ELECTION, by Charles Hodge, D.D., Sovereign Grace Union, 98 Camberwell Grove, London, S.E. 5. Price 2d post free.
We welcome this pamphlet from Dr Hodge’s commentary on Ephesians i. 3-6. Those of our readers who are acquainted with the writings of the famous Princeton theologian will know that the subject is treated in his usual masterly style. We heartily recommend it to our readers.
THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST: IS IT PRE-MILLENNIAL? by Prof. R. J. G. McKnight, Ph.D. Price 6d.
The subject of Christ’s Second Coming is one of great importance, and all true Christians gladly and whole-heartedly believe that Jesus will come in like manner as the disciples saw Him ascend into Heaven (Acts i. 11). But a question on which all Christians are not united is whether His coming will be pre-millennial, that is before the thousand years, or will it be at the end when He will come to judge the world. It is the latter view we hold, and which is so well stated in this excellent pamphlet. The pre-millennial view has made extraordinary progress among Christians, and it is well that our people should be able to give an answer for the faith that is in them. The larger books in support of the post-millennial view, such as Dr David Brown’s classic work, “The Second Advent,” and Bishop Waldegrave’s excellent Bampton Lectures, “New Testament Millennialism,” are not so well known to the ordinary reader. Prof. McKnight, who belongs to the Reformed Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., has done excellent work in this pamphlet. It is decidedly the best treatment of the subject in a short compass that we know of. If any criticism might be permitted it is to say that we would have much preferred that the quotations from Scripture had been taken from the Authorised Version instead of from the American Revised Version. The pamphlet may be had from Rev. J. B. Lyons, R.P. Manse, Limavady, Ireland.
ROMAN CATHOLIC PROPAGANDA, by J. W. Poynter (an ex-Propagandist). London: Protestant Truth Society, 3 and 4 St Paul’s Church-yard, E.C. 4. Price 6d.
This is a most useful and illuminative pamphlet. It is full of first-hand information. Mr Poynter, who was a convert to Roman Catholicism, was more than ordinarily active as a propagandist of Romanism for close on 18 years, until his eyes were opened to see some of the dangers of Romanism. He has therefore inside knowledge, which he makes use of in this informative pamphlet. He lets in much needed light on the Roman Catholic propagandist associations and societies, the newspaper press, and such popular writers as Hilaire Belloc, G. K. Chesterton, and Father Ronald Knox (the latter two being perverts). We very heartily commend this pamphlet to our readers.
THE HEAVENLY FOOTMAN, by John Bunyan. London: C. J. Farncombe & Sons, Ltd., 30 Imperial Buildings, Ludgate Circus, E.C. Paper Boards. Price 6d.
In the reprint of “The Heavenly Footman,” the best known of Bunyan’s shorter works, the publishers have given an opportunity for those who have already perused this excellent little treatise to read it again, and for those who have not read it to become acquainted with one of the most striking of the great author’s works. It is very tastefully got up, and the printing is excellent. By all means buy it and read it, and let those who can afford it scatter it abroad. It contains the good seed of the Kingdom, and who knows what the harvest will reveal?