THE GOSPEL MANUAL by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 20, 1887

"THE GOSPEL MANUAL."

By Editor

Such is the title of an excellent little book, a copy of which we received some days ago from the author, Rev. Samuel Slocombe. As described by the title page, the book is "an arrangement of the four Gospels into one continuous record of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, with notes and appendix." Unlike some other works of the same nature, this book does not give all of the four Gospels; that is, where two or more of the evangelists have recorded the same thing, only the fullest account is given. But while this may be an objection to the critical student, there are no doubt many who will be pleased with the simplicity of the work.

The appendix contains some interesting thoughts on the "characteristics of the Gospels," besides "brief notes, mostly chronological," which are explanatory rather than controversial, and are "indicative," the author says, "of the reason for adopting a particular course in the presence of conflicting views."

The convenient size of the book, 192 pp., five and one-half by six and one-half inches, and the price, from fifty cents to one dollar and twenty-five cents, according to binding, together with some of the features before mentioned, will no doubt make it quite popular. It can be obtained of Geo. C. McConnell, 757 Market Street, San Francisco.