April - the Free Presbyterian church of Scotland
April - the Free Presbyterian church of Scotland
April - the Free Presbyterian church of Scotland
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Notes and Comments. 509and cast in her lot with <strong>the</strong> people <strong>of</strong> God is not recordBdin her diary but <strong>the</strong> experiences <strong>the</strong>rein recorded and <strong>the</strong> lettersaccompanying this record show how thorough <strong>the</strong> change was.Like all <strong>the</strong> Lord's people she had her trials, spiritual and ,o<strong>the</strong>rwise.Her earnest cry to be delivered from her sin and mademme and more conformable to <strong>the</strong> image <strong>of</strong> her Redeemer willencourage those passing through a like experience who instead<strong>of</strong> feeling <strong>the</strong>mselves holier are realising more and mo.re <strong>the</strong>abominations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir heart. Those who delight in gleaningin <strong>the</strong> fields which God has blessed to o<strong>the</strong>rs will find in thisbook much toeneourage <strong>the</strong>m while <strong>the</strong> spirituality and heavenlymindedness <strong>of</strong> Mrs. Tanner should exercise a humbling effectowing to <strong>the</strong>ir own lack <strong>of</strong> those Christian graces which made herheart burn with such ardent love tp her Saviour. The diaryand letters are edited by a grand-d'aughter, Miss M. H. Wakeley,37 Beaconsfield Villas, Brighton, who has done her work well,and who will, no doubt, receive <strong>the</strong> thanks <strong>of</strong> not a few for herJa,bour <strong>of</strong> love. The book has. a brief recommendatory forewordby Mr. J. K. Popham in which he says he esteems it an honQurto write <strong>the</strong> foreword.Notes and Comments.The Press and Sabbath Observance.-Now and againthrough <strong>the</strong> happening <strong>of</strong> certain events one gets an insightinto <strong>the</strong> attitude <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> press to Sabbath observance. There arehanourable exceptions but generally speaking <strong>the</strong> kind <strong>of</strong> Sabbathobservance that would be tolerated by <strong>the</strong> great majority <strong>of</strong>pressmen is <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> most nebulous ki nd. This country is now,flooded with llf:Jwspapers that had <strong>the</strong>ir original home over <strong>the</strong>Border and <strong>the</strong> attitude on <strong>the</strong> Sabbath question as set forthin <strong>the</strong>se papers would leave us very little <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sabbath if<strong>the</strong> people <strong>of</strong> this country were foolish enough to follow <strong>the</strong>ircounsels. In many cases <strong>the</strong> men whose oracular utterances.appear in <strong>the</strong> press are engaged in Sabbath work and one mightas soon expect to find a band <strong>of</strong> Mussolini hero-worshippers