p. 23 | Back to the Bible

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 7, 1916

“Back to the Bible”

THIS is a new book, just from the press. The purpose of it is quite clearly indicated by its title. In recent years thousands of people have been losing faith in the Bible. This book takes the things of nature and proves conclusively that the record of God's power as manifested in creation and in other great events in the history of the world, is true. In the author's foreword he outlines the scope of the book as follows:—

“The problem confronting the Reformers of the sixteenth century was to vindicate the Bible as against ecclesiastical tradition; the problem for the Neo-Protestants of the twentieth century is to vindicate a despised and discarded Bible against so-called science already grown arrogant and dogmatic through the numbers of its adherents and the hypnotism of illustrious names. . . .”

“Few if any books of modern times have attempted any complete restatement of the fundamental truths of Christianity in the setting demanded by the exigencies of the present situation. But the number of those who in their hearts are still clinging to the Bible as in very deed the authentic word of God, is out of all proportion to the small amount of attention they have hitherto attracted in the literary world; and it is merely as voicing the views of this very large group of what may be called the ultraconservatives, that this book is written. It is no empty boast to say that all the fundamental positions here taken are in complete harmony with the views of thousands of people of culture and education scattered over the whole civilized world. The present volume merely gives voice to the unformulated thoughts of these multitudes, who have caught such vivid glimpses of the needs of the present hour that they already recognize another great world reform as now due,—a reform centering around that first and most basic truth of religion, namely, our relationship to the Creator and his relationship to us.”

The book contains 215 pages, bound in strong paper covers. Price, 50 cents.