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T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
October 1926
LOOKING FORWARD TO CHRISTMAS-----------= Thtty books will mako splendid presents Books That Are Different — But each with a very strong appeal. The God-Lit Road By Rev. J. Stuart Holden In this charming book Dr. Holden Kai gathered to gether, after very careful revision, some of his best Keswick Addresses. , They represent Dr. Holden's choicest work: they have a message which is entirely their own: they speak from the heart to the heart, and there is not one which it is not an inspiration to read. There is encouragement for those who waver: there is assurance for those who doubt: there is strength for those who are weak; there is food for the soul that hungers. Cloth $2.00
The Authority of the Holy Scriptures (Continued from page 661)
Christ. On the contrary, It is an Idea of revelation and in spiration which has been invented to give the Bible some shadow of divine authority after it has been convicted of scientific blunders, historical inaccuracies, and low moral views. The Modernistic View of the Bible How does this theory of the Bible work? It claims to save the Bible for Intelligent faith. But how? In brief it is this: We are told that in the Bible, particularly in the Old Testament, are conceptions of God that are crude and low, narratives of impossible transactions, and statements about the world and its physical history which even a child in the grammar school knows to be absurd. But that we are not to let this shake our faith in the Bible as the revealed will of God: that the solution of our difficulty is “ progressive" revelation. It is the philosopher’s stone which transmutes ^ the base metal in the Bible to purest gold! We are told that if we apply this stone to Genesis, the whole difficulty is gone, for now we see how God could, for good and ¡sufficient reasons, reveal Himself as the Creator of the world, and at the same time permit man to imagine and to recdrd a way of cre^ion which is childish and absurd. But we must not let that trouble us, for, they say, whgt God had in mind was to tell us about Himself, not about the heavens and the earth! The Bible says that God commanded Abraham to offer up Isaac on Mt. Moriah. But, say the modernists, God was only adapting Himself to the prevailing low ideas of God and of what pleased Him, and only by the medium of a con templated sacrifice conld God reveal Himself to Abraham. The stupendous miracles of Moses, Elijah and Elisha did not really take place. But God did speak to and through these prophets, and after generations added the miracles. The Old Testament attributes to God the sanction and ap proval of acts which are repugnant to the conscience of this generation, such as the judgments upon the Canaanites. But these commands and sanctions were put in God's mouth by men whose moral ideas were those of their own age only, and to whom God Himself, apparently, could not give any higher ideas. An Expensive Tour Such is the Modernistic idea of the Bible. As one of their most popular preachers has phrased it, “ To take a trip through the Bible is to move from the presence of primitive religion to the noblest expression of the religious spirit that the mind of man can take.” But we fear that this tour through the Bible, personally conducted by the Modernists, proves too expensive. What the average man wants to know is this: “ Where does your primitive religion come to an end in the Bible, and where does your true and divine revelation commence?” Does primitive religion end with Genesis, or with Judges, and true religion commence with Psalms, or with the Prophets? Evidently not, for all that is taken ex ception to is scattered through the Bible, and not the most expert of reinterpreters and restorers can reconstruct the history of revelation showing where the human stratum of misinformation is succeeded by the strata of divine truth. In short, this popular theory of progressive revelation gets rid of the difficulties in the Bible by getting rid of the Bible. These learned men are simply saying in high sounding terms what the child said in its naive comment, “ I suppose* God
“The Acts of the H oly Spirit” By Arthur T. Pier.on This little book deals with the Acts of the Apostles as a revelation of the Holy Spirit in His relation to Christians as Christ's witnesses, and to the church as the witnessing body. It is a book, not msrely for the intellect, but for the heart and conscience of every Christian worker. The pub lishers have done well to re print this book. Cloth $1S0 Not Under the Law By Grace Livingston Hill A strong and unusual story. Joyce Radyvay is a most love able heroine, and she has some exciting and unusual advent ures. Her resourcefulness, pluck and courage under all circumstances are wonderful. Some of the other characters in the book are lovely and some unlovely, just as in real life. Where such a girl as Joyce is, will be found love; and the effect of her strong, sweet Christian character on two young men is a study in itself. The story touches on Modernism and some of the other burning questions of the day, especially among young people, and is just the kind of a fascinating book to put into their hands. It grips with interest to the last page. Cloth $2.00
The Conflict
By Elizabeth Knaua This Is the book of the hour for everyone who is in any way interested in the conflict be tween the Modernist wing of the Church and those who hold fast to the great fundamental doctrines of the Christian re ligion. “The Conflict*' tells the story in story form—a real live story entertaining from beginning to end—ana very helpful. You will want at least one copy for yourself and one for your pastor. Order at once and put in circulation in your community. Cloth, $1.25 The Upper Road , of Vision By Katherine R. Logan A delightful volume of in spiration and courage. It is marked by a correct under standing of the aspirations and temptations of the human heart, and its sane and sym pathetic ministry is given through a wealth of illustra tion and quotation from the highest in life and literature. Through all is apparent the authors eager desire to re veal the Joy and satisfaction attained through a right vis ion of life and its responsibili ties. A gift book of unusual merit and attractiveness. Cloth $1.35
The World’ * Greatest Need By T. E. H. Jone. Tell, the old, old atory o f aelvetion through faith in Christ Jesus but tell, it in an entirely ¡new way. The queation, dealt with are of vital interest to every human being. Their treatment ia illuminating, enthralling, per- auading. A ll through, thia volume tingle, with spiritual fervour and atrong, Bound common aenae. It fascinate, and fill, with reverent delight. Each chapter teema with telling illuatrationa, and compela you to read on to the laat word. There ia not a dull page in it. Just the book you need to put into the hand, of intellectual unbelievera. Cloth, $2.00 “ — 7, ^ k .^ V o ^ :x °^ r .^ i* 0 9 r T o r b*poX .c - ° * D' B I O L A B O O K R O O M Bible Institute, Los Angeles, Cel._________
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