The Banner of Truth Trust Publications.
Rev. Iain Murray, B.A., 65 Blenheim Terrace, St. John’s Wood, London, N.W.8, who, some of our ministers and readers know, is the Editor of The Banner of Truth, a magazine published about every two months to provide readers principally with reading from the sermons and works of eminent Puritan divines of the
17th Century. Rev. Mr. Murray is actively connected with a recently formed Trust, called The Banner of Truth Trust. We now quote from a Trust statement: “This new publishing Trust has been formed to make available in our times some of the best expository and evangelical works of former centuries. Many of the books, whose authors were household names in the days of our nation’s spiritual greatness, have long been inaccessible to the general public or obtainable only rarely at high second-hand prices. . . . To all who are concerned to see a return to the Scriptures and a restoration of the Faith of the Reformers and Puritans, these publications may prove to be the fulfilment of their deepest wish. . . . The publishers will appreciate all the help that can be given in making this work known.”
We have received four books issued by this Trust from Rev. Mr. Murray: (1) Select Sermons of George Whitefield: 6/- per copy. There is in this volume a 22-page account of George Whitefield and his ministry by J. C. Ryle, and a summary of Whitefield’s doctrine by R. Elliot, who was converted under Whitefield’s early ministry. Then the sermons follow, and the book runs to 120 pages. (2) A Body of Divinity, by Thomas Watson. In this book of 220 pages there is a memoir of Watson by C. H. Spurgeon. The book is a series of sermons based on the Shorter Catechism, drawn up by the Assembly of Westminster Divines (1643-1649). Thomas Watson was one of the most eminent ministers in London three hundred years ago. This book is priced at 8/-. (3) Princeton Sermons, by Charles Hodge, D.D., 1797-1878. The price of this volume is 13/6. It contains nearly 400 pages of outlines of discourses, doctrinal and practical, delivered at Princeton Theological Seminary on Sabbath afternoons. The contents of this substantial book include outlines on the Attributes of God; Christ, His Person and Offices; Satan and his Influence; Christian Experiences, Characteristics and Privileges, etc.
Now, all these books are well bound, the paper is good and the clear type makes for comfort in reading; and each book is wrapped in a distinctive and attractive jacket. For instance, the cover picture around Thomas Watson’s book is of the Westminster Assembly in session. As far as our knowledge goes as to publication and cost of books to day, these volumes are reasonably priced, and the doctrine and truth they contain invaluable to precious and needy souls.
Everybody’s Bible Quiz Book: by May C. Smith.
To be had from Pickering & Inglis, Ltd., 229 Bothwell Street, Glasgow. This booklet consists of 60 pages, each page containing a list of ten questions under a particular heading in each
page. The correct answer to each question is given at the foot of each page. The pages are large, the type bold and easily read, and the booklet is light to handle. One page, for example, is headed, “Are You Certain?” Then there is a sub-heading, viz., “Are you certain that the following statements are exact quotations from the Bible?” One statement given is: “Money is the root of all evil”: and the answer below is “NO—The love of money”—I Tim. 6, 10. Another page has the heading: “Out of Place”; and No. 1 question is: “Only one of these is not a mountain—Hermon, Ebal, Elim, Seir.” The answer is given, of course, at the foot of the page. We think this book will be very interesting to the young, and will help to increase their knowledge of the Bible. Its perusal will be interesting to older people as well. The price is 3/6 net.