REVIEWS OF BOOKS.

White Ribbon, Volume 19, Issue 218, 18 August 1913, Page 3

REVIEWS OF BOOKS.

Wc have received three books from the well-known publishers, Messrs Morgan and Scott. These are “Foundation Truth* of the Gospel, “God’s Apostle and High Priest,” “The Gift and the Life.”

The first of these is a collection oi paper* on what the sub-title terms ‘‘The Elements of Christian 1 neology.” The names of the writers are well known, even in New Zealand. They do not belong to the *a’ne schools of Theology, hut they combine to deal with the great verities of religion. Hence we have unity in diversity. Dr. Guinness Rogers, Canon (.milestone. Dr. Pierson, Sir Robert Anderson, Dr. Moulc, Professor Laidlaw, Rev. 1. G. Selby, and others enlarge upon the great truths of the Gospel. The sum total forms an excellent symposium. ‘‘God’s Apostle and High Priest” is by Philip Mauro. We have here ‘‘the substance of three addresses given by the writer at several places.” Mr Mauro’* contention is that our Lord * work as Apostle 1* past; that at pre sent He fills the office of High Priest; and that in the future He will be the King-Priest. The book abounds in Scriptural quotations to prove the authoi’* idea. But there are many who will not be able to see eye to eye with Mr Mauro. His criticism (p. 113) of those who bear Christ’* Name, and who, to quote the author * words, “devote their time and strength to scheme* for disinfecting tlie ‘dunghill’ and rendering it a bit more sanitary,” bears rather hardly on White Ribbon women and their work. They would probably reply to this in the words of their Master, “Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted?” So far as the printer’* work i* concerned, there is nothing left to be desired. The printing, etc., of the book is excellent. “The Gift and the Life” is a rcpublication of addresses delivered nearly forty ago, at various conventions and meetings in London, Fdtnburgh, and Dublin, by Theodore Monod. It was surely a hapoy thought that led to this fresh issuj of such “fresh” deliverances. We have read them with unalloyed delight. They an cid. but new ; up-to-date in the best sense of the term. Both suggestive and stimulating,