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thoughtful reader, their arguments. will bear the close scrutiny of the careful thinker. The writer points out the importance of belief in the Christian life and shows how we may believe in God and in the Bible and the virgin birth and in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and, therefore, in miracles, in the light of the most searching thinking of our day. He also makes a good case for the atonement, for the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the future life, including a future punish ment. He has a wholesome, sane chapter upon the return of. our Lord in which he points out that the fact is certain but the day is uncertain and that an intelligent belief in this fact comforts and inspires and sustains that faith 'which is described in.his last chapter as almighty in its work ing power. The doctrines which' he advocates are doctrines which- can be; expressed in a wholesome Christian, life, a life that finds expression in the venturesomeness , -of faith, a faith to which nothing, reasonable is impossible.; He believes that a little company of Christian people banded to gether in this faith and who would not be daunted could redeem any community. He shows how we' may believe the things that make the Church of Jesus Christ irresistible. We commend the book. —J. M. M. —o— We wish that every member of the Christian Church could take a few hours of quiet and read Professor Charles R. Erdman’s new book, “The Spirit of Christ.” It is the work of a scholar of' mature experience who has given many years of study to the New Testament arid has grasped the great fundamentals of this particular subject in a very fine way. Dr. Erdman has avoided all extremes, fads and fallacies which have unfortun ately grown up about the subject of the Holy Spirit in our day. In a simple, clear but forceful style he presents the supreme need of the individual and the church in a way that ought to challenge our think- ing. ; His comments about Pentecost, the in spiration of the Scriptures and the work of the Spirit in the church are particular ly wise and helpful. He answers such questions as how the operation of the Holy Spirit before Pentecost differs from His operation since the day of Pentecost and how the doctrine of the Holy Spirit differs in the Old Testament and in the New. In speaking of the gift of tongues, he says: “The modern ‘gift of tongues’ has usually been sought, not for the purpose of edifying the Body of Christ, but for self-gratification, or as a proof that the recipient of the gift was ‘filled with the Holy Ghost.’ Such a test of spiritual life is ■arbitrary, and the alleged Pentecostal gifts have not proved to be of wide spir itual benefit, but usually have been1the occasion of misunderstanding, of divi sions, of fanaticism and dispute. Paul urged the Corinthians to greatly prefer the gift of ‘prophecy’ or the ability to .communicate the spiritual truth in a man ner •intelligent to all hearers and in com mon language; and he .insisted that both of these gifts, like the others which were “T he S pirit of C hrist ” - Prof. Chas. R. Erdman
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