BOOK NOTICE

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Apr 13, 1915

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 42, No. 15.

“THE Mystic Garden of Eden and the Repentant Thief,” by Hector Waylen. Bishop & Sons, Ltd., Nicholson Square, Edinburgh, 16 pp., 3d net.

The old Syriac version of the conversation of Christ and the repentant thief which is cited at the beginning of this tract is interesting as respects the form of Christ’s promise to the thief: “Amen, I say unto thee to-day that with Me thou shalt be in the Garden of Eden.” This, coming from the oldest version of the Gospels yet discovered, shows clearly in what sense Christ’s words were understood by the early Christian translator. The main object of this tract is to emphasize a particular view of the symbolism of sacrifice in relation to Christ—that is, that when His blood is mentioned as our redemption, it is His life, the life we receive, that is meant. The practical need of appreciating this view is evident; but whether, as this tract teaches, it is the only one, the reader must settle for himself in the light of the Scriptures.