OUTLINES OF THEOLOGY: Rewritten and Enlarged by A. A. Hodge, D.D., late Professor of Systematic Theology in the Theological Seminary, Princeton, N.J. Chicago: The Bible Institute Colportage Association, 826 North La Salle Street. Price $5.
This is the third edition of Dr A. A. Hodge’s “Outlines,” at one time so well known and used as a textbook in the theological colleges. The Bible Institute Colportage Association deserve the sincere thanks of all students who appreciate this valuable text book in systematic theology. The “Outlines” covers the whole field of dogmatic theology, and is arranged by way of question and answer. Dr A. A. Hodge had not the powerful mental grasp of his distinguished father, Dr Charles Hodge, but there is a clearness in his presentation of the truth and a wideness of knowledge in this work that make it invaluable to those who wish to have a grasp of the great outstanding doctrines of Christianity. Dr Hodge is strongly Calvinistic, and he carefully keeps his readers on the King’s highway, while pointing out the many by-paths, so dangerous to the wanderers, that have been followed by many since apostolic times to our own day.
LIBERAL EVANGELICALISM CRITICISED, by the Rev. Thomas Houghton. London: Gospel Magazine Office, 74 Strand, W.C. 2. Boards, price 1s.
The chapters in this volume appeared in the pages of the “Gospel Magazine,” and are from the pen of its editor. Mr Houghton has done a real service in issuing these in book form. We read the articles as they appeared in the “Gospel Magazine” with the highest appreciation, and are very pleased to have them now as a book that will be useful to refer to. The Evangelical Party in the Church of England, as some of our readers may know, has a left wing which is made up of those who, while professing to be anti-Roman, are sympathetic towards the modernistic teaching of the day. Mr Houghton goes into the subject very thoroughly, and by quotations from papers, sermons, and books, shows how these “liberal” Evangelicals stand in relation to the Bible, the Atonement, Eternal Punishment, Worship and Worldliness. The opening chapter shows how the Church Missionary Society was split in two by the “liberal” Evangelicals.