BOOK NOTES

 

I am sorry to report that The Stone-Campbell Movement by Leroy Garrett is now out of print. It has sold so well through the years that its publisher may decide to reprint it, perhaps a revised edition since some of the material could be updated. We will keep you informed.

Ouida and I are now reading aloud to each other, an old custom of ours, a new book by our friend J. Harold Thomas. It is a novel on the life of the prophet Isaiah, titled Shearjashub: Son of Isaiah. Shearjashub, whose name means “a remnant shall return,” tells of his life growing up in a Jewish home where the father was a prophet. This novel is an entertaining way to become better acquainted with what the book of Isaiah is about, including all the international political intrigue. Ouida is impressed with Harold Thomas’ skillful and resourceful handling of complex materials. We will send you a copy for $8.95.

We would appreciate your helping us to place this paper in the hands of more readers for our last two years. If you agree to pass them along to prospective readers, we will send you free gratis a fistful of recent issues.

Our bound volume for 1989-90, titled The Hope of the Believer, is now at the bindery and will be ready in a few weeks. If you place your order with us, we will send you a copy with invoice enclosed. The price will be $12.50 plus postage. There are six other bound volumes, from 1977-88, except for 1979-80, which are available for $58.00 for all six.

You will find Paul Butler’s What The Bible Says About Civil Government helpful in reference to questions about civil authority, the state and the individual, church and state. $14.95 postpaid.

We promote the novels by Louis Cochran about our pioneers, for they always are appreciated as an interesting way to study our history. There is The Fool of God on the life of Alexander Campbell, which makes for great reading; and Raccoon John Smith, the story of the famed Kentucky backwoods preacher. They are $11.95 each, postpaid.