The late Rev. Thomas Spurgeon.
There passed away on Saturday the 20th October, the Rev. Thomas Spurgeon, one of the two sons of the late famous C. H. Spurgeon of the Metropolitan Tabernacle, London. Rev. Thomas Spurgeon who was somewhat delicate from his youth, was in a critical condition for upwards of a year. He has died in the sixty-second year of his age. In his early days he was pastor of the Auckland Tabernacle, New Zealand. He returned to England in 1892 when his father died, and succeeded him in the pastorate in 1894. This he resigned owing to failing health in 1908. We believe from all we have read and heard that Thomas Spurgeon was a truly good man, desirous of advancing the gospel of Christ, though hampered by bodily weakness, and his removal is a loss to the Christian Church. He is survived by his twin brother, the Rev. Charles Spurgeon, who has a Baptist pastorate in England.
“The Excellencies of the Bible” by William Huntington, S.S.
This valuable booklet has been issued by Mr. D. Catt, 74 Strand, London, W.C. (one penny), with all the texts quoted by Mr. Huntington, in enumerating the Bible’s excellencies, printed in full. This enhances the worth of the booklet very much. We hope it may have a wide circulation.
The Irish Situation.
It appears from all accounts that there is a serious state of things in Ireland at the present moment. The Sinn Feiners make no hiding of their sympathy with Germany and hatred of Great Britain, and they treat with undisguised malice and contempt our soldiers in Ireland. It is feared that another rebellious uprising is at hand. The Premier has warned the Sinn Feiners that the Government will put down by force any such movement.
Dr. Salmond’s Booklet on Luther.
Rev. C. A. Salmond, D.D., of Morningside, Edinburgh, has written an excellent booklet (price twopence) on Martin Luther. He handles the whole subject of Luther’s character, principles, and work in an able and judicious manner. Seldom we have read anything better of the kind in short compass. Dr. Salmond shows the great and abiding value of Luther’s powerful testimony for Christ’s truth, in spite of defects in his views, and effectively rebuts the charges of recent critics who have been seeking to discredit the Reformation through reflections upon Luther.
Immorality as Outcome of the War.
It is deplorable to read the reports from authoritative sources of the amount of immorality that has shown itself as the result of the War. Applications for divorce and marital relief on a large scale make sad reading. May God, in His infinite mercy, open men and women’s eyes to the sinfulness of sin, and bring them to genuine repentance, or the consequences will be dreadful both in time and eternity!
The Communion Cup in the Lord’s Supper.
Mr. J. Forbes Moncrieff, C.A., Cumin Place, Edinburgh, is the author of a pamphlet entitled “A Plea for the Continued Use of the Communion Cup in connection with the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.” His “Plea,” as may be gathered, is against the modern innovation of the “Individual Cup.” He expresses the earnest prayer “that God may forbid the spread of this practice, so materialistic in its conception and so opposed to the very idea of the communion of saints.” Mr. Moncrieff writes us to say that he is willing to send a copy of his pamphlet to any of our ministers who may wish it, free of charge.