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Sermons from the Parables B y C lovis G. C happell
of suggestions for possible outlines. Not the least valuable feature o f the book is the excellent bibliography appended to it, which affords a guide for further study in the Johannine writings. From both the technical and devotional standpoints, this book is satisfying. Its thoroughness in dealing with the text will please the most exacting Bible scholar, while its eminently practical aspect will render it useful to the average reader. 372 pages. Pickering & Inglis. Cloth. Price $ 2 . 00 . The Apocalypse Expounded B y A. H. B urton Clarity and directness are the chief vir tues of this brief commentary on the Apoc alypse. Written for popular use, it pre sents in straightforward manner the futur istic interpretation of Revelation, without considering at length any other view. The author adheres closely to the dispensa- tional explanation of Scripture, and writes with the conviction that the present age of grace is closing. His exposition is, there fore devotional and hortatory rather than historical and technical. On doubtful points he expressly avoids dogmatism and usually gives reasons for his major con clusions. It is well adapted to the average Bible student who is not interested in scho lastic questions. 279 pages. Pickering & Inglis. Cloth. Price $1.75. Life of Charles Albert Blanchard B y F rances C arothers B lanchard As a reformer, lecturer, preacher, and educator, Charles A. Blanchard was one of the outstanding leaders o f the past half-century. He was a familiar figure in Bible conferences, and was beloved by all who knew him in the classroom or on the platform. This unvarnished chronicle of his life, drawn chiefly from his own jour nals and diaries, and augmented by some few reminiscences by intimate friends, recalls vividly the strength, simplicity, kindliness, and directness o f his personal ity. Besides being a biography, this book affords a cross-section of American church and college life in the Middle West during the last seventy-five years. All o f Dr. Blanchard’s friends will welcome the pub lication o f this book; and those who were not personally acquainted with him will undoubtedly be inspired by the career of this man who upheld and exemplified the best traditions of American Christianity. 220 pages. Fleming H. Revell. Cloth. Price $2.00. One Mediator and Other Stories B y G wendoline A. L ear “One Mediator,” which covers approxi mately half of the book, is a striking story for young people. In it, the subtle dangers o f the Roman Catholic Church are ex posed, in narrative at once full of sound doctrine and dramatic suspense. Two shorter, but equally fine stories are includ ed in this volume, each presenting and solving its youth problem in the same read able style. 112 pages. John Ritchie, Ltd. Cloth. Price 50 cents.
In this collection o f sermons on sixteen o f the best-known parables of the Gospels, Dr. Chappell has demonstrated well the possibility o f combining freshness of treat ment with fidelity to truth, and acute analy sis o f subject matter with popular appeal. In each sermon, he has sought to find the central thought of the parable, and to drive that thought home to the reader’s con science by direct application to everyday life. His exegesis is accurate, though sometimes unusual. In his sermon on the Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids (virgins), stronger emphasis on the Lord’s coming would be justified. This book ought to be o f service to every pastor who needs a model for evangelistic exposition ; and it ought to be attractive to the Christian lay man who wants something that will make these familiar passages of greater practical value to him. 220 pages. Cokesbury Press. Cloth. Price $1.50. How the New Testament Came to Be Written B y W illiam O wen C arver This little handbook offers a popular account of the human origins o f the New Testament. Its component writings are classified by their dominant characteristics under five heads: The Literature of an Extending Gospel, of a Growing Church, o f a Developing Theology, of a Contro verted Faith, of a Persecuted People. The authorship, date, and setting of each book are sketched, with a brief practical sum mary of its content and teaching. The quo tations from the New Testament are, for the most part, original translations, and are accurate, reverent, and illuminating. Critical technicalities are not discussed; and while the best and safest conclusions ol recent scholarship are incorporated in the author’s work, his position is decidedly conservative. The book will be very useful to all Christian workers, especially to Sun day-school teachers. 123 pages. Fleming H. Revell. Cloth. Price $1.00. The Apostle John: His Life and Writings B y W. H. G riffith T homas This work is the result o f a lifelong study of the Johannine writings. Beginning with a devotional biography o f the Apostle John, Dr. Thomas lays the foundation for a study of the works by a careful interpre tation o f the life and personality of the writer. O f the five Johannine writings, full treatment is accorded to the Gospel and three Epistles; the Apocalypse is not discussed in detail, presumably because of the complexity of the book. The Gospel is explained both synthetic ally and analytically. The synthesis, which sketches the general outline and purpose of the book, is comprehensive and clear. The analysis, which is both textual and topical, is cast in the form of alliterative study outlines, which greatly facilitate its use in sermon preparation. The three Epis tles of John, the first of which is “con fessedly difficult to analyze,” are accorded similar treatment. Discussion of the Apoc alypse is confined to a general statement of methods of interpretation, with a number
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