Jaw Ko x0 me Kircoos—By James Told, Minister of St. Andrew's Presbyterian 'Church, Eastbourne. Hodder & Stoughton' London. 1/-
A friend of the reviewer's the other Jay remarked that the ordinary business man finds many of the reported sayings of Jesus Christ extremely. perplexing. For instance, "Blessed fare the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." Meckness is neither admired, nor regarded as being blessed, ts|nor believed to be capable of in-henting anything.
What did Jesus mean?
Tt is to be hoped that Mr. Reid's book will have a wide circulation, for it is to be commended wholeheartedly to readers who have never dreamed of dipping into a professedly religious book. Mr. Reid writes. }good English, in the frst place. Then he faces the problems in a frank and common sense way. And finally he brings to bear upon thoee problems and upon the words of Christ a spiritual insight of quite notable Penetration. Mr. Reid believes. that the only key to the better world we all desire is a fundamental change of heart and attitude to life in individual men and women. Well, of feourse, that has been said so often as to have become wearisome. But Mr. Reld's way of saying it is gripping and challenging. He holds that the Beatitudes offer the key "to a real happiness which is in a changed heart anda new attitude to life, ot} and in this most excellent book he Indicates how the key fits into the complicated Tock of our personal and social perplexities to-day. A design jon the outside cover is such as would prevent any sensitive person touching the book with a barge pole were he ignorant of the author's Jquality; let it be regarded as the tone fy in such remarkable ointment. fon. sale at the astonishingly cheap price of a shilling—wex.
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