorios, hundreds of gospel songs, and edited several hymnals. For many years his musical com positions for special Easter, Christ mas, and Children’s Day services were more popular than those of any other religious publisher. He possessed remarkable ability as a song-leader and choral conductor. One night, shortly before dawn, the now-well-known pa trio tic poem came into her heart. With out pausing to dress, without wait ing for daylight, she found paper and pen and framed the stanzas. (The original manuscript is now in the Library of Congress.) First published in The Atlantic Monthly in February 1862, the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” swept quickly throughout the country, sung to the tune of “John Brown’s Body” which had originally been a campmeeting m elody . Mrs. Howe lived to be more than ninety. It has the advantage of literal trans lation, but also its drawbacks—the lack of interpretation of idiomatic and like expressions. 767 pages; cloth; Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Mich.; $5.00. Th e G iver and H i« Gilt« Th e H o ly Spirit and H i« W o r k By E. W. Bullinger With the same qualifications as Number in Scripture this work on the Holy Spirit is reviewed here. Every verse in the New Testament contain ing the word Spirit (pneuma) is com mented upon, and the discerning reader will be able to make use of much to be found here. 223 pages; cloth; The Lamp Press, London, Eng land; $1.75. END.
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