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A BOOK THAT WON A SOUL.
A writer in the Epworth Herald, we
suppose a Methodist minister, tells of i
the impression made upon him by a pass- >
age in "The Virginia Comedians." by Cap
tain John Esten Cooke, author of "Sur- j
rey of Eagle's Nest" and other Con- I
federate war stories. As an employe in 1
a publishing house it was his part to |
read the booK about to be republished.
He says:
"The most impressive fact about the
book was that the author quoted a passage
from the book of Isaiah in a very
striking and effective way. That passage
of Scripture kept going through my mind.
It was as persistent as Mark Twain's famous
Literary Nightmare. It beat itself
into consciousness at every turn. All day
tsaturaay J was impressed and oppressed
by this quotation from the Bible. On
Sunday morning I went to church, and
when the minister arose and announced
the text for the sermon, much to my
surprise and astonishment, the very passage
of Scripture of which I had been
thinking for two days had been selected
as the text."
That afternoon at an evangelistic meeting
he made confession of Christ.
"One of the first things I did after my
conversion was to write to Captain John
Esten Cooke and tell him what had happened
through his fortunate quotation of
a passage of Scripture in his book, 'The
Virginia Comedians.' 1 have a letter in
iu luiut.', nuicQ i esieem among tne
treasures of my life. It is needless for |
me to say that I keep a copy of 'The
Virginia Comedians' by me all the time,
and when faith gets cold, and the spirit
of consecration needs renewal, I look at
that singular book, which in the provi- ;
dence of God meant so much to me before
I was twenty."
Anti-Saloon League Year Book. 1909.
Compiled and written by Ernest H.
Cherrington. Managing Editor of the
American Anti-Saloon Press Bureau.
256 pp. Cloth, 60 cents; manilla. 35
cents. Columbus, O., and Chicago. The
Anti-Saloon League of America. 1909.
This book is an encyclopedia of facts
and figures dealing with ttie liquor traffic
and the temperance reform. Its yearly
editions, always brought fully up-to-date
and showing the progress of events in the
traffic and in the reform, have come to be
regarded as the most reliable sources of
facts, figures, and Illustrations.
"Popular Lectures of Sam P. Jones." Ed
ited by Walt Holcomb, 12 mo., pp. i
127, 75 cents net. New York, Chicago,
Toronto. Fleming H. Revell Company.
1909.
Six characteristic lectures, some of
them dictated by the famous speaker just
before his death, and others reported by
competent stenographers, all preserving
the style in which they were spoken. j
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