“The purpose of these papers ... is not to give forth original ideas, but to bring the more or less cultured but unscientific Bible student into a hospitable attitude toward the new light that scholarship has shed upon the sacred page.” The studies include: The day-book of the Most High, Folklore in the Old Testament, The poetry of the Old Testament, Heroes and heroism, Eastern light on the story of Elisha, Love-stories of Israel, A parable of Divine love, Secular faith, The search for spiritual certainty, The Hebrew Utopia, and The law and modern society.
“The studies will be found suggestive and helpful to the average Bible student.”
+ Bib. World. 28: 159. Ag. ’06. 60w.
“We are sure that many people who never go near a Sunday-school would, if they were to read this book, turn to the Bible with an unaccustomed interest.”
+ Outlook. 83: 862. Ag. 11, ’06. 250w. + R. of Rs. 34: 255. Ag. ’06. 100w.
“Its treatment is farthest possible from the conventional discussion of biblical books, and will infallibly cause any reader to feel new admiration and interest in the Bible.”
+ World To-Day. 11: 1220. N. ’06. 120w.
Houghton, Mrs. Louise Seymour. Telling Bible stories; with an introd. by Rev. T. T Munger. **$1.25. Scribner.
“In a deeper vein Louise Seymour Houghton, in her ‘Telling Bible stories,’ sketches the best way of outlining the Old Testament for young folks.”—Ind.