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S tudies in th e Life of Christ A. M. Fairbairn

istere d ; th e religion in w hich H e w as train ed ; th e tem ple service in w hich H e to o k p a r t; th e ecclesiastical, civil a n d so ­ cial aspects of H is tim e; the p a rtie s of the day, th e ir opinion a n d th eir sp irit; the custom s th a t ru led ; th e influences th a t prevailed. I have tried to p re se n t H is a cts a n d w ords as th ey w ould strik e those w ho first saw or h e a rd th em .’* T his book p re sen ts a reliable p ic tu re of th e Life of O u r Lord. Price $1.50 T h e G re a te st T hough ts A b o u t Jesus C hrist J . G ilchrist Lawson A ll th e g re atest th o u g h ts of th e w orld ’s g re atest p re ac h ers, philosophers, sta te s­ m en, judges, lite ra ry m en, historians, scientists and even th e trib u te s of leading Jew s an d skeptics, co n cern in g C h rist a re g a th e red to g eth e r in to a collection re p re ­ sen tin g th e cream of all lite ra tu re— a n ­ cient, m odern, an d c u rre n t. W ill b e in ­ valuable to m inisters a n d C h ristian w o rk ­ ers. Price $1.50 Rev. Alfred Edersheim T his g re at w o rk n early fifteen h undred p ag es still holds a com m anding position am ong th e m any published lives of o u r Saviour. Its scholarly an d rev eren tial c h a ra c te r is conceded b y all stu d en ts to have few equals. Price $4.00 T h e L ife o f Christ Rev. Jam es Stalker If you a re n o t u sing S ta lk e r’s Life of C h rist do n o t w ait a day b e fo re o rd erin g it. T his is essentially th e stu d e n t’s book — only 162 pages, b u t they a re w ritte n in D r. S ta lk e r’s lum inous style; every w o rk counts. T h e p a ra g ra p h s a re num bered fo r quick reference, a n d a synopsis of co n ten ts p recedes each c h ap ter. D r. S talk er says in th e revised edition th a t the book “ has b een tran sla ted in to m ore la n ­ guages, E u ro p ea n an d A siatic, th an the a u th o r c an rem em ber.*’ Price 90c T h e R e a l Christ Rev. R. A. Torrey, D.D. W ith ra re sp iritu al discernm en t an d a deep in tu itiv e a p p rec ia tio n of th e c h a r­ a c te r of th e M aster, D r. T o rrey has draw n L ife a n d T im es o f Jesus th e Messiah

T his book is n o t a n exhaustive a n a critical discussion of th e Gospel H istory b u t an a ttem p t a t reach in g p o in ts of view from w hich th é life of C h rist m ay b e u n ­ derstood a n d a splendid book it is too. Price $1.50 T rib u te o f G re a t M en to Jesus Christ A. H. and A. P. Delong T his is pro b ab ly th e m ost com plete col­ lection of th e sayings of g re at m en co n ­ cern in g C h rist th a t has ever b een p u b ­ lished. T h ey have been selected w ith g re at c are from a w ide ra n g e of lite ra tu re and co n tain som e of th e choicest gem s of th e g re atest au th o rs. It is a w o rk of value, n o t only to m inisters a n d Bible students, b u t to all p erso n s who love to do H im honor. Price $1.00 T h e Life of O u r L o rd Samuel J. Andrews This* book is re g ard e d as th e a u th o rita ­ tive Life of C h rist by m any of o u r best Bible Scholars. It is safe, sane, scholarly. T h e a u th o r says in his preface, “ It is n ot to b e expected th a t 1 should presen t, u p o n a su b ject discussed fo r so m any c en ­ tu ries by th e b est m inds of th e church, a n y th in g distinctively new . Still I tru st th a t som e p o in ts have b een set in clearest lig h t a n d th a t those w ho seek to know as m uch as is possible of th e e te rn al history of th e L o rd ’s w orks aftd w ords m ay th e b e tte r p e n e tra te into th eir S piritual m ean­ in g .’* Price $2.50 S tudies of th e P o rtra it of Christ George Matheson T h e a u th o r in his p re fa c e says, “My desire is to study, n o t th e p o rtraits, b u t th e p o rtra it of C hrist. T h e p o rtra it w hich I study is th e one h u n g up in th e h e a rt—- th e com bined effect of all th e different asp ects w hich th e Qospels reveal.’* 2 Volumes, Cloth, Each $1.25 T h e L ife a n d W o rd s of Christ Cunningham Geike T h e a u th o r in his p re fa c e says, “ I have tried in this b o o k to resto re, as fa r as I could, th e w orld in w hich Jesus C hrist m oved; th e co u n try in w hich H e lived; the p eople am ong w hom H e' grew up and m in ­

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