BOOK NOTES

 

There is always interest in a commentary of the entire Bible in a single volume. We commend to you The New Bible Commentary, edited by Francis Davidson. It is new, up-to-date, with splendid introductions to all the books and verse by verse or section by section study of all of scripture. It is 1200 pages thick, handsomely bound, and sells for 12.95, which is a fair price. But we have a few that we are selling at 10.95 and you can pay for it in two installments, if you wish. If you send full amount with your order, we pay the postage.

We remind you again that we have the complete New English Bible for 8.95. You should by all means have this exciting translation at hand.

We have both of Louis Cochran’s historical novels on the pioneers. The Fool of God, story of Alexander Campbell, is going out of print if it is not already. But we have it in paperback for only 1.95. It will be higher later. Raccoon John Smith, also out of print, is available in hardback edition at 3.00, but only from us due to a special purchase we made.

We recently told you of the new book, Thoughts on Unity, edited by Stan Paregien, which is a compilation of some of the best writing among our folk on the subject of unity. It contains 19 articles, along with pictures, from representatives of all wings of the Restoration Movement. It is one of those books that will be gone after awhile and greatly prized by collectors someday. The price is 5.95, which is a correction of the previous announcement.

Those interested in missions will want to know about a new book, To Apply the Gospel, which is a selection of writings of Henry Venn, longtime associated with missionary societies in Britain. Venn’s influence was exerted throughout the British empire, especially in West Africa, and his work is a study of how gospel effort touches political policy. Our people are too uninformed about such matters, so you would do well to know about Henry Venn and his labors. 6.95.

In the same general field is Man, Milieu and Mission in Argentina, written by a Baptist missionary in that country. Developing the thesis that churches must be planted within the culture where the gospel is preached, the author tells of the mission efforts in Argentina of some ten different denominations, including Disciples of Christ, to whom he gives a low grade. It is interesting and informative. 3.95 in paperback.

For only 2.95 we will send you a 366-page paperback on what might be called “the best of Martin Lloyd-Jones,” a British physician turned theologian. The real title is A First Book of Daily Readings, and it presents Lloyd-Jones in what he is best at: pithy, edifying remarks that can’t help but make you a better person.

By the time you receive this issue The New Humanity will be ready for mailing. If you have ordered a copy, you should receive it no later than sometime in June. This is the bound volume of Restoration Review for 1970, handsomely bound to match the previous four volumes, with introduction, table of contents, and dust jacket. The price is but 3.00, a bargain these days. We have extra copies for those who have not already requested it, though the supply is limited. Indeed all five bound volumes are still available, so for 15.00 you can have bound library editions of this journal from 1966 to 1970.