Book Notices by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Nov 10, 1914

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 41, No. 44.

Book Notices

By Editor

"THE MAKING OF THE BIBLE," by Albert E. Dunning, D. D. The Pilgrim Press, Boston, New York, London. 75 cents net.

This little volume is helpful in the facts which it gives. To the young Bible student these will be of great advantage. It is unfortunate, however, that interspersed with these facts and the analyses which are given of the various books, there are suggestions of the unwarranted conclusions of "higher criticism." The book is colored with the "higher critic" idea all the way through. The human side is constantly in evidence, and but little is said of the divine side. The book is nicely printed. The maps are good.

"THE SEVEN CARDINAL VIRTUES," by James Stalker, D. D., professor of church history, United Free College, Aberdeen. Price 35 cents. Hodder and Stoughton, New York and London.

In this little volume, Dr. Stalker has set forth what he believes to be the seven cardinal virtues, — wisdom, courage, temperance, justice, faith, hope, love. It follows a former volume on "The Seven Deadly Sins," in which seven sins of peculiar virulence were treated. This volume does not imply that there are not other virtues, but that around these virtues and upon these virtues all others revolve and hinge. Under "Wisdom," for instance, is "A Vision of the Ideal," "The Finding of the Way," "A Lesson to Be Learned," and this lesson is that we must know and obey the laws, we must walk in God's way. It is an excellent little volume, full of real helpfulness to not only young but old.