Book Notices by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 2, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 30.

Book Notices

By Editor

(Continued from page 11)

mission, institutional churches, settlement houses, Jewish synagogs, and the Emmanuel Movement. The results of Mr. Baker's investigation first appeared as articles in The American Magazine. The number of letters received at that time led to the placing of the articles in a more permanent form, of which this book is the outcome.

This is certain: Mr. Baker's book shows that there are deep and rapid changes taking place in the religious world. The real question is whether it is for the good or the bad. Is the great spiritual unrest finding the only Source of rest—Christ Jesus? Or is the tremendous outward activity a sign merely of an effort of unrest to find peace? In other words, are the many activities of what is called religious work but so many efforts put forth to purchase pardon and peace? Are they real fruits of the life of Christ within, or are they simply manifestations of human effort to obtain life apart from faith in Christ? That the latter is the case seems evident from an expression which Mr. Baker uses in his summing up when he says, "If it were possible to sum up in a few words the one thing that has most impressed me in visiting churches and talking with church leaders in various parts of the country, I think I should say the utter confusion of counsel among church leaders themselves." Yet he thinks there are real prophets, and declares that the book which has most strongly impressed itself upon the agents of religious activity is "Christianity and the Social Crisis;" but this of itself is not assuring. Where the true reformation lies it will not be found that the one book or books which impresses itself or themselves upon the leaders is a purely human book, but it will be found that it is the Book of books. There are some things helpful and very much that is informing in Mr. Baker's "Spiritual Unrest."

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"Training the Teacher." By A. F. Schauffler, D.D., Antoinette Abernethy Lamoreaux, B.L., Martin G. Brumbaugh, Ph.D., LL.D., Marion Lawrance. With supplementary chapters by Charles A. Oliver and Ira Maurice Price, Ph.D. Paper covers, second edition. Thirty-five cents. Sunday School Times Company, Philadelphia.

This little manual embraces four departments, the Book, the Pupil, the Teacher, and the School. It is intended to be a guide for young teachers. The first department is an analytical résumé of Bible history. It is pleasing to discover that Dr. Schauffler is opposed to Higher Criticism, and tho he is somewhat uncertain of the manner of the ushering in of Christ's kingdom, yet he always tells the reader to go to the law for the verification of what he puts forth. The remaining part of the volume will be very valuable to the Sabbath-school teacher and superintendent, as it includes a sketch of child-psychology, chapters on the training of teachers, and an explanation of the technicalities of Sabbath-school organizations.