This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...is prayer. But that is not all of prayer. Our souls are not pulling towards a dead stake on a barren shore. We are tied to another boat, and there is a Man in that boat holding the rope, and He is always pulling us towards Him. A Man? Yea, and a God I Our prayers are only half the work. God is working for us, working ...
Read More
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...is prayer. But that is not all of prayer. Our souls are not pulling towards a dead stake on a barren shore. We are tied to another boat, and there is a Man in that boat holding the rope, and He is always pulling us towards Him. A Man? Yea, and a God I Our prayers are only half the work. God is working for us, working towards us, and if we knew, --the waves of thought which separate us from God to-day would part right speedily, and the gift of God, the supreme gift of God, would pass into our possession at once and forever. Mr. Gilder, poet and editor, who so recently left us, saw a book entitled, "The Passing of Christ," and wrote: "Behold Him now where He comes! Not the Christ of our subtle creeds, But the light of our hearts, of our homes, Of our hopes, our prayers, our needs, The brother of want and blame, The lover of women and men, With a love that puts to shame All passions of mortal ken. Ah, no, thou life of the heart, Never shalt thou depart! Not till the leaven of God Shall lighten each human clod; N Not till the world shall climb To thy height serene, sublime, Shall the Christ who enters our door Pass to return no more." VIII The Saving Few "And there went with him a band of men whose hearts God had touched." HE early history of Israel is full of of the development of a people in the science of self-government. So long as a race is in its childhood, it needs no elaborate system of government and is capable of no such government, the purpose of government, the protection of life, liberty and property, being secured by the operation of the primal elements of force and fear. But as the race rises towards manhood, and as its interests become more complex, some form of organized government becomes necessary. The beginning o...
Read Less
Add this copy of Chapel Talks: a Collection of Sermons to College to cart. $42.88, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2010 by BiblioBazaar.
Add this copy of Chapel Talks: a Collection of Sermons to College to cart. $56.29, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Palala Press.