PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year
Jowett, John Henry · 80,769 words · 191 reading sections
_The Lord Of The Worshipper_
LUKE ii. 8-20. And so the good news was told to shepherds, to working men who were toiling in the fields. The coming King would hallow the common work of man, and in His love and grace all the problems of labour would find a solution. The Lord of the Christmas-tide throws a halo over common toil. Even Christian peopl…
427 wordsSECTION 182_Entering In At Lowly Doors_
MATTHEW ii. 1-12. And so the good news came to "wise men," shall we say to students, busying themselves with the vast and intricate problems of the mind. And the evangel offered the students mental satisfaction, bringing the interpreting clue, beaming upon them with the guiding ray which would lead them into perfect n…
362 wordsSECTION 183_Daybreak In The Soul_
"_Good will toward men!_" --LUKE ii. 8-20. The heavens are not filled with hostility. The sky does not express a frown. When I look up I do not contemplate a face of brass, but the face of infinite good will. Yet when I was a child, many a picture has made me think of God as suspicious, inhumanly watchful, always look…
394 wordsSECTION 184_In Him Was Life_
1 JOHN i. 1-7. I have just come out of a gloomy room into a sunny room to write these words. I had my choice. I could have stayed in the sombre room, but I choose to come into the sun-lit room and the warm, cheering beams are even now falling upon my page. "Walk in the light!" And I make my choice, and how often I cho…
447 wordsSECTION 185_The Blessedness Of Forgiveness_
1 JOHN iv. 7-14. Let me more assiduously think of God's love. Let me sit down to it. In the National Gallery can be seen two sorts of people. There are the mere vagrants, who are always "on the move," passing from picture to picture, without seeing any. And there are the students, who sit down, and contemplate, and me…
405 wordsSECTION 186_Charles Brown_
"_Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life._" --PSALM xxiii. But why "_follow_" me? Why not "go before"? Because some of my enemies are in the rear; they attack me from behind. There are foes in my yesterdays which can give me fatal wounds. They can stab me in the back! If I could only get away from …
263 wordsSECTION 187_Richard Roberts_
For the Life That Now Is 16mo, Cloth, net 75c. "Emphasizes the power and presence of a life hid with Christ in God. It will be a revelation to many that there is such a correspondence between the needs of mankind and the provisions of redeeming grace."--_Reformed Church Messenger._ The Christian's Secret of a Hap…
257 wordsSECTION 188_W. H. P. Faunce, D.D._
The Religion of Science The Faith of Coming Man 12mo, cloth, net $1.50. "Dr. Lee thinks scientifically. He delivers a clear-cut thought product and his powers of intellectual visualization are transferred to the reader. After having read 'The Religion of Science,' we can only underwrite the testimony of Dr. Birne…
304 wordsSECTION 189_J. Monro Gibson, D.D._
How the Cross Saves 16mo, cloth, net 50c. "Will bring help and light to minds perplexed and darkened by doubt. It is a clear statement of the central truth of Christianity. Logically and biblically Dr. Horton calls to mind the fact that the atonement is of God; that men need it; and that man-made atonements which…
280 wordsSECTION 190_Prof. Hugh Black, D.D._
The Resurrection and the Life This thorough-going study of the Resurrection of Jesus is characterized by a vigorous intellectual grasp of the subject. The author presents a most assuring and comforting contribution to Christian apologetics. It is a work that will not only meet the demands of the scholarly and thou…
255 wordsSECTION 191*** End Of The Project Gutenberg Ebook My Daily Meditation For The Circling Year ***
Essential Elements of Business Character 16mo, cloth, net 60c. The author has won an enviable reputation through his articles on "Business" in recent issues of _The Outlook_. The editors say that the readers of _The Outlook_ have expressed their appreciation in a very unusual way. Some of the largest corporations …
288 wordsSource & rights
Public domain in the USA; original historical text digitized by Project Gutenberg.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.