W.R. French
By W. R. FRENCH, Professor, Pacific Union College
Articles by W.R. French
The Call to the Ministry
August 1929
The Need.—" What the church needs in these days of peril, is an army of workers who, like Paul, have educated themselves for usefulness, who have a deep experience in the things of God, and who are filled…
Confirming the Foundations
January 1930
A Serious Call to Study
The hour approaches when our every position prophetic, historic, and doctrinal — will be searched through and through by the enemies of truth. The world's scholarship will be turned…
Meaning of "Breath" and "Soul"
April 1937
In 1 Kings 17:17, 22, we find the expressions, "There was no breath left in him," and "The soul of the child came into him again, and he revived." Kindly give an effectual explanation for believers in immortality, and also give the Hebrew…
Restoring the Breach
October 1933
Repairing the breach is the keynote of Isaiah's prophecy, as indeed it has been of all the holy prophets since the world began. Isaiah is called the prophet of hope; for accompanying all predictions of judgment or disaster…
"The Dew of Herbs"
August 1937
What is the meaning and force of the passage in Isaiah 26:19, which reads: "Thy dew is as the dew of herbs"?
The full text reads: "Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye…
Keys to the Old Testament
October 1934
By W.R. French
The Pentateuch is the foundation division of the Bible. When read with this thought in mind, the superstructure is better understood. In the first chapter of Genesis…
Gibbon's July 27, 1299, Date Sustained
February 1933
A few years ago a search was made at the Library of Congress for evidence supporting Gibbon's date, July 27, 1299, for the first invasion of Othman into Nicomedia. Failure to verify this date has thrown into more or…
"The Two Anointed Ones"
March 1933
The title of this study is found in Zechariah 4:14. This verse is the culmination of a wonderfully encouraging prophecy which God had given to Zerubbabel through his prophet Zechariah. Who are these two anointed ones?…
