Words of Comfort. By R. J. Campbell. (Newnes. 2s. 6d.
net.)— The quality of these addresses by Mr. Campbell is higher than might be anticipated from their title; because the comfort administered in them is addressed to those whose faith in God has been shaken by the war, and therefore it is based upon a study of the problems involved. Each address is in form an exposition of a passage in the Apocalypse ; and, as exposition, they may be open to criticism. The " silence in Heaven," for example, was probably, as Dr. Charles has shown, a silence in the heavenly worship in order that the intercessions of the saints on earth might reach the ears of God, with no reference at all to what a modern poet has called God's " terrible composure." But the sermon may be good although it does not interpret the text.
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