Companion Bible itself, and 227 pages of Appendices.  For the English student

whose acquaintance with the original Greek or Hebrew is limited or non-

existent, we cannot think of a more useful and reliable tool, and as such we

commend it to all who would be `unashamed workmen'.

In fairness to the reader we feel that we ought to say that the

dispensational view which The Berean Expositor stands for in connection with

the two sets of Paul's epistles, will not be found in The Companion Bible,

although the Dispensational significance of Acts 28 is recognized.  Dr.

Bullinger died before the work on the New Testament had gone further than the

Gospels.  His last book The Foundations of Dispensational Truth gives us some

idea of how the Epistles would have been divided had he lived to carry the

work through.  As it is, we have a monumental work, which prepares the way

for the believer right up to the very door of the Mystery, and then leaves

him, so that without leaning on the teaching of any man he may go forward

with the Lord Himself.  What at first seemed a tragedy now appears as a

gracious overruling.  The believer is spared the temptation of just accepting

without further study what has been written, but he thankfully uses the

foundation so well and truly given in The Companion Bible that unfettered, he

may explore afresh the riches of grace yet awaiting him.  No man living was

more teachable than Dr. Bullinger, no man more ready to acknowledge a

mistake, no man who abhorred the shackles of tradition more than he, so that

we believe we may be following in the spirit of his writings when most we

differ from his conclusions.  As one who had intimate knowledge and

fellowship with Dr. Bullinger during his ripest years, we have felt it

impossible to comment upon his work without speaking also of his person.  The

Lord's message and the Lord's messenger go together (Hag. 1:13).

In conclusion we ask the reader, as he turns the pages of this great

work and notes the evidence of loving toil in the Word that meets him at

every turn, to pray that the selfsame spirit that is manifest in this work

may be shared by all its readers, and that the purpose of the author of the

work may be growingly achieved as student after student uses the notes in

order to become more personally acquainted with the Scriptures themselves.

`Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to

be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth' (2 Tim. 2:15).

In the Jubilee number of The Berean Expositor will be found a

reproduction in colour of an original oil painting of Dr. Bullinger,

painted by the present writer in the year 1958.

ULTRA DISPENSATIONALISM

The intelligent reader will not need informing that a movement which

stands for such a provoking course of teaching as does this Analysis must

always be under the fire of criticism.  How can the charge `ultra

dispensationalism' be dealt with?  Is any useful purpose served by dealing

with the false charge that we have `no use' for the epistle to the Romans?

(See book Just and the Justifier).  Yet if any criticism sends us back to

`The Book' we are thankful.  What we are still awaiting is a Scriptural

exposure of our attitude to Acts 28, which will take full account of all that

is implied in Hosea 1:9 and chapter 3 of this prophecy.