Armageddon: Two Discourses on the Great European War. By the Rev. JOHN R. MACKAY, M.A., Inverness. Inverness: Northern Chronicle Office. Edinburgh: W. F. Henderson, George IV. Bridge. Glasgow: W. Love, 226 Argyle Street. Price 3d.; postage, 1d. extra.
This new publication is in pamphlet form, and is of interest to the public at this critical time, inasmuch as it treats of the great European War going on at present. It should be of special interest to Protestants all over the world, because it shows that in all probability the present war is the Armageddon predicted in Scripture. This is so convincingly set forth by Mr. Mackay that all who compare present events with the word of prophecy can have no doubt that the Lord is fulfilling His word in this great war.
A perusal of the pamphlet will have the effect of quieting the minds of those who may be afraid that the War shall overthrow Christianity in Britain. This was, no doubt, the intention of those responsible for the war. But it is idolatry that shall be overthrown and destroyed, and not the Christian religion—in other words, the Protestant religion.
The pamphlet is deserving of a wide circulation, and its worthy and learned author deserves the thanks of all who have the Lord’s cause at heart, for his instructive exposition of prophecy in relation to current events.
D. MACFARLANE.
DINGWALL.
The Saviour of the World: Sermons preached in the Chapel of Princeton Theological Seminary. By BENJAMIN B. WARFIELD, a Professor in the Seminary. London, New York, and Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton. Price 6/.
This volume consists of nine sermons by the eminent theologian, Dr. Warfield of Princeton, a name familiar to readers of this Magazine. We have read all the sermons with very great interest and appreciation. The gem of the book, to our mind, is the sermon entitled “The Gospel of the Covenant.” And in fact we do not think less of the book altogether because it seems to us that the idea of the covenant of redemption, as that has been understood in the Reformed Churches, so to say, informs and gives unity to the whole collection. Very valuable in this connection seems to us the discussion of those central passages—John i. 29, John iii. 16, and 2 Cor. v. 14-21. We would strongly recommend these discussions to our divinity students and younger ministry.
We sincerely hope that a second edition will become an early necessity. In that case, should not “35” (page 79, line 2 from bottom) be “38”; “Son” (page 141, line 5 from bottom) be “love”; and “He” (page 143, line 16) be “he”?
J. R. M.