Christianity Today |
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"A Presbyterian Journal Devoted to Stating, Defending and Furthering the Gospel in the Modern World." |
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| Samuel G. Craig, Editor | Ethel Wallace, Assistant Editor |
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Published monthly by THE PRESBYTERIAN AND REFORMED PUBLISHING CO. 501 Witherspoon Bldg., Phila. Pa. |
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Volume 7 (1936-1937)
Contents by Issue:
Volume 7, No. 1 (May 1936) |
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| Editorial Notes and Comments: 1. The Next Assembly and the 1934 Mandate; 2. Our Seventh Year; 3. The Articles by Drs. Kuyper and Boettner; 4. Poorly Grounded Assumptions; 5. Is the Board of Foreign Missions Stalling? | 1 | |
| Ministerial Unemployment and the Problem of Pastoral Change and Supply | Rev. J. David Simpson [PCUS] | 5 |
| Presbyterianism, Lutheranism and Methodism: Our Common Heritage and Our Differences: Part II - The Lutheran System and The Methodist System | Dr. Loraine Boettner | 7 |
| "Swallowed Up in Victory" | Abraham Kuyper, D.D. | 10 |
| Missions [includes portions of J.L. Rohrbaugh's letter from Ethiopia] | Mrs. George P. Pierson | 13 |
| Book Reviews: 1. Reclaim Those Unitarian Wastes, by Gerrit Verkuyl; 2. Until the Flood and Other Sermons, by J.H. McComb; 3. Present Theological Tendencies, by Edwin E. Aubrey; 4. Contemporary Christian Thought, by Charles S. McFarland; 5. Premillennialism or Amillennialism, by Charles Feinberg. |
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| News of the Church: 1. Flood Losses of Presbyterian Churches; 2. Only Evangelical Authors to Write Mission Study Books; 3. Pittsburgh Presbytery Acts on Proposed Merger of Boards of National Missions and Christian Education; 4. Independent Board Trials Appeal of Dr. Machen Denied; 5. Rev. Harold S. Laird Declared Guilty; 6. Dissenting Opinion; 7. New Brunswick Presbytery Insists on Blind Allegiance; 8. Christian Doctrines in Southern Churches; 9. Board Receipts; 10. Voting on Overtures; 11. Negro Candidates for Ministry Needed; 12. An Example in Sharing; 13. Methodist Ministers Co-operative; 14. Conflict Rages About Kagawa; 15. Leadership of Preaching Mission Announced; 16. Sowing Precious Seed Continually; 17. Moody Bible Institute Summer School. |
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| News in Nutshells: 1. Episcopalians Wipe Out Foreign Missionary Deficit; 2. "Some New Thing"; 3. Aim of the Federal Council of Churches; 4. Conferences and Resolutions; 5. Evangelical and United Brethren Churches Plan Union; 6. Out of the Depths; 7. Reads Bible Through 155 Times; 8. Campaign Against Atheism; 9. Effects of Revival; 10. "A Land Flowing With Milk and Honey"; 11. Mexican Churches Re-Open; 12. "Beginning at Jerusalem"; 13. A Proposed Petition; 14. Lutherans Distribute Over 2,000,000 Tracts; 15. Bibles Missed; 16. Catacomb Seminaries; 17. Legalized Lotteries; 18. Salary Question Studied by Unitarians; 19. Evangelicals in Brazil; 20. Radio and the Scriptures; 21. Protestants in Italy; 22. Marriage Rules Tightened. |
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Volume 7, No. 2 (June 1936) |
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| Editorial Notes and Comments: 1. The Christian Pattern of Conduct; 2. "In Defense of Kagawa"; 3. Dr. Hospers Versus Dr. Machen [re: schism]; 4. Loose and Accurate Statements [re: millennial debate, Allis and Scofield]; | 25 | |
| The Blessedness of Silence | Rev. Paul L. Berman | 28 |
| Relativity and the Absolute | Rev. David S. Clark, D.D. | 29 |
| Presbyterianism, Lutheranism and Methodism: Our Common Heritage and Our Differences: Part III - Evangelicalism | Dr. Loraine Boettner | 30 |
| A Meditation: "Who Quickeneth the Dead" [Rom. 4:17] | Abraham Kuyper, D.D. | 33 |
| Jehovah Tsidkenu--Jeremiah 23:6: The Watchword of the Reformers [poem or hymn] | Robert Murray McCheyne | 35 |
| Missions [comments in review of various articles] | Mrs. George P. Pierson | 36 |
| Book Reviews: 1. American Philosophies of Religion, by H.N. Wieman and B.E. Meland; 2. Bible vs. Modernism, by A.N. Trice and C.H. Roberson; 3. Varieties of American Religion, edited by C.S. Braden | 37 | |
| Letters to the Editor: 1. The Question of Secession, by Gerrit H. Hospers; 2. Forward!, by C.L. Richards [Poynette, WI] | 39 | |
| Question Box: 1. The General Assembly, the Constitution and the Auburn Affirmation, by D.C.; 2. The Self-Testimony of the Bible, by C.G.S. | 40 | |
| News of the Church: 1. Qualifying Statement Added to Cayuga Overture; 2. Bellingham, Washington Presbytery Votes "NO" on Merger of Boards; 3. Overtures Accepted; 4. National Mission Board Seeks Authority Over Churches; 5. Delegates to World Conference; 6. Interdenominational Agencies and Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.; 7. The Whitman-Spalding Centenary; 8. Presbyterian Church, U.S. [76th GA and Diamond Jubilee anniversary]; 9. Summer Conference of Evangelical Students League; 10. Summer School of Wheaton College; 11. A Report of the Convention of the Religion and Science Association, by L.A. Higley; 12. American Tract Society; 13. Lord Allenby, Restorer of Christian Sovereignty in Holy Land, Dies; 14. The German Church Conflict; 15. The Bible for All of China; 16. The Presbyterian Church in Canada, by T.G.M. Bryan; 17. The Irish Letter, by S.W. Murray; 18. The Word in Iraq, by Mr. & Mrs. Albert G. Edwards. |
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| News in Nutshells: 1. Woman Elder Becomes Moderator [French Broad Presbytery, PCUSA]; 2. Pennsylvania Churches Launch Lottery-Bill War; 3. Frank Questioning Suggested [re: missions]; 4. Deficit in United Church of Canada Missions; 5. Lutherans Protest; 6. Growth of Roman Catholicism in Protestant Countries; 7. A Christian Daily Paper in Japan; 8. "By Their Fruits" [liberalism and missions]; 9. Prison Youth Outnumber College; 10. Jews Go Back to Spain; 11. Hungry for the Bible; 12. Centenary of Presbyterian Church in England; 13. Confessional Church in Germany; 14. Methodist Episcopal Church Adopts Union Plan. | 47 | |
Volume 7, No. 3 (July 1936) |
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| Editorial Notes and Comments: 1. 1936 General Assemblies: What of the Future?; 2. General Council's Statement; 3. The Independent Board Cases: Observations and Comments; 4. The Donegal Presbytery Decision | 49 | |
| The Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ | Abraham Kuyper, D.D. | 53 |
| The Inspiration of the Scriptures: Part I of series | Dr. Loraine Boettner | 56 |
| The 148th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. | Rev. Joseph A. Schofield, Jr. | 59 |
| The Augusta Diamond Jubilee Assembly: Salient Events and Actions | Rev. J. Blair Morton, D.D. | 68 |
| The 78th General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church | Dr. J.A. Thompson, Tarkio College | 70 |
| [News of the Church]: 1. Final Judgments on Judicial Cases re: Members of the Independent Board: Case No. 1-Griffiths, MacPherson, Rian, Woolley and Woodbridge; Case No. 2-McIntire; Case No. 3-Machen Appeal; Case No. 5-Buswell; 2. The Donegal Presbytery Decision; 3. Covenant Union Members Establish New Church [Organization of Presbyterian Church of America]; 4. Two Churches Become Independent; 5. Princeton Seminary and Wilson College Choose New Presidents; 6. Notes from China, by M.A. Hopkins; 7. Congress of Calvinist Theology; 8. Bibles for Stricken Areas; 9. Eager Demand for the Scriptures in Ethiopia; 10. Christ Is Risen!; 11. No Longer "Protestant"; 12. Tri-State Bible Conference. | 72 | |
Volume 7, No. 4 (August 1936) |
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| Editorial Notes and Comments: 1. Christian Joy and Confidence; 2. Salvation and Faith; 3. Encouraging Developments [re: PCUSA renewal groups]; 4. Protests, The Assembly and the Constitution; 5. Philadelphia Presbytery's Pronouncement; 6. A Timely Letter, by George W. Arms. | 81 | |
| As Touching the Untouchables | Rev. Howard E. Anderson | 84 |
| The Inspiration of the Scriptures, Part II of series | Dr. Loraine Boettner | 87 |
| Meditation: "Thou Hast Shown Me the Path of Life" | Abraham Kuyper, D.D. | 90 |
| Courageous Passages from Augsburg Confessional Synod, June 1935 | German Evangelical Church | 91 |
| Missions | Mrs. George P. Pierson | 92 |
| Letters to the Editor: 1. Non-Judicial Case No. 10, by Rev. John J. De Waard | 93 | |
| News of the Church: 1. Sixty-second General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, by T.G.M. Bryan; 2. Dr. Sloan Becomes Methodist Editor; 3. The Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. and the Presbyterian Church of America; 4. Veteran Missionaries Retire [Dr. & Mrs. H.W. Greist]; 5. Their Works Do Follow [obituaries for Ethelbert Dudly Warfield and Beverege K. McElmon]; 6. Dr. [J.L.] Dodds to Become Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions; 7. Special Committee Announced; 8. Day of Prayer at Wheaton; 9. European Calvinists: The Congress at Geneva-A Scot's Impressions, by D. Maclean; 10. Many Depressed People Faced With Many Religions, by H.E. Anderson [re: India]; 11. Pearl Buck's Picture of Her Parents; 12. |
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| News in Nutshells: 1. Mormons to Leave Relief; 2. Dr. Poling Accepts Call; 3. Gift to Hampden-Sydney; 4. Lutherans Distribute Offices; 5. Inharmonious Union; 6. Communism in America; 7. Wide Open Door in Spain; 8. Protestant Church Attendance; 9. Moscow Directs Chinese Reds. |
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Volume 7, No. 5 (September 1936) |
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| Editorial Notes and Comments: 1. Thoughts and Attitudes; 2. Should Ministers Who Join the Church of America Be Disciplined?; 2. The Legality of the Independent Board; 3. May a Lower Judicatory Judge the Acts of a Higher?; 4. The General Assembly's Executive Order. | 101 | |
| A Solemn Warning in the Presbyterian Crisis [sermon] | Rev. Frank R. Elder, D.D. | 105 |
| Make Me a Captive, Lord [poem] | George Matheson | 106 |
| The Nature of the Influence by Which Inspiration Is Accomplished, Part III of series | Dr. Loraine Boettner | 107 |
| The Conversion of Job | Rev. William H. Topping | 109 |
| Meditation: "But Some Doubted" | Abraham Kuyper, D.D. | 111 |
| Missions [includes letter from Marion and Jimmie Rohrbaugh] | Mrs. George P. Pierson | 112 |
| Book Reviews: 1. The Church, the Churches and the Kingdom, by Philip Mauro [review by John Hendrik De Vries, D.D.] | 114 | |
| Letters to the Editor: 1. May We Discipline Those Who Have Resigned Membership?, by Gerrit Hospers; 2. Our Presbyterian Liberties, by H.H. Kurtz; 3. In Defense of Dr. Machen, by A.A. Murray. | 116 | |
| "Billy" Sunday on Bible [quote] | Rev. William Sunday | 117 |
| News of the Church: 1. The Presbyterian Church of America; 2. Plan for Foreign Board Centennial; 3. The Churches and Social Action; 4. Presbytery of Seattle Promotes Bible Mastery Campaign; 5. Lost Bibles Replaced; 6. Moderator of Last Southern Assembly Returns to China; 7. American Bible Society at the Texas Centennial; 8. S.D. Gordon [obituary]; 9. S. Parkes Cadman [obituary]; 10. Plans for Fundamental College in New Jersey [re: org. by Percy Crawford]; 11. 255th Anniversary Celebrated [Old Bedford PC, NY]; 12. Kagawa Disciples Form Organization; 13. "They Have Put No Difference Between the Holy and Profane"; 14. Pope Issues Ban Against Indecent Movies; 15. The World Congress of Faiths; 16. Westminster Catechism in Song; 17. Heresy Trial in Australia; 18. The Presbyterian Church in Canada, by T.G.M. Bryan; 18. Irish Presbyterian Church General Assembly, by S.W. Murray; 19. China News, by M.A. Hopkins; 20. News from Holland. | 118 | |
| News in Nutshells: 1. Prime Minister of Netherlands Becomes President of Free University [Hendrik Colyn]; 2. An Independent Church for China; 3. "Go Tell" [India]; 4. Moral Dangers in England; 5. The German Protestant Church; 6. Disguised Political Propaganda; 7. Liquor Authority Would Silence Opponents; 8. Are Protestant Missions in Ethiopia to Go?; 9. "Whether by Life or by Death"; 10. A Far-Sighted Liberal; 11. Spain Confiscates Church Property; 12. Why Not "Preach the Word"?; 13. Episcopal Church Not Moving Toward Rome; 14. Netherlands Missionary Council Appeal. | 123 | |
Volume 7, No. 6 (October 1936) |
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| Editorial Notes and Comments: 1. The Alleged Apostasy of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.; 2. The National Preaching Mission; 3. Dr. Allis' Second Article on Modern Dispensationalism; 4. Has the Board of Foreign Missions Kept Its Promise?. |
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| We Want to Know: A Woman Speaks Out Concerning the Board of Foreign Missions | [Editor notes name withheld] | 128 |
| The Limits of Controversy [editorial from The Christian] | 129 | |
| Truth: What It Is and How to Know It | E. Van Deusen | 131 |
| The Alleged Errors in Scripture, Part IV of series | Dr. Loraine Boettner | 133 |
| The Gift of God [poem] | Norvelle Wallace Sharpe | 136 |
| "By the Resurrection of the Dead" | Abraham Kuyper, D.D. | 137 |
| The Oldest Bible Leaf: A Sensational Papyrus Discovery | Professor Adolf Deissmann, D.D. | 139 |
| Book Reviews: 1. Calvinism and Social Problems, by E.J. Tanis; 2. Christ's Seven Letters to His Church, by Wm. McCarrell; 3. Twenty Years with Billy Sunday, by H. Rodeheaver; 4. Christian Giving, and Bible Epitaphs, both by C.E. Macartney; 5. Preaching Christ in Corinth, by K.J. Stratemeier; 6. Portraits of Christ in the Gospel of John, by H.S. Laird; 7. Across the Years, by C.S. Macfarland; 8. A Souvenir of the Quartercentenary of the "Institutes of the Christian Religion" by John Calvin; 9. "Hearts That Understand", by L.H. McCraw; 10. |
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| News of the Church: 1. Increase in Members and Contributions in Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.; 2. Program of National Preaching Mission; 3. Presbyterian Church of America; 4. New Editors for "The Presbyterian Guardian"; 5. Edmund B. Chaffee [obituary for director of the Labor Temple]; 6. Edith Fox Norton [obituary for co-founder of Belgian Gospel Mission]; 7. Mrs. Calvin Mateer [obituary]; 8. Text of Bill of Complaint Against the "Presbyterian Church of America". | 142 | |
| News in Nutshells: 1. Oppose Sunday Elections; 2. Statistician Becomes Moderator; 3. Outdoor Preaching; 4. Evolution Protest Movement; 5. Anniversary of Tyndale's Martyrdom Celebrated; 6. "Saloon Moves Forward"; 7. Commission on Church Unity Confronted by Odd Situation; 8. 1935 Church Statistics; 9. World's Sunday School Convention; 10. King Edward's Protestant Declaration. | 146 | |
Volume 7, No. 7 (November 1936) |
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| Editorial Notes and Comments: 1. Presbyterians and Foreign Missions: Their Duties and Rights | 149 | |
| The Sabbath Institution | Rev. George P. Pierson, D.D. | 153 |
| The Trustworthiness of the Bible (Part V of series) | Dr. Loraine Boettner | 155 |
| His Chosen Path for Thee [poem] | Anonymous | 157 |
| Truth: What It Is and How to Know It | E. Van Deusen | 158 |
| The Sign of Jonas | Abraham Kuyper, D.D. | 160 |
| Missions, and Women of the Home Churches | "By One of Them" | 162 |
| A New Invention Bringing Comfort to the Blind: The New Talking Books of the Bible | Millard L. Robinson | 164 |
| News of the Church: 1. Mrs. Samuel G. Craig; 2. Standardizing Seminaries; 3. D.L. Moody Centenary; 4. The New Home of the American Bible Society; 5. Whitman-Spalding Centennial to Be Celebrated in Churches; 6. Indian Moderator; 7. Bible Verses to Memorize; 8. The Challenge of the New Atheism; 9. Diamond Anniversary of Campbell Morgan; 10. Gipsy Smith's Diamond Jubilee as Evangelist; 11. The Negroes and "Father Divine" and "Green Pastures"; 12. Survey of Persecuted Churches; 13. Evangelical Churches in Spain Are Left Unharmed; 14. Not Religious, But Economic Reasons Behind Dr. Ambedkar's Movement from Hinduism; 15. Missionaries Found Murdered in Ethiopia; 16. Seven Ancient Scrolls of Early Christians Found in Palestine; 17. The Bible Open Now to Illiterates in China; 18. Newchwang Bible School in Manchuria; 19. Text of Preliminary Objections Filed by Presbyterian Church of America to Complaint of Presbyterian Church U.S.A.. |
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| News in Nutshells: 1. Doctrinal Differences to Be Wiped Out; 2. Orthodox and Hicksite Friends Look Toward Union; 3. Methodist Youth Conference; 4. "Excommunicated"; 5. A New Edition of the Authorized Version; 6. Admitting the Truth; 7. Methodist Protestant Conference Votes Down Union; 8. Roman Catholics Working On Revision of Bible; 9. The Baptists and Religious Liberty; 10. Religious Martyrdom in Russia; 11. Feed My Lambs; 12. "The Maximum"; 13. Suicide in Japan; 14. Italy in Ethiopia; 15. Japanese Movement for Evangelism; 16. Mail Delivery on Sunday Asked; 17. Anti-Jewish Campaign in Austria; 18. The Jews; 19. From Persecutor to Pastor [re: Dr. Gueiro in Recife, Brazil]. | 171 | |
Volume 7, No. 8 (December 1936) |
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| Editorial Notes and Comments: 1. A Christmas Meditation; 2. Dr. Mudge's Response; 3. A Layman's Challenge. | 173 | |
| The Naming of Jesus: A Christmas Sermon | Rev. Jesse M. Corum, Jr., D.D. | 176 |
| The Place [poem] | Adelaide A. Pollard | 178 |
| Present-Day Martyrs [re: Christians in Germany] | Rev. W. Russell Bowie, D.D. | 179 |
| The Plenary Inspiration of the Bible: Conclusion (Part VI of series) | Dr. Loraine Boettner | 180 |
| Meditation: "Blessed Are the Pure in Heart" | Abraham Kuyper, D.D. | 183 |
| Missions, and Women of the Home Church | "By One of Them" | 185 |
| Book Reviews: 1. Daily Devotions for Individual and Family, by Wm. Brenner; 2. Daily Manna for 1937, edited by M. Monsma; 3. Child's Story Bible, by C.F. Vos; 4. Life Begins At. . . ?, cartoons by E.J. Pace; 5. "Christmas"; 6. Old Buckingham by the Sea on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, by I.M. Page; 7. Vicarious Atonement through Christ, by L. Berkhof. |
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| His Hands [poem] | John Richard Moreland | 187 |
| Letters to the Editor: 1. Dr. McAfee Defends Board, by Cleland B. McAfee, w/reply; 2. Appreciation from a Missionary, by Alma D. Dodds [China]. | 188 | |
| News of the Church: 1. The Second General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of America; 2. Prominent Layman Explains Withdrawal; 3. General Council; 4. Louisville Seminary; 5. Centennial Celebrated [Burlington Church]; 6. Sesqui-Centennial of Old Fairfield Church; 7. D.L. Moody Centenary Celebrations for 1937; 8. The Presbyterian Church in Canada; 9. Korea Letter, by Rev. Archibald Campbell; 10. China Notes, by Rev. M.A. Hopkins. | 189 | |
| News in Nutshells: 1. Universal Week of Prayer; 2. Depressed Class Hindus Vote Down Faith Change; 3. The Church in Germany; 4. Two Missionaries Withdraw from Presbyterian, U.S.A. Board [Mr. & Mrs. F.E. Hamilton]; 5. Youth Imperiled; 6. "Mercy Death" Bill Reaches British Parliament; 7. National Young Life Campaign; 8. American Christian Foundation and Its Mouthpiece; 9. New Editor for Liberal Presbyterian Paper; 10. Financial Journal Wants Old Time Religion; 11. Lutherans Open Door to Women Officials; 12. New Deal Agency Backs New Calendar; 13. Decrease in Missionaries; 14. "Kutra Tseni" for Indians; 15. Population Increasing Faster Than Christianity; 16. Dr. Master Resigns; 17. Methodists Start New Movement. |
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Volume 7, No. 9 (January 1937) |
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| Editorial Notes and Comments: 1. The Van Dyken Case [Presbytery of Duluth]; 2. Relative to Buchmanism or the Oxford Group Movement; 3. Our Assistant Editor [Miss Ethel Wallace] | 197 | |
| Christians Awake! Your Responsibility as a Christian | Rev. Clarence Edward Macartney, D.D. | 200 |
| Das Jahr geht still zu Ende [translated from the German] | 201 | |
| "Religion" or Grace? | Rev. Gordon A. Peddie, M.A. | 202 |
| Presbyterian Missionaries and the Truth | Rev. H.P. Dunlop | 205 |
| We May Not Know | Grace Buchanan Sherwood | 205 |
| Meditation: The Signs of the Times | Abraham Kuyper, D.D. | 206 |
| The Bible Is True | D.L. Moody | 207 |
| Missions, and Women of the Home Church | "By One of Them" | 208 |
| A Missionary's Work | Rev. Harold C. Anderson | 209 |
| Book Reviews: 1. The Life of Christ, by A. Fahling; 2. Listen!--God Speaks, by A.C. Gaebelein; 3. O Steadfast Face! Studies of the Christ of Purpose, by D. Russell; 4. The Highest Fellowship, by J.M. Ghysels; 5. The Bible Designed to be Read as Living Literature, edited by E.S. Bates; 6. My Robber Captain, by C.G. Kilpper; 7. The Exile, by Pearl Buck, reviewed by Mrs. Nettie DuBose Junkin; 8. Ye Shall Be My Witnesses, issued by the Confessional Church in Germany [review]; 9. 104 New Testament Stories, in the Idja language, issued by Dutch Bible Society; 10. The Life of Faith [review]. | 210 | |
| News of the Church: 1. Appeal in Behalf of Christian Exiles from Germany; 2. New York Synod Places James E. Bennet on Trial; 3. Presbyterians Prominent in Radical New Society; 4. The Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and American Jewry; 5. Sesquicentennial of First Church, Princeton; 6. Presbyterian Minister Becomes Chaplain at Alcatraz; 7. "We Need Christian Schools" [C. Van Til to speak]; 8. "My Word Shall Not Return Void" [American Bible Society]; 9. A Bible Campaign in the Philippines; 10. New Princeton Group Attempts to Preserve "Christian Heritage"; 11. National Reform Sabbath Program for Pennsylvania; 12. Save the Children Fund; 13. Prayer for the Unchurched; 14. Protests Against "Green Pastures"; 15. Campaign Against Beer; 16. A Prize Contest for Essays on Temperance in 1937; 17. "Except Ye Repent"; 18. England and Its Modern King David; 19. The Presbyterian Church in Canada, by T.G.M. Bryan; 20. The "Angus" Controversy in Australia, by W.L. Simpson; 21. Latest News of North China Theological Seminary, by A.N. MacLeod. |
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| News in Nutshells: 1. Bibles Placed in White House; 2. Christian Testimony Stifled; 3. Destructive Methods Taboo; 4. Mohammedanism and the Negro; 5. Mormons for Sabbath Observance; 6. Protest Against Communism; 7. Collections Banned; 8. Believe It or Not; 9. United Church of Canada Ordains First Woman Minister; 10. Baptists Respond to Mission Board's Call; 11. What Next?; 12. Methodist Union Now Almost Assured; 13. "Free" Churches and the Coronation; 14. Spanish Protestants in Distress; 15. Religion in Russia; 16. Godless Propaganda Prepares World Program; 17. The Lull in Germany; 18. Religion in France; 19. The Methodist Sacramental Fellowship. |
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Volume 7, No. 10 (February 1937) |
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| Editorial Notes and Comments: 1. Dr. J. Gresham Machen [obituary]; 2. Preliminary Objections to Bill of Complaint Dismissed [re: PCofA case]; 3. Further Suspensions and Depositions; 4. The Cayuga Overture [re: overture to amend WCF 23:2]; 5. "The State of the Church". | 221 | |
| Dwight L. Moody: Ambassador for Christ | A.L. Gaylord | 225 |
| The Present Status of the Shrine Question in Korea | Rev. Charles S. Bernheisel | 227 |
| A Pre-Easter Meditation: "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?" | Abraham Kuyper, D.D. | 228 |
| Missions: 1. Prescribed Mission Study Books for Children; 2. A Cry From Far-Away Africa [poem]; 3. News Letter from Mexico, by Alice J. McClelland; 4. A Liberal's Explanation [re: failure of missions] | 231 | |
| Letters to the Editor: 1. Layman Expresses Himself Concerning Mortgage Amendment and Pension Plan, by O.H. Stewart; 2. Dr. Gaebelein and Arminianism, by A.C. Gaebelein, w/reply; 3. A Thing to Weep Over, by Rev. J.H. Gauss; 4. A Sound Jewish Work, by Miss B.; 5. Commends Paper, by J.M. Robinson. | 234 | |
| Book Reviews: 1. What Is Christianity?, by S. Norborg; 2. The Meaning of Christ to Me, by R.E. Speer; 3. The Bible Confirmed by Science, by W.B. Dawson; 4. Revival in Romance and Realism, by Mrs. H.M. Woods; 5. He Is Able, by W.E. Sangster | 236 | |
| News of the Church: 1. Dr. Machen Departs [obituary]; 2. Preliminary Court Decision Upholds Contention of Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.; 3. Extracts from Answer to Bill of Complaint [re: PCofA case]; 4. Centennial of Presbyterian Foreign Missions; 5. Editor of the Banner Dies [J.H. Snowden]; 6. Federal Council Lays Bare Its Aims; 7. Princeton Seminary Inaugurates President [J.A. Mackay]; 8. D.L. Moody's 100th Anniversary; 9. The Presbyterian Church in Canada, by T.G.M. Bryan; 10. Revised Shorter Catechism in Chinese, by M.A. Hopkins; 11. The Power of the Word. |
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| News in Nutshells: 1. Germans Conform St. John's Gospel to Nazi Doctrines; 2. Fruits of Affliction [Jewish conversions]; 3. "A Streamlined Revival"; 4. Reminders of the Moody-Sankey Revival in Philadelphia; 5. English Archbishops Reply to Pacifists; 6. Atheism Combated by Christian Evidence Society; 7. Crime and Youth; 8. Darkest Africa; 9. Strength of Roman Catholics; 10. German Seminary Closed; 11. Mohammedan Stronghold Opened [Nigeria]; 12. A New Movement to Support Communism; 13. Religious "Liberty" in Russia, by F.J. Miles. |
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Volume 7, No. 11 (March 1937) |
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| Editorial Notes and Comments: 1. The [James E.] Bennet Case; 2. A New Series by Dr. Boettner; 3. The Inauguration of Dr. Mackay; 4. "World Christianity: A Digest". | 245 | |
| Christian Supernaturalism | Dr. Loraine Boettner | 249 |
| The Note of Judgment in the Message of the Gospel | Rev. William Matheson | 252 |
| Thy Will Be Done [poem] | from Indian Christian Endeavor | 255 |
| I Saw the Flood [Ohio Valley Flood of 1937] | Rev. Paul M. Edris | 256 |
| And Walk in Darkness | John Murray, in Daily Manna | 257 |
| An Easter Meditation: "The Firstborn from the Dead" | Abraham Kuyper, D.D. | 258 |
| "I Need Power?" [re: anecdote from Moody and Sankey revival in London] | 260 | |
| Missions: 1. Prescribed Mission Study Books for Children; 2. American Paganism; 3. The Missionaries' Plea. | 261 | |
| News of the Church: 1. The Presbyterian Flood Relief, by H.M. Robinson; 2. To Aid Flood-Injured Christians; 3. Texas Presbyterian Synods Ask for Comity; 4. A Bible Training School in Pittsburgh; 5. 12th Convention of League of Evangelical Students; 6. Westminster Seminary Board Elects President; 7. A New Edition of Calvin's Institutes; 8. Presbyterians in Vienna; 9. Dr. A.Z. Conrad, Militant Fundamentalist, Dies; 10. Comments on the Angus Case; 11. News Notes from Siam, by L.S. Hanna.; 12. News Letter from Korea, by C.F. Bernheisel; 13. News Letter from Santa Domingo, by E.H. Ray; 14. Matthew Henry Anniversary. |
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| News in Nutshells: 1. Bishop Manning Assails President's Court Proposal; 2. Bill to Regulate Movies Presented to Congress; 3. Episcopalians Differ About Archbishop; 4. Testaments in Philippines; 5. Modernists and Communists; 6. A Misleading Appeal; 7. An Experiment [re: a student church]; 8. Barth and the Liberals; 9. German Protestants to Vote on Nazi "Gospel"; 10. Russian Diplomats Must Belong to "Godless"; 11. Mail-Box Sunday School; 12. "Kingdom of God Movement" in India [E. Stanley Jones]; 13. The Lord's Day in England. |
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Volume 7, No. 12 (April 1937) |
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| Editorial Notes and Comments: 1.In Memoriam [re: Rev. Dr. Wm. Buchanan]; 2. Dr. Boettner's Book; 2. Dr. Caspar Wistar Hodge [obituary]; 3. Mr. Rockefeller and Church Union. | 269 | |
| A Hero's Autobiography [sermon] | Rev. John H. McComb | 272 |
| The Rev. Walter Duncan Buchanan, D.D., LL.D.: An Appreciation | Rev. William Carter, D.D. | 273 |
| Christian Supernaturalism, Part II | Dr. Loraine Boettner | 275 |
| I Cannot Doubt | Grace Buchanan Sherwood | 278 |
| The Bible and the Traveling Man | N.F. Dewar | 279 |
| A Post-Easter Meditation: Christ the Firstfruits | Abraham Kuyper, D.D. | 280 |
| News of the Church: 1. Presbyterian Flood Relief; 2. General Council Approves Year of "Witnessing"; 3. Presbyterian Youth Conference; 4. Golden Jubilee of Occidental College; 5. In Honor of Daniel Shaw Gage; 6. Unusual Subjects for Stone Lectures; 7. Cayuga Overture; 8. Collingswood, N.J., Church in Civil Court; 9. Caspar Wistar Hodge [obituary]; 10. Emile Doumergue [obituary]; 11. Mrs. George Peck Pierson [obituary]; 12. American Anti-Atheistic Society; 13. Report of Moody Centenary Founder's Week; 14. Winona Lake School Announces Summer Courses; 15. Replacing Bibles Lost in Flood; 16. The Scriptures in Nearly One Thousand Languages; 17. Questionable Interdenominational Organizations; 18. Westminster Seminary News; 19. Edinburgh Congress on Calvinism, by "Churchman" [p. 287]; 20. American Calvinistic Conference, by Jacob T. Hoogstra; 21. Half the World Lives in Bibleless Homes; 22. Missions for Orientals Needed; Centennial Hymn, by J.G. Eldridge; 23. Dr. Allis Lectures in Edinburgh [p. 289]; 24. News Letter from Scotland, by D. Maclean; 25. News Letter from Bulgaria, by M.N. Popoff; 26. As a Lamb to the Slaughter [re: missionary George Atley] | 283 | |
| News in Nutshells: 1. Roman Catholics Taking Over Ethiopian Missions; 2. Anti-Clerical Movement in Spain; 3. General Booth in India; 4. Radio Proclaims Gospel in Ecuador; 5. Kindness Remembered; 6. A Christian Chinese Mother; 7. Modernism Retrograde; 8. A Unique Coronation Gift; 9. The Church in Germany; 10. Plans for Union of Protestants in France; 11. To Celebrate Anniversary of French Protestant Freedom; 12. Mission Work Needed at Home; 13. A Tribute to Moody from the Liberal Christian Century; 14. Roman Catholic Alumni Fight Irreligious Forces; 15. Evangelical Christianity in Mexico; 16. Calvinism Revitalized; 17. Gift to Baptist Paper; 18. The Churches in Flood Crisis; 19. Scotland to Celebrate Tercentenary; 20. Yale Professor Warns of Dangers to Missions. | 291 | |