older assumption that the Galatia of the New Testament is the smaller and

more Northern Kingdom.

Perhaps the most useful section in the whole book is that one that

throws light upon Galatians 3:15 -18, revealing the association of `adoption'

with the appointing of the `heir', and its bearing upon the fact that the

coming in of the law 430 years after the unconditional covenant with Abraham

could not disannul it.

In his book The cities of St. Paul: Their influence on his life and

thought, Ramsay devotes his attention to Tarsus, Antioch, Iconium, Derbe and

Lystra, and to read 150 pages of archaeological, geographical and historical

researches in and around Tarsus, will enable one the better to understand the

apostle's boast, that he was a citizen of `no mean city'.

The Church in the Roman Empire before a.d. 170, follows first of all

the missionary journeys of Paul and then pursues the history of Christian

witness from a.d. 64-170.

Extracts from these works, to be at all intelligible, would have to be

too copious to be possible in such an article as this; we can but commend

them to the discriminating student, with the warning that they are hard

reading and usually high priced.

If the student is limited in means and book room, perhaps The Bearing

of Recent Discovery on the Trustworthiness of the New Testament would be the

best of all to start with.  The book covers once more the movements of the

apostle Paul in Galatia, deals with the earlier chapters of the Acts and

throws the light of history and research upon many important items in the

When we learn from Sir W. M. Ramsay himself that, at the commencement

of his career, he was attached to what is called `The Tubingen School' of

Criticism, and that his own investigation on the spot slowly but surely

convinced him of the authenticity and accuracy of Luke the writer of Acts, we

mingle thanksgiving with our reading and rejoice that the testimony of such

an author is a valuable contribution in the fight of faith.

We should not be worthy of the trust committed to us, nor to the

continued fellowship of the Lord's people, if we did not hope and reasonably

expect that The Berean Expositor and our other publications might also be

included among those tools for the unashamed workman of which we have spoken.

The fact that we felt impelled to produce an Index for the first twenty

volumes is an evidence that we knew that many readers found the magazine

worthy of reference.  It would not be seemly however to speak further of our

own publication in these pages.  There is a work very closely linked with the

witness of The Berean Expositor however that we must include in this series,

namely The Companion Bible.  When the Lord laid upon us the burden of the

Mystery and its clear cut testimony, an interview with Dr. E. W. Bullinger

led to the beginning of a series of articles in Things to Come entitled

Dispensational Expositions.  The Berean Expositor commenced its witness in

February 1909, the articles for Things to Come commenced in March 1909, and

in that same year Dr. Bullinger commenced work upon The Companion Bible.  We

have in another place put into print what that interview with Dr. Bullinger

meant to us, a young unknown believer, and he a scholar of world -wide