T h e K i n g ' s B u s i n e s s in a way that would not fit in with the Old Testament uses? If He used “leaven” in the sense of goodness and purity con quering the world, would His Jewish hearers have known how to take Him? Leaven is sour dough—corruption subtly at work. It is invariably used in the Jew ish Scriptures in a bad sense. Meal was used in the sweet-savor offerings (Lev. 2:1-3) and as food for the priests (Lev. 6:15-17). There is no difficulty in seeing how our Lord used the word “leaven” in other places (Mt. 16:12; Mk. 8:15). This author, however, says . the “woman" is Christ, the “leaven" is His kingdom and the “meal” is corrupt humanity. He speaks of the “struggle of the kingdom against war, the saloon, the political dis franchisement of woman,®cruelties of child labor,” etc. and thinks “the ferment of Christianity is working mightily,” and that the Spirit of civilization will grad ually be leavened. Making an individual application, he says: “If we let the leaven of the love of Christ work in us, we may become sons of Godtf&{: The interpretations are mostly on the lines of familiar post-millennial teachings, viewing the kingdom as advancing to the conquering of all society through the so cial and moral expressions of Christian ity. The great soul-winning program of our Lord has little or no emphasis. We prefer to adhere to the plan of making the Bible its own commentary. We are sure we cannot go far wrong and we will cer tainly create fewer contradictions in Scripture teachings than by following the popular method of interpreting parables. SrE- L- B- —o-- Kept For the Master’s Use B y F rances R idley H arvergal A greatly valued re-issue of the famous devotional essay by this gifted writer which is based on her well-known hymn: “Take my life and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee.” Many a heart has echoed this beautiful song and many will find added inspiration and fresh beauty in the author’s own interpretation of her mean ingful verses. A splendid book for gift purposes. There are 125 pages, 7)4x5 inches. Revell publishes this book in cloth. Price 75 cents. Postage—13 cents. —o— The Adult Worker and His Work B y W ade C rawford B arclay Splendid text book or for general reading—full of helpful suggestions for pastors, superintendents, leaders, teachers, and Bible class members, by a man who has studied the problems of the Adult Department and worked out the solutions in the laboratory of personal experience and wide observation. This is not a book for the shelf, but for the work table—a volume to be studied and consulted as a student consults his dictionary. 276 pages. 7x4)4 inches. Jennings & Graham. Qoth. Price 50 cents. Postage—13 cents, —o— All we need to say about this new book from the Revell presses, is that it com prises fifteen e v a n g e l i s t i c sermons preached in the later years of the great evangelist’s ministry. Dr. Chapman was a master of public gatherings and his sermons have always been in demand. Price $1.75.—B. Awakening Sermons B y D r . J. W ilbur C hapman
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