Religion

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30366, 15 February 1964, Page 3

Religion

A Christian’s Guide To Prayer. Edited by Derek Prime. Hodder and Stoughton. 63 pp. It is natural to pray when we are up against problems and difficulties within ourselves and through contact with others, but how to let prayer do its perfect work and link us to the Divine sources of help and inspiration is a vexing problem. This is a simple guide to all who long to know the power of prayer in their lives. A Time to Keep. By Monroe Peaston. Presbyterian Bookroom, 65 pp. The author of this little book shows wide reading, and is apt in illustrating his theme, the Lord's Prayer. Familiar as this prayer is. many preachers and writers continue to explain and expand if There is danger in doing so. for the simplicity of the prayer—which perhaps should be called the Disciples’ Prayer—is apt to be smothered in explanations and illustrations. But this handy booklet will be warmly welcomed. The Protestant Churches of Britain. By Gilbert W. Kirby. Hodder and • Stoughton. 128 pp. This is an excellent guide book, describing the different Protestant churches of Britain. There is nothing polemical in the survey. Apart from the main denominational churches, there is a careful appraisal of the many branches of the Protestant Church, e.g.. Pentecostal. Brethren, Friends. Salvation Army, etc. In My Father's House. By Grace Nies Fletcher. Hodder and Stoughton. Paperback. 235 pp. Mrs Grace Nies Fletcher has written several deservedly popular religious books. This is the fourth edition since 1957. It is the story of her father’s life and work. He was a Methodist minister in the United States, and undoubtedly did a work that few have surpassed and many long to emulate.