ANNUAL VOLUMES.—We have received from Messrs C. J. Farncombe & Sons, Ludgate Circus, London, the annual volumes of “The Sower” (3s 6d, post free), and “The Little Gleaner” (2s 10d, post free). The former contains articles of sound scriptural theology—some of them being from our own noted Scottish divines. “The Little Gleaner” is a very interesting volume for young people, its articles are of a varied character and fitted to convey wholesome instruction to the young, while the biographical sketches of the Reformers bring before the minds of the readers the men honoured of God to do exploits in the name of their King.
MEMOIR OF MR S. CURTIS. Same Publishers. Price 3s 10d, post free.
This is a decidedly interesting volume. Mr Curtis was one of those whom Satan was leading captive at his will. He seemed so firmly in the grasp of the devil in the abandoned life of wickedness which he led that his case appeared hopeless. It was while engaged in his occupation as a miner that he received the first solemn check from heaven immediately after giving vent to a torrent of blasphemy. So extraordinary was the effect of the rebuke that he shook from head to foot. The Memoir, the first part of which is his autobiography, tells of his spiritual struggles until he was brought to enjoy the liberty of the Gospel. It was a severe struggle—the sense of overwhelming guilt, the rebelliousness of his will, the utter hopelessness of his outlook for eternity were all elements making him feel that he
was “lost, absolutely lost.” He was brought so low that he at length came to the conclusion that it was to be “an asylum for time and a hell for eternity” which was to be his portion. Mr Curtis afterwards became a preacher of that Gospel which was “good news” to him if ever it was to any man.
The volume contains addresses and sermons delivered by Mr Curtis on different occasions. Sin and the way of God’s deliverance from it were realities to Mr Curtis, and this is very plainly brought out in the sermons. The helplessness and ruin of man, the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit, the atoning work of the Lord Jesus, and the sovereign grace of God are all set forth in an edifying and scriptural way. One of the letters in the book indicates it was written on the Sabbath. The custom of writing letters on the Lord’s Day is a practice we cannot approve of.
MEMOIR, WITH SELECTED SERMONS, ADDRESSES, AND WRITINGS OF THE REV. WILLIAM SINDEN, PASTOR OF REGENT STREET CHAPEL. Same Publishers. Price 4s, post free.
This volume is compiled and arranged by some members of Mr Sinden’s congregation in grateful remembrance of his long and valued ministry. Mr Sinden was a Congregational minister, who preached the sound scriptural doctrines of Calvinism. He was a man of many activities. For thirty-nine years he acted as Hon. Secretary of the Calvinistic Protestant Union. He edited a monthly magazine—”Peace and Truth”—which in 1918 was handed over to the Sovereign Grace Union, an organisation with which he was prominently associated until his death. He also took a keen interest in the work of the Trinitarian Bible Society.