Book Reviews -- By: Anonymous

Journal: Central Bible Quarterly
Volume: CENQ 13:2 (Summer 1970)
Article: Book Reviews
Author: Anonymous


Book Reviews

Baptists in Oregon by Albert W. Wardin, Jr. (Judson Baptist College, Portland, Oregon, 1969) is a complete history of Baptist work in Oregon from the organization of the first church at West Union in 1844 to the present. The book was written by Dr. Albert Wardin, Jr., who served as professor of history at Western Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary and Judson Baptist College, and who now is associate professor of history at Belmont College in Nashville, Tennessee. Wardin delineates in detail (the book has some 600 pages) the story of home mission work, the various controversies that must be a part of Baptist life because of our democratic principle, the present situation and what he considers to be the prospects. It is interesting that even in the Northwest, Baptists had their problems over the primitive Baptists and the Landmark Baptists; movements that we usually associate with the South.

The part that Oregon Baptists played in the formation and work of the Fundamental Fellowship of the Northern Baptist Convention and later of the Conservative Baptist Movement is accurately and interestingly presented. It will refresh and stimulate one who lived through those experiences, and will fill in numerous details for the younger student of Baptist history.

—Dr. Charles MacDonald

The Usher’s Manual by Leslie Parrott (Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 1970, 64 pp., paper, $1.00) is the best book this reviewer has seen on the subject. The author is pastor of a church in Portland, Oregon. It is evident that

(This second half was originally found on pages 43–44. We have moved it here in order to keep the book reviews under one contiguous article.)

the book grows out of considerable experience with ushers and the need for alert ushering. Topics discussed are: Why ushers are important, what makes a good usher, the mechanics of ushering—how to seat people, gather the church offering, how to recruit and train ushers, how to greet people effectively.

There is an usher’s standard of excellence. The whole ministry of ushering is discussed from the point of view of Biblical principles and as a spiritual service. This book will give guidance and motivation to ushers.

—Dr. Charles R. MacDonald

The Book of Isaiah, Vol. II, by Edward J. Young (Eerdmans Publ Co., 1969, 604 pp., $9.95) is the second in the late Dr. Young’s projected three volume set on Isaiah, and covers chapters 19 through 39. Dr. Young was a thorough linguist, and the book has an exegetical wealth. The book also reflects up-to-date historical data concerning the times. Unfortunately the author was an Amillennialist and thus could not fully appreciate the doctrine of the Messianic Kingdom of God that permeates Old Testa...

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