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times, political conditions, social move ments, and racial tendencies o f the peo ple o f the age o f Jesus Christ are searched for authentic data bearing upon His life. The presentation is evangelical and in har mony with the records. The book includes a refutation o f the principle rationalistic theories o f the life o f Christ. 353 pages. Revell Co. Cloth. Price $2.00. The Watchman Reciter B y J. S. B orland This compilation o f poems and recita tions is suitable for Sunday-school occa sions. The evangelical point o f view is con sistently maintained. 96 pages. John Rit chie, Kilmarnock, Scotland. Cloth. Price 75 cents. This book o f inspirational sermons is de signed to meet the needs o f those bearing burdens in these days o f stress. The author is gifted in his expression, and his mes sages are full o f hope. 215 pages. Cokes- bury Press. Cloth. Price $1.75. The Westminster Assembly and Its Work B y B enjamin B reckinridge W arfield Dr. Warfield died in 1921. He was rated as the leading Calvinistic theologian o f his day. His writings have been gathered and classified by an editorial committee and will be published in ten volumes. The present book is number six. It is a large, dignified, thorough-going history of the calling o f the Westminster Assembly, and o f the discussions leading to the final form o f the Confession o f Faith. Every phase of theological truth has received exhaus tive treatment. In gathering this authori tative information, Dr. Warfield has pro vided for future generations a mass of material that could not elsewhere be found except at cost of incalculable labor. 400 pages. Oxford University Press. Cloth. Price $3.00. The Thousand Years’ Reign of Christ Over the Earth By Louis T. T albot The booklet is the report o f an address delivered at Los Angeles, in which the au thor set forth clearly the outline o f the Subject o f the Lord’s premillennial return and the events that will accompany and follow it. It is an excellent summary o f advent truth. 16 pages. Paper. Price 10 cents. If Christ Should Not Return, What Then? B y L ouis T. T albot The thought o f the title was suggested by the remark o f a parishioner that, whether or not Christ returned, it made no difference. The author shows how the resurrection of the body, future rewards, the ultimate salvation o f the world and permanent peace, judgment upon sin, Is rael’s national hope, and the binding of Satan all depend upon this one truth. If Christ should not come, the future is chaos and futility. 15 pages. Paper. Price 10 cents. Sermons from the Psalms B y C lovis G. C happell
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widely from the old-time commentary which dealt ponderously with disconnected words or phrases. Instead, it unfolds the content o f the message o f Acts and brings a great fund o f illustrations to bear upon the text. Dr. L. S. Keyser calls it the best commentary on Acts o f which he knows. 828 pages. Christopher Pub. House. Cloth. Price $3.50. Heaven or Hell, Which? B y - R. C. C ampbell In a time when men, supposed to be or thodox, are stating that all there is o f retri bution is remorse, and that all there is o f heaven is complacency in good character, there is room for this fresh emphasis of the objectivity of reward and punishment. The message is vigorous and scriptural. 159 pages. Revell Co. Cloth. Price $1.50. Christ’s Challenge B y C harles F orbes T aylor These fifteen evangelistic sermons are written by one who believes the whole gos pel message. The truths are fundamental facts o f revelation. The diction is chaste and forceful. The messages are such as should appeal to youth and age. 152 pages. Revell Co. Cloth. Price $1.50. The Golden Grain Diary for 1932 C ompiled by C. J. P ickering This is a compact, well bound vest pocket diary, containing a wealth of general in formation, and a scripture portion and ap propriate comment for every week in the year. Pickering & Inglis. Flexible Cloth. Price 50 cents. . The Expositors Ministers Annual for 1932 . C ompiled and E dited by J oseph M c C ray R amsey The manual contains 315 original ser mons, with service helps and suggestions written especially for this volume. Among its many good features are outline sermons and prayer meeting talks with anthems and hymns suitable for every occasion. The Sunday-school lessons are also attractively treated. As a book of suggestions, it is a very valuable help to a busy pastor. 620 pages. Revell Co. Cloth. Price $2.50. Education in Church Music B y K arl P omeroy H arrington The author is professor emeritus at Wesleyan University, as well as organist and choir director o f the First M. E. Church of Middletown, Conn. He is strongly against the cheap or tawdry in sacred music. His book is a plea for a knowledge of the history o f sacred music, and for the use o f the best music in church and school. 167 pages. Century Pub. Co. Cloth. Price $2.00. The Modern Student’s Life of Christ B y P hilip V ollmer This book has had great popularity, hav ing reached its ninth edition. All available sources o f information concerning the
Fulfilled Prophecies that Prove the Bible By G eorge T. B. D avis This booklet is filled with photographic proof o f the fulfillment o f prophecy in re gard to Palestine and adjacent countries. The Scripture fulfilled is not in general terms, but specific, and the historical ful fillment is in striking exactness. 123 pages. The Million Testaments Campaign. Paper. Price 25 cents. You Must Go Right On B y A. Z. C onrad The title o f the book is the mandate given to Dr. Conrad by his companion of forty-six years when he made known to her that her death was near. He is passing on to others this ringing bugle note’ for these times when men’s souls are tried. He shows how temptations to ease, to com promise, and to defeat are pressing upon men in these days. But one must go right on until the commands o f the Saviour are changed. It is a most inspiring book. 255 pages. Revell Co. Cloth. Price $1.50. The Divine Art B y J. D. T ownsend The chapters o f this book on the history o f music are fascinating portrayals o f the great prodigies o f musical expression. Beethoven, Bach, Handel, Mozart, Hadyn, Lully, Ramean—all are depicted with such appreciation and reality as to make the reader acquainted with the genius, the dif ficulties, the triumphs, and the prodigious output o f these masters of the divine art. Sacred music has its chapter, also the de velopment o f musical instruments. W rit ten as it is by an artist, this book will bring information and inspiration to those who can appreciate art. 183 pages. Abing don Press. Cloth. Price $1.75. The Gospel According to St. John B y T . W . GILBERT' This book, one o f the Religious Tract Society Devotional Commentary, is high ly satisfactory. It presents in a clear, scholarly, and reverent way, the person of Christ in His essential deity from eternity, the necessity for the new birth, and those other essentials , o f correct thinking o f which the Gospel o f John is so full. Re ligious Tract Society. Cloth. Price $1.25. Standfast Macrea B y W allace D unbar V incent This is a splendid story for any one, but especially for boys. The hero, Standfast, is a real boy with an awful handicap to overcome, but he stands his ground and wins the admiration o f his friends and his town by his sturdy courage and character. The climax comes in an inspiring victory for righteousness. It is a thoroughly Christian book. 117 pages. Union Press. Cloth. Price $1.25. The Acts of the Apostles B y F rank E. A llen This book is an example of straightfor ward expository commenting. It departs
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