Journal: Bibliotheca Sacra
Volume: BSAC 109:433 (Jan 1952)
Article: Book Reviews
Author: Anonymous

BSac 109:433 (Jan 52) p. 90

Book Reviews

Finney Lives On. By V. Raymond Edman. Fleming H. Revell, New York. 250 pp. $2.50.

Of America’s two greatly used evangelists, Finney and Moody, the latter has continued to exercise a lasting influence over the English-speaking world, while the former—Finney—has receded into the past and is less remembered. Yet it is well for all who attempt Christian work to have the facts respecting Finney and his massive work. Dr. Edman has made a very fine and careful study of the methods and plans for conducting revivals as employed by Mr. Finney. Items of importance are scattered through Mr. Finney’s writings and a very real service has been done in bringing this volume of information into usable form. Dr. Edman has reported enough of the history of Finney in the present book to make it of great interest to all who read it. The work is of great value throughout and is commended to all who try to present the gospel.

President Lewis Sperry Chafer

Great Pulpit Masters, Volume VIII. A. J. Gordon. Fleming H. Revell, New York. Introduction by Nathan R. Wood. 256 pp. $2.25.

It is most advantageous that Dr. A. J. Gordon’s ministry is made available again in this form. To a few of us who yet survive and were privileged to share in the great Moody conventions at Northfield, Massachusetts, A. J. Gordon’s name will not be forgotten or his unique power as a teacher and preacher of the Word of God. Likewise his writings were then, as they should be now, a blessing furnished to multitudes of Christians.

The writer can but acknowledge his personal debt to Dr. Gordon for the book (one of the first such) entitled The Ministry of the Spirit, with its foreword by Dr. F. B. Meyer. The Gordon School of Theology and Missions in Boston is also a continuation of the great spiritual power of A. J. Gordon. All things considered, then, the volume under review is of unusual value.

President Lewis Sperry Chafer

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The Journal of John Wesley. Moody Press, Chicago. Edited by P. L. Parker et al. 438 pp. $3.50.

In presenting to the Christian public of this country a new and beautiful edition of The Journal of John Wesley, Moody Press is doing a considerable service indeed. Every Christian should obtain and read often these remarkable pages. It is well to observe how God has chosen to use certain men, such as Moody and Finney in the United States and the Wesleys in England, for His glory. Faith and Christian courage are greatly strengthened by contemplating the lives of these men of God. The Journal of John Wesley is popular reading and sparkling with interest. Like ...