Journal: Bibliotheca Sacra
Volume: BSAC 95:377 (Jan 1938)
Article: Book Reviews
Author: Anonymous

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Book Reviews

Prophecy’s Light on Today. By Charles G. Trumbull, Litt.D. Fleming H. Revell Co., New York. 191 pp. $1.50.

Book-lovers learn to anticipate the real value of a book from the authorship standing of the writer. This is inevitable and justified. Dr. Trumbull as Editor of The Sunday School Times has lived the life of a ready penman and has reached that position of true worthiness which only a lifetime of study and writing can secure. In anticipation of this volume, Dr. Henry W. Frost says, expressing the thoughts of thousands, including the present reviewer:

“Dr. Trumbull’s name has come to be a synonym. It stands for something more than personality. It represents a man of truth, wisdom, power, purity and high altruism. Moreover it is a comforting and inspiring factor in life to know that there is such a man in the midst of men, one who, in the present darkness, is a bright and ever brightening light, who, in the midst of the present racial, national, religious and spiritual chaos, is a steady hand pointing to the ways of truth and peace...

“If, therefore, anyone desires to understand what the prophetic Word teaches, it will be well for him to give heed to what Dr. Trumbull speaks and writes. This is particularly true of this last book of his, ‘Prophecy’s Light on Today.’ In it, our friend has opened his eyes wide, and it will be our great gain if we look where he looks and sees what he sees.”

So, also, Dr. Howard A. Kelly writes in the introduction: “Let me repeat that this book, so full of spiritual meat and helpful, illustrative anecdotes, so interesting while so splendidly setting forth these vital, scattered Bible teachings, is destined to reach many hearts and to build up many Christians in a more vital, Spirit-filled faith.”

The chapter titles clearly sum up the message of the book. They are: I. The Sharp Sword of Prophecy; II. The Bible’s Verdict; III. Is the Advent Hope Practical?; IV. Other

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Reasons for the Blessed Hope; V. How I Came to Believe It; VI: Prophecy’s Greatest Miracle; VII. Three Great Prophecies of the Shepherd Psalms; VIII. Are There Signs, and Can We Safely Interpret Them?; IX. God’s Greatest Sign-The Jew; X. Is the Fig Tree Budding?; XI. Is Modernism the Great Apostasy?; XII. Four Unprecedented Signs; XIII. War and Peace; XIV. Signs in the Skies; XV. The Sign of Lawlessness; XVI. The Revolt of Youth; XVII. Spiritism and Astrology; XVIII. The Revolt Against God and His Son; XIX. False Christs, and the Unpardonable Sin; XX. Suicides-And the End of the Age.

The closing portion of the book is unique. The following questions are propounded and answe...