6 T"“Paul During the remainder of 1 9 2 1 the Sunday School lessons will be on the life of Paul as given in the Book of Acts. Don’t let this opportunity pass by without your getting the greatest possible amount of help from these lessons. If the helps that you have had in the past years, in the study of the life of Paul have not been entirely satisfactory, lay them aside and buy one or two books that will be a real help to you. The following books will be found very helpful in your study.
St. Paul, the Traveller, and the Roman Citizen
Life and Letters of St. Paul B y D avid Sm ith
In th is m onum ental life o f S t. Paul, w hich m akes full u se o f th e sch olarsh ip and arch eo l og ica l findings o f th e p a st »decade or tw o, P ro fesso r Sm ith g iv es to Bible stu d en ts a w ork w hich th ey h ave lon g felt th e need of and w hich th ey w ill eagerly w elcom e. T he au thor w rites, “ I h ave p ortrayed St. Paul sim p ly a s I h ave p erceived him during th e-th irteen lon g y ea r s o f lo v in g and d elightfu l stu d y o f th e Safcred M em orials o f h is life and labor. O f la te yea rs .archeological _in v estig a tion h as revolu tion ized our con ception o f the lan gu age o f th e N ew T estam en t and d isclosed a fresh sign ifican ce and b eau ty in th e literary m onum ent o f th e C hristian revelation .” 7 0 4 p ages (c lo th ), $6.00 The Life of St. Paul B y Jam es S talk er M any Bible stu d en ts and teach ers regard th is a s the very b est b rief life sto ry o f Paul. It is planned and w ritten in a w ay th a t m akes it adm irably su ited for u se a s a hand book for B ible Classes'. (C loth ) 90c Paul’s Campaigns B y D avid Jam es B urrell In P au l’s C am paigns, y o u journey w ith Paul w herever he 'goes, w hether- to C yprus o r " to R om e, you feel y o u rself near to him , listen in g, hearing h is fiery, im passion ed , fearless exh ort ing. W hen y o u read th e gripping description o f w hat Paul saw a t A thens, it w ill b e b rought hom e fo you th a t here indeed is a stu d y of P au l’s w and erin gs w hich really ap p reciates the ■m o tiv es and ■d ifficulties o f th a t cou rageous fighter for C hristian ity. K now P au l’s fo o t step s. It is so ea sy to forget. Four w ax- p ro cess ch arts, sp ecia lly draw n, sam e size as p age, no folding. 110 p ages (clo th ) $1.25 net The Acts of the Apostles B y G. T . S tokes A sch olarly, w ell w ritten , com m en tary th a t thorou ghly covers th e b ook o f A cts. It goes in to m inute d etails in exp laining tim e ,' p lace and circu m stan ces. G ives needed help over hard p la ces. , ' , v S et of tw o volum es (clo th ) $2.50
B y S ir W m . M . R am say A very sch olarly volum e th a t throw s much, new lig h t on th e p erson s and p la ces and d a tes o f A cts. The au thor in h is p reface sa y s: “ I h ave looked a t Paul and Luke a s m en am on g m en. M y aim has b een to sta te th e fa cts o f P au l’s life sim p ly, avoid in g argum ent and co n tro v ersy so far a s w a s p o ssib le.” (C loth ) $3.00 Paul’s Companions B y D avid Jam es Burrell T h ose search ing th e A cts and th e E p istles to obtain a d istin ct idea o f th e ch a ra cteristics and p erson alities o f ‘ P au l’s com panions w ell know th e gath ering togeth er and co-ord ination o f references th a t are n ecessary. T his b ook, replete w ith illu stra tio n , m etaphor, an ecd ote and parable, striv es to im p art in m odern la n g u a g es a full, d eep-colored im p ression th a t only th e Bible stu d en t w ho h as plodded b ack and forth through th e relevan t ch ap ters can a s a rule h ope to ob tain . E ach chap ter is headed b y a p age g iv in g a b it of “ P ilgrim ’s P ro g ress”— for m en in " P il grim ’s P ro g ress” are strik in gly, lik e P au l’» C om panions. 125 p a g es (clo th ) $1.25 n et B y D avid Jam es Burrell Can w e get, to -d a y a fter nearly 2,000 y ea rs, new lig h t on P au l’s letters? Surely— and see new b eau ties in them , too. A nd one need n ot d elve in to th e en d less ash es o f dry sta tistic s. T hroughout .this w hole series on Paul, y o u ’ll, find one co n sta n t aim kept, in m ind: To p re sen t Paul in m ost a llu r in g ly ' readable form - stu d ies th a t g iv e even th e m ost profound searcher in to P au l’s life a b etter grasp of som e p h a se of it; y et in a sty le so m oderp, so unlike th e a verage tex t book, th a t an ordinary b u sin ess m an id ly fingering over th e p a g es w ould find he w anted to read a b it. S om e tim es sw eep in gly, som etim es m in u tely, Dr. B ur rell an alyzes each o f P au l’s letters. A p hrase, a m ere w ord, m ay be d iscu ssed , y et th e b ook is never dry. 125 p ages (clo th ) $1.25 Paul’s Letters
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