Bible. English. Authorized, Selections, 190 BEING SELECTIONS FROM THE OLD AND THE NEW TESTAMENTS The mission of such a book as this, whether in churches or schools or families, is perhaps more apparent to a minister than to most men and women. For the preparation for the reading of the Scripture in the service of every Sunday is one of the most important functions which comes upon a preacher. It has been well said by a leader of men in our time, that the only instruction in the Bible which most laymen receive is in the reading of the Scripture by the minister at church from week to week. Now in the selection of passages for reading it is not enough to choose a few verses separated from the rest of the Bible. What Mr. Pierce has done so effectively in this volume is to bring together in a natural way parts of the Bible which explain and supplement one another. I do not remember any other book which thus brings together in their vital relations the passages of the Bible that are of permanent worth. Such comprehensive survey of the Scripture is not to be made in half an hour on a Saturday afternoon. It is the work of years: and the results of such work are in the reader's hands in this volume. Washington, D. C.. EDWARD E. HALE |