The Bank of Faith by William Huntington, S.S. London: Farnecombe & Sons, 30 Imperial Buildings, Ludgate Circus, E.C. 4. Price, 3/6 post free. Illustrated.
Messrs Farnecombe have issued this well-known autobiography of the famous William Huntington. No one will fall asleep over the story he presents of his ups and downs and his wonderful deliverances. He had command of a fine nervous style. The Bank of Faith, we believe, is well-known to many of our readers and those who have not read it should procure this excellently printed edition. We do not agree with everything in the book and one has the feeling that the worthy man, on occasions at any rate, was to blame himself for being in deep financial water; Huntingdon lacked in these cases the Psalmist’s character of the “good man” who “guided his affairs with discretion” (Ps. cxii. 5). Yet, after all is said, William Huntington’s experiences were, like himself, out of the ordinary run. His keen sword thrusts at hypocrites are diverting. Some of his statements about the law, like Luther’s, are not to be commended. It is to be hoped that the publishers will be encouraged to issue his remarkable book.—Contemplations on the God of Israel.