DISCOVERING CHRIST IN RUTH

Spurgeon said of Hawker (the author of 'The Poor Man's Commentary'): 'He sees Jesus, and that is a sacred gift which is most precious whether the owner be a critic or not. It is to be confessed that he occasionally sees Jesus where Jesus is not legitimately to be seen . . . There is always such a savour of the Lord Jesus Christ in Dr. Hawker that you cannot read him without profit.'

John Tindall