The Holman Comparative Self-Pronouncing S. S. Teacher’s Bible, containing, in combined text, the Authorized and Revised Versions of the Old and New Testaments. A. J. Holman & Co., Philadelphia.
There have been brave attempts to unite the two versions and give to the student a parallel Bible. We have had both versions on opposite pages, we have had the various readings of the Revised Version in foot-notes, but the Holman Bible is the best arrangement, the very best by all odds, which has yet come to hand. The agreeing text of the two versions of the copy before us is printed in small pica, and the various readings in the same line in smaller yet distinct type, the common version above, and the Revised below. The change in the Revised text is thus indicated at a moment’s notice without removing the eyes from the page. The text is in one column, and at the right is the column for references, which includes the marginal readings of the common version, and many of those of the Revised. It is also a pronouncing Bible, with proper names properly divided and accented, for which there is a key in the front. The book also presents the notes of the American versions, with the names of all. As helps it appends one of the best small concordances, prepared expressly for this work, we have ever seen. It is a success as a text-finder. It also defines words. The fifteen maps and diagrams are very fine. It is a Bible which we can heartily commend. The binding of the one before us is excellent, and we should judge durable. The price will depend upon the binding. Write the company, or we will secure them for you.
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There is more meaning in the phrase which forms the title of this book than appears at first glance, and the author demonstrates with fulness and thoroughness the boundless range and significance of the words, “in Christ,” or “in Christ Jesus.” The author’s thought is that just as a little key may unlock a great treasure-house, so the little phrase “in Christ Jesus,” or “in Christ,” unlocks the great treasure-house of God’s Word. With this key in hand the author proceeds to explore a little of the richness of the Pauline Epistles, Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians. The little book is full of rich, helpful suggestion for all classes of Christians. We wish that it had a table of contents or index.
Catharine of Siena. By Arthur T. Pierson, D.D., editor of The Missionary Review of the World. 12mo, 68 pp., cloth. Price, 50 cents. New York and London, Funk & Wagnalls Co.
This little book is a brief sketch of one of the most remarkable women of history. It is especially fitted to inspire and stimulate consecrated womanhood. It shows how God in a time of great spiritual darkness sent one feeble soul to enlighten the apostate church, and if possible bring that church back to God. It shows what the courage born of faith and consecration and prayer can do even in a frail woman who lived in the time of the world’s midnight. May it provoke the women of to-day to good works.
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The vast number of books, pamphlets, and chapters, the number of articles, speeches, sermons uttered on the social questions, are alone sufficient to show the question to be a living one in society. Professor Groulund, after showing, what all must admit, that “something must be done,” discusses the question under three chief heads, namely, Industrial Democracy Inevitable, Industrial Democracy A Most Noble Ideal, Practical Statesmanship. The lesson taught by the author of the volume is “to limit the field of occupation.” He draws no exaggerated pictures of present conditions, says many good things, and makes suggestions which would seem from human reason ought to work out aright; but they will not. The world will not be made better by law or legislation. The ideal democracy will never be realized till men are brought into the oneness of Christ Jesus by the one life. And this a faltering Christianity has failed to realize except at brief intervals.
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This book is written in a novel form, a conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Notion, “with the earnest purpose,” says the preface, “of directing public attention to truths of vital importance, which bear upon the relation of the sexes, the welfare of society, and especially the well-being of the homes of our land.” The author believes that there are laws beyond human control which are being violated, and that because of this the whole social fabric is in danger. He has presented his arguments upon this in twenty readable chapters. The many will not agree with all that he says. He has, however, as generally discussed, brought out “both sides” fairly well.
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There is one thing in this volume which all may prize, the immense collection of facts and figures. Those portray vividly the fearful time in which we live, and the necessity of heeding the warnings of God’s Word. The author’s views of the kingdom of Christ we believe to be erroneous, a view which would be corrected in the light of the law and the sanctuary.
The Money Captain. By Will Payne. 324 pages, cloth. Price, $1.25. Herbert S. Stone & Co. Chicago and New York.
A story laid in Chicago, and illustrating in a vivid way the dishonest, intense, “commercial” life of to-day. It shows the fearful corruption, the gambling spirit, the bribing, the buying and selling of men, the benumbing of conscience, and with but little moral in the book save what the moral reader will draw from it.
A Slave to Duty and Other Women. By Octave Thanet. Beautifully printed; 222 pages. Price, $1.25. Herbert S. Stone & Co. Chicago and New York.
The Impregnable Rock of Holy Scripture. By Rt. Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone. 174 pages; price, 15 cents. John B. Alden, publisher, 440 Pearl Street, New York.
This pamphlet, a number of the Irving Library, is a reprint of the articles and one dollar book; published in and by the Sunday School Times. Those who wish to get Mr. Gladstone’s views can not get them cheaper than in this pamphlet.
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The title of this book speaks for itself. It is full of suggestive anecdote and incident.
THE TOWN OF NOGOOD.
By W. E. Penney
My friend, have you heard of the town of Nogood,
On the banks of the River Slow,
Where blooms the Waitawhile flower fair,
Where the Sometimeorother scents the air,
And the soft Goeasys grow?
It lies in the valley of Whatstheuse,
In the province of Let’erslide;
That Tiredfeeling is native there.
It’s the home of the reckless Idon’tcare,
Where the Giveitups abide.
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My friend, from the dead-alive town Nogood
If you would keep far away,
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And live up to it each day.
— W. E. Penney.
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Domestic.—A syndicate with a capital of $25,000,000 has secured control of the electric light, heat, and power franchises of New York City......The proposed Nicaragua Canal is receiving much attention in Congress......Senator Vest made a speech in the Senate against territorial expansion of the United States. Petitions of citizens from various localities have been presented against it, through their representatives in Congress. Col. Henry Waterson made a speech in favor of territorial expansion in New York City, on December 9......The women of the United States, to the extent of many thousand are organizing to prevent Mr. Roberts, of Utah, from taking a seat in the House of Representatives, because of his polygamy......This country is about to try in Porto Rico its first experiment in the government ownership of telegraphs......Col. W. J. Bryan has resigned his position in the army, and his resignation has been accepted......The New York Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Board of Trade has voted in favor of territorial expansion and the retention of the Philippines......Helen Gould has donated $310,000 to the New York University library......The battle-ship Massachusetts struck a reef near Governor’s Island, New York Harbor, on December 11, and was considerably damaged......The American Federation of Labor met in Kansas City, December 12......Witchcraft is being practised among the superstitious Indians of Alaska, and the courts have ordered its suppression......The treaty of peace between Spain and the United States was signed in Paris December 10, at 8:45 P.M. Steps are now being taken to renew diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Spaniards, however, express dissatisfaction over the terms of the treaty, saying that they yielded only because forced to do so......Charles W. Miller, who has just beaten all records in bicycle riding, did it on a vegetarian diet......A milk trust with a capital of $10,000,000 is being formed in Chicago......The American Navy is again being painted white, its color during peace......Articles of incorporation of a tobacco trust with a capital stock of $75,000,000, have been filed with the Secretary of State in New Jersey......Severe storms in the Southwest have done great damage to crops......The union of Hebrew Congregations in session in Richmond, Va., December 7, voted against the “Zionist” movement in the following terms: “While we are aware of and deplore the abject condition to which many of our brethren are subjected in foreign lands, and that have naturally but unfortunately aroused in some of them a yearning for a re-establishment of Zion, yet we, the delegates of the union, are unalterably opposed to political Zionism. The Jews are not a nation, but a religious community. Zion was a precious possession of the past, the early home of our faith, where our prophets uttered their world-subduing thoughts and our psalmists sang their world-enchanting hymns. As such it is a holy memory, but it is not a hope of the future. America is our Zion, and Washington our Jerusalem. Here is the home of religious liberty. We have aided in founding this new Zion—the fruition of the beginning laid in the old. The mission of Judaism is spiritual, not political. Its aim is not to create a state, but to spread the truths of religion and humanity throughout the world.”
International.—In a recent trial the lord mayor of London was found to be guilty of gross abuse of his office by arranging contracts for the city’s lighting for his own personal profit, and also for using his position in promoting other companies for his private gains. A number of his relatives were implicated with him......Fighting still continues in the Swat Valley, India......Great Britain is seeking to gain joint control with the United States of the Nicaragua Canal. With this in view she has just completed negotiations for the purchase of Greek Pond, at the western extremity of Kingston, Jamaica, and will at once begin the construction there of the most extensive dock-yards in the British dominions......The kaiser’s recent trip to the Holy Land was very disappointing to him, on account of the “squalid decay he found at Jerusalem.”......Chinese papers state that a reign of terror exists within the walls of the imperial palace because the empress dowager has determined to weed out all the followers of the emperor......The ashes of Columbus are now on their way from Havana, Cuba, to Spain......Joseph Chamberlain, British secretary of state of the colonies, has made another speech in which he favors a friendly understanding with the United States. Upon the same subject the London Times, editorially says: “We believe that the far Eastern interests of the United States and England will be brought into line, and will be jointly safeguarded by a combination so strong and imposing that no other power nor powers could venture to defy it”......Two members of the French Chamber of Deputies headed an anti-Dreyfus demonstration in Paris on December 12. They were disbanded by a cordon of police. In the Chamber, fist fights and abuse are indulged in over the case of Dreyfus......England is still pressing the French for a settlement of their differences......The Turkish cavalry is reported to be increased by 25,000 troops, upon the advice of Emperor William......General Kitchener has gone to Khartoum to check the Khalifa and route his army of Dervishes......Colonel Knight, of England, has built a thermometer seventy feet long. He has had it placed in the ground its full length, for the purpose of scientific investigation.
Cuba.—General Calixto Garcia, the great Cuban leader, died in Washington, D. C., on December 11, of pneumonia. He was there on government business. He will be buried in Cuba......The Cuban generals Jose Sanguilly and Jose Lancret are accused of a plot to cause an uprising in the city of Havana before the U. S. troops reach there in sufficient numbers to enforce order. They have been placed under arrest......Three Cubans were killed in Havana December 12, in a riot resulting from an attempt to close the theaters out of respect to Garcia......There is great destitution among the laboring classes in Havana. Thirty thousand are said to be in need......As the result of American control of Cuba the value of all stocks has materially advanced.
Philippines.—There are nearly 2,000 United States troops sick at Manila. The Kansas, Wyoming, Nevada, and California Artillery has just reached there......The insurgents at Batangos refused to allow the officers from the U. S. cruiser Raleigh to land until they had conferred with Aguinaldo......The Philippine insurgents have violated their pledges to refrain from plunder, and are now torturing bishops, friars, and brothers, looting churches, robbing public officials, and committing gross crimes generally—a natural reciprocity......There is a report that Japan has offered $200,000,000 for the Philippines......Admiral Dewey reports that Aguinaldo’s actions are the occasion of much uneasiness.
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