Night of Weeping: by Rev. Dr. Horatius Bonar.
To be had from Mr. Norman MacMillan, 29 Exchange Street, Doncaster, price 3/- per copy and this includes postage. Horatius Bonar was born in Scotland some years before the Disruption of 1843, and became a well known and loved minister of the Gospel in the post-Disruption Free Church. He was a brother of Rev. Dr. Andrew Bonar, who was a Disruption Worthy. This booklet of 128 pages is for Christians; and the short and beautifully written chapters are designed to assist them in interpreting God’s ways, not merely in finding comfort under trial, but in drawing profit from it.” This the author states in his preface. There are 15 brief chapters, each dealing with a special feature of the author’s subject. The book begins with a chapter on “The Family,” that is the family of God’s redeemed and regenerated people. Chapter 2, deals with “The Family Life,” principally the life of faith. Then there are chapters on “Family Rods,” “Purifying,” “Arousing,” “Consolation” etc. We venture to state as an opinion that this booklet is admirably fitted to instruct the Christian while leading to comfort. We do recommend readers to purchase it for themselves and for their friends.
A Rebel Made a Child:
A Mr. A. Crowter of Coventry sent us this book on behalf of the relatives of the late Miss Mary Louise Cooper whose Autobiography it is. Miss Cooper died at the age of 51 years, and for 34 years of her life until the end she was severely afflicted throughout her body. To write what she did was remarkable as the pen had to be placed in her fingers and her arm supported on one cushion and her writing pad on another. The book does not state where she was born, but her sister’s address on the title page is given as, Huntingdon. The book is excellently printed on the best of paper and well bound and extends to 76 pages. It consists of Miss Louise Cooper’s own account of the Lord’s dealings with her, together with some letter extracts and poetry. It seems the good work began in her soul when she was twelve years of age. About that time she relates: “I knew I was a sinner and had lived carelessly, never thinking of anything above this life, thinking there was plenty of time when I grew older to consider death and Eternity.” She had to learn “Ye must be born again,” and that salvation was all of free grace, and not of works. Later on the writer relates much of her spiritual experience as one who loved the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity, e.g., she states, “Never did I feel a greater desire to bless and exalt a precious Christ than then. Never did I feel lower in my own eyes, I could not get low enough.”—The book costs 7/- per copy (including postage) and is obtainable from M. E. Cooper, Oxholme Farm, Fenstanton, Huntingdon.
The Acceptable Sacrifice, or The Excellency of a Broken heart—by John Bunyan.
Copies, 5/6, postage 9d.: obtainable from Mr. O. G. Pearce, The Retreat, Harpenden, Herts. This work by the celebrated John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim’s Progress, is said to be the last he ever wrote as he was removed by death before it was published. It is based on the Words in Psalm, 51, ver. 17: “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.” At the outset Bunyan states: “We will demonstrate by several particulars, that a broken spirit, a spirit rightly broken, a heart truly contrite, is to God an excellent thing.” Then he proceeds to show what a broken heart and a contrite heart is. He says “This must be done, because in the discovery of this lies both the comfort of them that have it, and the conviction of them that have it not.” And so Bunyan by the help of God and in a most clear and edifying manner continues to open up this spiritual and heart-searching subject throughout this work. The book runs to 102 pages, is excellently printed on the best of paper. Those who have a taste for Bunyan’s Works should purchase this book.