Easton’s Bible Dictionary (Illustrated)
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
By Easton
The Illustrated Bible Dictionary, better known as Easton’s Bible Dictionary, is a reference work on topics related to the Christian Bible compiled by Matthew George Easton. The first edition was published in 1893 and a revised edition was published the following year. The most popular edition, however, was the third, which was published by Thomas Nelson in 1897, three years after Easton’s death. The last contains nearly 4,000 entries relating to the Bible from a 19th-century perspective. Many of the entries in Easton’s are encyclopedic in nature, although there are also short dictionary-type entries.
Because of its age, it is now a public domain resource. – Wikipedia
Commentary on Easton’s Bible Dictionary by David Cox
This old Bible dictionary is another classic dictionary. While the definitions are old, the argument can be made that the majority of the definitions of Bible words have not changed with time. Perhaps there are new archaeology finds that would shed light on places and some issues of culture in the ancient world (which would make Easton’s work weak on those points), the majority of the definitions are still very conservative and good for the Bible student today.
Brown The Devil's Mission of Amusement 7 page article from 1889. Hollywood in the church and her ministries. Brown was a student of C.H Spurgeon.
Excerpts:
Different days demand their own special testimony. The watchman who would be faithful to his Lord and to the city of his God needs to carefully note the signs of the times and to emphasize his witness accordingly. Concerning the testimony needed now, there can be little if any doubt. An evil is in the professed camp of the Lord, that is so gross, so brazen in its impudence, that the most shortsighted of spiritual men can hardly fail to notice it.... Amusement for the people is the leading article advertised by each... until the hideous fact has been proved up to the hilt, that "amusement" is ousting "the preaching of the Gospel" as the great attraction... The Concert is fast becoming as much a recognized part of church life as the Prayer Meeting; and it is already, in most places, far better attended.
"Providing recreation for the people" will soon be looked upon as a necessary part of Christian work, and as binding upon the Church of God, as though it were a Divine command, unless some strong voices are raised which will make themselves heard.
Read the 7-page article: Brown, The Devil's Mission of Amusement.
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