Dear Lord, make me glad I am chosen of Thee, Make me see all the blessings I share. Make me glad to be here to continue to be Taught my lessons each day in Thy fear, And Lord, give me grace to be humble and meek. Never boasting of all I can do. Make me […]
Oh Lord, these are covenant children of Thine. Far more precious to Thee than to me: Make me always aware as their way I define. That these jewels were purchased by Thee. Dear Lord, when before them I stand, help me lead Them through lessons and books with this thought, That these gems were just […]
She shivered as she stepped across the rugged rocks. That big boulder standing straight and alone would give some shelter from the wind. Stumbling, she twisted her ankle and felt the tears creep to the surface. She wished she would reach that rock. Walking side-wise might work better, because the small rocks underfoot were slippery […]
Valley of Decision by Marcia Davenport This book includes three books, under the sub-titles of William, Paul, and Claire. It is a very lengthy book, covering the history of the Scott Iron Works in Pittsburg, Pa., from 1873 to 1941. Mary Rafferty, a sixteen-year-old Irish girl from the slums came to work for the Scotts […]
The Citadel by A. J. Cronin With its setting in England, in and near London, the story tells of the life of a struggling young doctor, Andrew Manson. His first appointment was in Blaenelly, a small mining town, to serve as an assistant to an older, experienced doctor, Edward Page. Arriving in Blaenelly, he found […]
The Peanut Man by Harry Albus. (Eerdman’s Publishing House) “The Peanut Man” is the biography of George Washington Carver, the famous negro scientist. It is written for children, and tells the story of the work of this freed slave. Although he was kidnapped when he was a baby and left in a swamp to die, […]
Greater Love Hath No Man by David P. Allison The story has its setting in the mountains of Virginia. Eric Brown, a Baltimore journalist, spent a summer there, gathering material for a Civil War novel he wanted to write. In these seemingly quiet mountains he discovered a feud between the Taylors, his hosts; and the […]
Root Out of Dry Ground by Argye M. Briggs. Published by Eerdman’s Publishing Co. Grand Rapids, Michigan. This novel won first place in the $5,000 Christian Fiction Contest sponsored by Eerdman’s Publishing Company. The story tells of Jansie Sanders, hunch-backed, crippled, and ugly, who lives with a shiftless mother and step-father and two half-brothers in […]
The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis, Publisher—MacMillan Publishers (Price $1.50) This unusual book, written by C. S. Lewis, Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, is a series of letters written by Screwtape, under-secretary to Satan, to his nephew Wormwood, who is a junior tempter. It contains detailed instructions for the junior tempter in the […]
And Jesus In The Midst by Prof Herman Hoeksema—Eerdman’s Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan—Price $1.50 This month’s Book Review Department is featuring a departure from the normal run of literary criticism. It is also featuring what some might call “ax-grinding,” because of the fact that there is a moral to this book review and that […]