The Cambuslang Revival by Arthur Fawcett. Banner of Truth Trust
Price £1.25.
This book on the Scottish Evangelical Revival of the 18th century, by Dr. Arthur Fawcett, Minister of Johnstone High Parish Church, Renfrewshire, was written after much research and con-
sequently contains a very thorough study and assessment of the revivals of that period. It appears to be written in a sympathetic vein. While it is true that the book will be of most value to students of Church history in its detailed study of the factors leading up to, present in, and following upon the revivals at Cambuslang and Kilsyth, yet it should also be of interest to the general reader. The subject of revivals, indeed, is one that is full of encouragement to the people of God, and especially in a dark day such as the Church of God is experiencing at the present time. The effect of a careful perusal of this book on the minds of all truly gracious people will surely be to cause them to breathe the prayer of the Psalmist: “Wilt Thou not revive us again: that Thy people may rejoice in Thee?” Ps. 85: 6. We do hope that this book will have a wide circulation. D.B.M.
Jeanette Li. Translated by Rose Huston. Banner of Truth Trust. Price 60p.
In this paperback of 361 pages we have the autobiography of a Christian Chinese woman which should be of much interest to Christian readers in giving some idea of the difficulties which Christians face under a Communist regime. Mrs. Li was called on to endure much suffering for the sake of the Redeemer, yet continued to witness on the side of Christ. She was born in 1899 in Tak Hing, Southern China where the Reformed Presbyterian Church had a Mission. At this Mission she was introduced to Christianity and after some time professed faith in Jesus Christ. She spent the first part of her life in South China either in Tak Hing or Canton. The next part of her life she spent as a Bible woman first in Northern Manchuria and later back in South China again. Her last days were spent in exile from her native country in Hong Kong and latterly in America as a faithful worker for the Reformation Translation Fellowship. Rev. Samuel E. Boyle of America in a foreword explains that much of Mrs. Li’s work was done in primitive, rural churches and homes of Chinese poor people where most of the women and many of the men were illiterate and where Chinese ordained pastors were too few.
Surely the autobiography of this Chinese Christian and the record of her faithful witnessing for Christ in the most trying circumstances and under persecution ought to stir up Christians in our day to value their privileges more highly and to witness more fearlessly on the side of the Lord Jesus Christ. D.B.M.