BLAZING TRAILS IN BANTULAND, by Dugald Campbell, F.R.G.S.
Glasgow: Pickering & Inglis, Bothwell Street. Price, 3s. 6d. net. The story Mr. Campbell has to tell in this book is one full of human interest. He wields a facile pen and his account of his wanderings and labours among the heathen is full of interest. Mr. Campbell has seen a considerable part of the dark places in Africa, he has familiarised himself with the customs, beliefs, and languages of many tribes. He has had hair-breadth escapes, facing death at times yet marvellously delivered. He tells that after labouring seven years in a certain place he gave up all hope of seeing any fruit of his labours and made up his mind to leave. When he told the people they were filled with the deepest concern and pled with him to remain. He consented to do so and some time after the witch-doctor came to him and said he wished to be done with his Satanic arts forever. We, at home, scarcely realise what such a conversion means. All conversions are miracles but the conversion of a witch-doctor is pre-eminently an evidence of divine power. After the witch-doctor’s conversion one after another professed their faith in Christ. Mr. Campbell was very cautious lest the movement was only one of emotionalism but time proved that the conversions were genuine. It was a long time to wait for fruit but it was worth while waiting as the missionary acknowledged.
THE GLORY OF CHRIST, by John Owen, D.D.
Sovereign Grace Union, 31 Imperial Buildings, Ludgate Circus, London, E.C.4. Price, 3s. 6d. The Sovereign Grace Union deserve the thanks of all lovers of sound scriptural literature in re-printing this fine work of the greatest of the Puritan Theologians. It has an interesting preface from the pen of Mr. J. K. Popham and a brief biographical sketch by Mr. J. H. Gosden. The full title of the work is “Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ” and is to be distinguished from his great work—”Christologia: or, a Declaration of the Glorious Mystery of the Person of Christ.” The work is of too great importance to be dismissed in a few lines and we hope to devote more attention to it in a future issue. The book, consisting of 281 pages is neatly printed and bound and is very cheap at the published price. We heartily commend it to our readers.
INTERESTING AND USEFUL BOOKS.
At this season of the year it is customary to send books, etc., to friends and as we are often asked to name suitable books for such purposes we take this opportunity of mentioning a few of these. Dr. Kennedy’s Days of the Fathers in Ross-shire and his Apostle of the North (Dr. Macdonald, Ferintosh), may be had from the Northern Chronicle (Inverness) Office at 5s., post free, 5s. 6d. each. Messrs. Ritchie, Publishers, Kilmarnock, and Messrs. Pickering & Inglis, Bothwell Street, Glasgow, publish a series of interesting missionary biographies at 2s. Among these may be mentioned lives of William Carey, Robert Moffat, Henry Martyn, Robert Morrison, Judson of Burma, etc. Messrs. Farncombe & Co., 30 Imperial Buildings, Ludgate Circus, London, and the Sovereign Grace Union, 31 Imperial Buildings, Ludgate Circus, London, publish a number of useful books and they will be pleased to send a list of their publications on receipt of a postcard. Copies of Rev. D. Macfarlane’s and Rev N. Cameron’s Memoirs may be had from Mr. John Grant, 4 Millburn Road, Inverness, and Mr. Alex. Mackay, 531 Catheart Road, Glasgow, at 3s 6d., post free, 3s. 10d. The Editor has still a few copies on hand of Some Noted Ministers of the Northern Highlands and one or two copies of Sermons of Noted Ministers of the Northern Highlands, 2s. 6d., post free.