After I had agreed to write upon this subject for Beacon Lights, I somewhat regretted my decision. I certainly do not feel myself to be any sort of authority on this subject. The letter requesting this article on this particular subject referred to popular literature as including that which we find on today’s magazine racks. […]
The Tentmaker by Julius Berstl, Published by Rinehart and Co., Inc., Murray Hill, New York. “The Tentmaker” is a novel based on the life of St. Paul. Or rather a novel of St. Paul up until the time that Paul becomes a missionary for the church of the New Dispensation. The Author begins his story […]
God’s Men by Pearl S. Buck, Published by John Day Company, New York God’s Men is a novel of two men, both born of missionary families in China, who both dedicate their life to an ideal. The one seeks power and riches while the other seeks to feed the world so that no one would […]
The Road to Bithynia by Frank G. Slaughter, Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, N.Y. Recently I received a request from the clerk of the Beacon Lights staff that the Book Review for the month of March be a book that would be in keeping with an issue devoted to missionary work. While […]
The High Calling by James Street published by Doubleday and Co., Inc. Garden City, New York. “The High Calling” is a sequel to James Street’s earlier publication, “The Gauntlet.” In “The Gauntlet” we read of the experiences of a young Baptist Preacher when he was first ordained in the ministry. In his later novel the […]
A Tear for Judas by LeGette Blythe, published by The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc. “Look at the tree, Shelomith. It has been buffetted by the winds—the burning sirocco from the East, the blasts from the Great Sea, the hot desert winds from below Kirriot, the wet winds that rush down from the north. It has been […]
The Bishop’s Mantle by Agnes Sligh Turnbull, published by the MacMillan Co., N. Y. This is the story of a young minister and his first years as rector in a large, fashionable city church. This young man is Hilary Laurens. The story begins with the death of Hilary’s grandfather, who has been an inspiration to […]
So Great a Queen by Paul Frischaver, published by Charles Schribner’s Sons, New York. This is the story of Esther, beauteous Jewess who became Queen at the proud court of Ahasuerus, King of Persia. It is a matter of history, with which we all are acquainted, how Esther and her position as Queen was to […]
Ahira, Prince of Naphtali, written by Ella M. Noller, published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. “For the land whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: But […]
The Good Tidings by William Sidney, Published by Farrar, Straus & Co., Inc. The Good Tidings is a story dealing with the time of Christ’s birth and early teaching. Very little is said concerning the activities and teaching of Jesus as the story tells primarily of the life of John the Baptist. In the days […]