5 DECEMBER 1908, Page 8

God's Lantern - Bearers. By R. C. Gillie. (A. and C. Black.

6s.)—Mr. Gillie rightly begins with a piece of sound doctrine. The "prophet "—by the " Lantern-Bearers" is meant the prophets of Israel—was chiefly a setter forth of truth; prediction was a minor function. He proceeds to take the great teachers of Israel and to describe their work. Now and then one might criticise. To speak, for instance, of the "happy evening" of Isaiah's days is to ignore the tradition of his martyrdom under Manasseh; "sawn asunder" in Hebrews xi. 37 is supposed to refer to him. The illustrations are especially good.