Superb McGraw-Hill Bibles for Youth THE CHILDREN'S VERSION OF THE HOLY DISLE This Bible has been edited with children’s needs in mind, and reader- tested by thousands. Here is a rever ent and careful translation into lan guagethatyoungstersfromthe fourth grade up can read by themselves. Children will be able to study Holy Writ without the obstacles of words too difficult for them. “ It is beautiful and unique . . . I wish it had been available in our home when our children were about US.”—DR. DANIEL A. POLING, ChristianHerald THE TEEN-AGE VERSION OF THE HOLY DIDLE The teen years are a difficult time for youngsters, and they need the help and guidance of the Bible in language they can readily understand. Young people have told uswhat they want in a Bible. This a version they will read and cherish. “The work is done reverently and intelligently by Bible believers. We recommend this attractive teen-age Bible.”— dr . john r . rice , Editor, The Sword of the Lord These are complete Bibles. Vocabulary has been simplified, but the Scriptural text has not been abridged, rewritten, or paraphrased. Here are a few of the many superb features both of these volumes include: * Morocco-grain Fabrikoid binding, in blue or white * Easy-to-read type * Self-pronouncing text * 4-color frontispiece, presentation page * Paragraphing of prose passages; poetry set in verse form * All memory verses retained in King James Version * 1536 pages, 534" x 834" Only $7.95 each.
"HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED WONDERFUL"
"For unto us a Child is born . . . and His name shall be called Wonderful . . .” Isaiah uttered these words seven hundred years before the birth o f Christ actually occurred. O f course the Gentile world knew nothing about this prophecy and the Jewish nation paid no attention whatever to it. That marvelous statement was lost in the great book o f Isaiah. The people o f those centuries between the time o f its utterance and the fulfillment little realized that one day these words would stand out in bold relief as one o f the magnificent pronouncements concerning the person and work o f the coming Messiah o f the Jews and the Redeemer o f the world. "H is name shall be called Wonderful.” This phrase, as it is used in connection with the Lord Jesus Christ, must be understood in the absolute sense. N o one could be truly wonderful. In what ways is our Lord wonderful? First, He was wonderful in His birth. It is impossible to explain the strange interweaving o f Deity and humanity into the one Person o f our Wonderful Lord. N o one can explain how it is that the in finite God could become incarnate in human flesh and at the same time be very God o f very God and very man o f very man. W e cannot understand it because our minds are finite and we are deal ing with an infinite subject. It is enough to know that it is true because God’s W ord says that it is true. When the Babe o f Bethlehem was born on that Christmas Day so many centuries ago, there came into the world in human flesh the Second Person o f the Trinity, to live with men as a man, to experience all o f the sinless infirmities and frailties o f the human race and to be even tempted in all points "like as we are” without, o f course, sinning Himself. Again, He was wonderful in His life. He went about doing good. A t the conclusion o f thirty-three years o f life on this earth, no fault could be found in H im by either foe or friend. He pre sented to the world the only perfect life — a life so perfect that the
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