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our yearning for the good of bur fellows we shall never be sent away without some largesse of the Royal bounty which shall minister to our own enrichment.
“Best” Books Which carry their message in story form— and everybody likes to read a good story Just Published Job’s Niece By G race L ivingston Hill TH E STORY : L ike Job, D oris D u n b ar had h e r trials. E ven M ilton P a g e failed h e r w hen she m ost needed him. A n d Z ep h y r, th e u n scru p u lo u s doll w ho had m arried her w ild y o u n g b ro th er, to rm e n ted h e r w ith special m alice. But, again like Job, D oris had a com fo rter— tw o in fact, for A ngus M cD onald could n o t fo rg et th e w istful, tro u b led eyes of th e girl he had left behind as a com p an io n to his old m other. F o r a terrib le m om ent it looked as if these w ere to be sw ept from h er. But th en ---- D oris found happiness so suddenly th a t it to o k h e r b re ath aw ay. A ten d e r a n d to uching love story, intensely h u m an in its sorrow s an d joys. C loth $2 .0 0
M ay 17. “The love of the Spirit.” — Rom.15:30.
WE talk much of the Love of the Father and of the Love of the Son, but how seldom we hear one speak of the Love of the Spirit. It is not wilful neglect—it is forgetfulness, thoughtless ness, oblivion. Yet how ungrateful such silence is ; for who can plumb the depth, who can measure the intensity of the Spirit’s love for man? For man, did we say? nay, for us. Consider the tenderness that watched, and waited, and wooed, and strove for our salvation, through all the weary years of our exile and our rebellion. Who can adequately appreciate the love that bore with our folly and our sin, refusing to be repelled or extinguished; which mourned over us as once it mourned over rebellious Ephraim; which followed us in our wanderings, until at length it brought us to the Father’s feet?; Let us beware how we grieve such affection as this. Let us :beware-how we Oppose'our self- will to its gentle guidings,! our obstinacy to its tender reproofs, our coldness to the warm allurings of the Divine heart. The Love of the Spirit, so it be welcomed and cherished, shall be a fire of sacred passion, burning continually upon the altaf 'qf our hearts; consuming all that is evil; stimulating all that is good; ripening our holy purposes into gracious deeds ; illuminating our characters; purging, refining, beautifying, sweetening the life. CHRIST sighed, not so much over the man’s blindness, as over its cause.- One of the surest.signs of our degeneracy is that we can walk in a world sodden and blighted by sin and not sigh over- the ruin, the shame, the misery wrought by the fall of man. Did we but see with Christ’s eyes,, were our hearts but as His heart, our tears would often /flow as we contemplated the present condition of the face. Not that sadness and sympa thy should exhaust themselves in sighing, We are not only to mourn, we are to minister. Christ is touched with the feeling of the poor man’s deafness and dumbness;;,;but that is. not all; He touches his; ears and his tongue and saith, “Ephatha, be opened.” We are far too apt to be satisfied with sighing. We say, “How sad,” and assure the afflicted that “we are very sorry.” So far, so good, if the sorrow be genuine; but have we no remedy for their ills ? It is useless to sigh unless, we bethink ourselves whether we can alleviate the pain, Or lift the burden, or break the fetter. If we cannot say “Ephatha,” at least we can point the sufferers to Him who can; we can tell them of One who is “Mighty to save;” nay, we can bring them in the hands of prayer and faith to His feet, that He may bless them. Else all our sigh ing were but idle emotion, Useless to men and baneful to our selves.’ ’’’ M ay 1*9. “Though it tarry, wait for it.” — Hah. 2:3 ,-, . WAITING for God and His salvation is perhaps thé most trying experience upon earth. Humanity is naturally impatient and unbelieving; in the hour of perplexity and trial it yearns for immediate direction and relief. If they are not instantly forth coming; if the Divine chariot wheels tarry; if the heavens are for awhile dumb to our appeals ; we are apt to doubt either the faithfulness of God or the acceptance of our prayers. The Tempter never misses such an opportunity of urging us either to unbelief or to despair. We must guard against this weakness M ay 18. “He sighed and saith . , . Ephatha.”—Mark 7:34.
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Scarlet and Purple B y S y d n ey W a tso n T h is b o o k sh o u ld sp e a k to th e h e a rts o f m a n y w ho, liv in g in a so -called C h ristia n la n d a n d su rro u n d e d b y C h ristia n influ en ces, h a v e y e t failed to s e ttle d efin itely th e q u estio n o f th e ir ow n p erso n al s a lv a tio n . T h e d elin eatio n of tru e C h ristia n c h a ra c te r w ill ap p e al to th e re a d e r a n d en h a n ce his in te re s t in th e s to ry , a n d he h im self w ill b e b ro u g h t face to face w ith th e n e c e ssity of a d efin ite a c c e p ta n c e o f C h rist if he w o u ld find p ea ce a n d s a l v a tio n . C lo th $1.25 The Conflict B y M iss E lizabeth K nauss T h is is th e b o o k o f th e h o u r fo r ev ery o n e w ho is in a n y w ay in te re s te d in th e co n flict b etw eèn th e M o d ern ist w ing o f th e C h u rch a n d th o s e w ho h o ld fa s t to th e g re a t fu n d a m e n tal d o c trin e s of th e C h ris tia n relig io n . “T h e C o n flict” te lls th e s to ry in s to ry fo rm — a re a l live s to ry — e n te rta in in g fro m b eg in n in g to en d— a n d v e ry helpful. Y ou w ill w a n t a t le a s t 'o n e co p y fo r y o u rself a n d o n e fo r y o u r p a s to r. O rd er a t o n ce a n d p u t in c irc u la tio n in y o u r co m m u n ity . C loth $1.25
B y S y d n ey W a tso n T h is is a n in te re s tin g s to ry in w h ich th e b le sse d tr u th of th e im m in en t re tu rn of C h rist is s e t fo rth in su c h a w ay a s b o th to co n v in ce th e re a d e r a n d to in sp ire in h im a d eep er lo v e of, a n d d e sire fo r, th e L o rd ’s a p p e a rin g . M any d o u b t le ss w ill w elcom e th e o p p o r tu n ity to le a rn fro m a b o o k of th is k in d th e B ible te a c h in g co n c ern in g th is g re a t d o ctrin e. T h o se fo r w hom th is su b je c t h a s h ith e rto h eld little in te r est, o r b y w h o m it h a s b een co n te m p la te d w ith a sen se of fear, w ill d eriv e g re a t b le ssin g fro m a p e ru sa l of th e s to ry . C loth $1.25 The Mark of the Beast B y S ydney W atson A co m p an io n v o lu m e to “ In th e T w in k lin g o f a n E y e.’’ T h is b o o k p ic tu re s th e h o rto rs to co m e u p o n e a rth d u rin g th e tim e o f th e G re a t T rib u la tio n w h ich w ill follow th e ra p tu re o f th e sa in ts. It c a n n o t fail to e x c ite th e d e te rm in a tio n to escap e th is p erio d o f 'an g u ish a n d u n re s tra in e d w ick ed n ess, a n d to b e am o n g th o s e w ho sh all b e c a u g h t u p to b e fo r ev e r w ith th e L p rd . C loth $1.25
The Passing of “The Word”
A R om ance of C ollege Life By H elen H enshaw
T he book depicts th e wholesom e and typical A m erican college girl of today, w ho w ith seriousness of c h a ra c te r can have as Well th e sp irit of frolic. W hile the sto ry p u r p o rts to im p a rt a serious m essage, nevertheless, th ere is a c ertain tren d of h um or th ro u g h th e pages. T h e college girl’s rhapsodies on flowers and am usem ents, and typical friendships th a t a re form ed, lend to th e n a rra tiv e a n a tu r alness w hich is in every w ay pleasing and a p p ro p ria te . Interw oven is a love them e, by no m eans com plex, bu t adding a c ertain ch arm to th e volum e. T he dialogue th ro u g h o u t is n a tu ra l a n d pleasing an d th e m oral and psychological elem ent is strongly m arked. A n excep tio n ally h ealthy story. C loth $1.50 If m oney does n ot accom p an y order, g ood s w ill be sen t C. O. D . If g ood s are to com e b y m ail add 10% for p o sta g e. B I O L A B O O K R O O M Bible Institute, Los Angeles, Cal.
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