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The Wonder Book of Bible Stories
Compiled by Logan Marshall
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Wonder Book of Bible Stories Contains the Best Stories On The Bible.
Written in simple and understandable language, the stories are perfect
for retelling to Children of All Ages.
The wonder book of Bible stories
is not only a recasting of the familiar stories of the Bible such as The finding of Moses and the story of Adam and Eve.
It goes a step further to add characterization to make them look contemporary and lively. Interesting reading and specially suited for children and adults who teach at Sunday schools.
Every Family should have this
beautiful story book.
CONTENTS
PAGE
INTRODUCTION 1
THE STORY OF ADAM AND EVE 3
THE STORY OF NOAH AND THE ARK 7
THE STORY OF HAGAR AND ISHMAEL 16
THE STORY OF ABRAHAM AND ISAAC 22
THE STORY OF JACOB 28
THE SALE OF A BIRTHRIGHT 29
THE STORY OF THE LADDER THAT REACHED TO HEAVEN 37
THE STORY OF JOSEPH
THE COAT OF MANY COLORS 42
THE DREAMS OF A KING 49
THE STORY OF THE MONEY IN THE SACKS 58
THE MYSTERY OF THE LOST BROTHER 65
THE STORY OF MOSES, THE CHILD WHO WAS FOUND IN THE RIVER 73
THE STORY OF THE GRAPES FROM CANAAN 82
THE STORY OF GIDEON AND HIS THREE HUNDRED SOLDIERS 88
THE STORY OF SAMSON, THE STRONG MAN 98
THE STORY OF RUTH, THE GLEANER 111
THE STORY OF DAVID
THE SHEPHERD BOY 117
THE STORY OF THE FIGHT WITH THE GIANT 125
THE STORY OF THE CAVE OF ADULLAM 131
THE STORY OF SOLOMON AND HIS TEMPLE 133
THE STORY OF ELIJAH, THE PROPHET 138
THE STORY OF JONAH AND THE WHALE 142
THE STORY OF THE FIERY FURNACE 147
THE STORY OF DANIEL IN THE LION'S DEN 155
THE STORY OF THE ANGEL BY THE ALTAR 160
THE STORY OF JESUS
THE BABE OF BETHLEHEM 167
THE STORY OF THE STAR AND THE WISE MEN 172
THE STORY OF THE CHILD IN THE TEMPLE 179
THE STORY OF THE WATER THAT WAS TURNED INTO WINE 184
THE STORY OF THE STRANGER AT THE WELL 189
THE STORY OF THE FISHERMEN 195
THE STORY OF THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT 199
THE STORY OF THE MIRACLE WORKER 206
THE GOOD SHEPHERD AND THE GOOD SAMARITAN 215
THE STORY OF THE PALM BRANCHES 221
THE STORY OF THE BETRAYAL 228
THE STORY OF THE EMPTY TOMB 235
THE STORY OF THE MAN AT THE BEAUTIFUL GATE 243
THE STORY OF STEPHEN, THE FIRST MARTYR 249
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THE STORY OF JOSEPH AND HIS COAT OF MANY COLORS
After Jacob came back to the land of Canaan with his eleven sons,
another son was born to him, the second child of his wife Rachel, whom
Jacob loved so well. But soon after the baby came, his mother Rachel
died, and Jacob was filled with sorrow. Even to this day you can see the
place where Rachel was buried, on the road between Jerusalem and
Bethlehem. Jacob named the child whom Rachel left, Benjamin; and now
Jacob had twelve sons. Most of them were grown-up men; but Joseph was a
boy seventeen years old, and his brother Benjamin was almost a baby.
Of all his children, Jacob loved Joseph the best, because he was
Rachel's child; because he was so much younger than most of his
brothers; and because he was good, and faithful, and thoughtful. Jacob
gave to Joseph a robe or coat of bright colors, made somewhat like a
long cloak with wide sleeves. This was a special mark of Jacob's favor
to Joseph, and it made his older brothers envious of him.
Then, too, Joseph did what was right, while his older brothers often did
very wrong acts, of which Joseph sometimes told their father; and this
made them very angry at Joseph. But they hated him still more because of
two strange dreams he had, and of which he told them. He said one day:
"Listen to this dream that I have dreamed. I dreamed that we were out in
the field binding sheaves, when suddenly my sheaf stood up, and all your
sheaves came around it and bowed down to my sheaf!"
And they said scornfully, "Do you suppose that the dream means that you
will some time rule over us, and that we shall bow down to you?"
Then, a few days after, Joseph said, "I have dreamed again. This time, I
saw in my dream the sun, and the moon, and eleven stars, all come and
bow to me!"
And his father said to him, "I do not like you to dream such dreams.
Shall I, and your mother, and your brothers, come and bow down before
you as if you were a king?"
His brothers hated Joseph, and would not speak kindly to him; but his
father thought much of what Joseph had said.
At one time, Joseph's ten brothers were taking care of the flock in the
fields near Shechem, which was nearly fifty miles from Hebron, where
Jacob's tents were spread. And Jacob wished to send a message to his
sons, and he called Joseph, and said to him:
"Your brothers are near Shechem with the flock. I wish that you would go
to them, and take a message, and find if they are well, and if the
flocks are doing well; and bring me word from them."
That was quite an errand, for a boy to go alone over the country, and
find his way, for fifty miles, and then walk home again. But Joseph was
a boy who could take care of himself, and could be trusted; so he went
forth on his journey, walking northward over the mountains, past
Bethlehem, and Jerusalem, and Bethel--though we are not sure those
cities were then built, except Jerusalem, which was already a strong
city.
When Joseph reached Shechem, he could not find his brothers, for they
had taken their flocks to another place. A man met Joseph wandering in
the field, and asked him, "Whom are you seeking?"
Joseph said, "I am looking for my brothers; the sons of Jacob. Can you
tell me where I will find them?"
And the man said, "They are at Dothan; for I heard them say that they
were going there."
Then Joseph walked over the hills to Dothan, which was fifteen miles
further. And his brothers saw him afar off coming toward them. They knew
him by his bright garment; and one said to another: "Look, that dreamer
is coming! Come, let us kill him, and throw his body into a pit, and
tell his father that some wild beast has eaten him; and then we will see
what becomes of his dreams."
One of his brothers, whose name was Reuben, felt more kindly toward
Joseph than the others. He said:
"Let us not kill him, but let us throw him into this pit, in the
wilderness, and leave him there to die."
But Reuben intended, after they had gone away, to lift Joseph out of the
pit, and take him home to his father. The brothers did as Reuben told
them; they threw Joseph into the pit, which was empty. He cried, and
begged them to save him; but they would not. They calmly sat down to eat
their dinner on the grass, while their brother was calling to them from
the pit.
After the dinner, Reuben chanced to go to another part of the field; so
that he was not at hand when a company of men passed by with their
camels, going from Gilead, on the east of the river Jordan, to Egypt, to
sell spices and fragrant gum from trees to the Egyptians.
Then Judah, another of Joseph's brothers, said, "What good will it do us
to kill our brother? Would it not be better for us to sell him to these
men, and let them carry him away? After all, he is our brother, and we
would better not kill him."
His brothers agreed with him; so they stopped the men who were passing,
and drew up Joseph from the pit, and for twenty pieces of silver they
sold Joseph to these men; and they took him away with them down to
Egypt.
After a while, Reuben came to the pit, where they had left Joseph, and
looked into it; but Joseph was not there. Then Reuben was in great
trouble; and he came back to his brothers, saying: "The boy is not
there! What shall I do!"
Then his brothers told Reuben what they had done; and they all agreed
together to deceive their father. They killed one of the goats, and
dipped Joseph's coat in its blood; and they brought it to their father,
and they said to him: "We found this coat out in the wilderness. Look at
it, father, and tell us if you think it was the coat of your son."
And Jacob knew it at once. He said: "It is my son's coat. Some wild
beast has eaten him. There is no doubt that Joseph has been torn in
pieces!"
And Jacob's heart was broken over the loss of Joseph, all the more
because he had sent Joseph alone on the journey through the wilderness.
They tried to comfort him, but he would not be comforted. He said: "I
will go down to the grave mourning for my poor lost son."
So the old man sorrowed for his son Joseph; and all the time his wicked
brothers knew that Joseph was not dead; but they would not tell their
father the dreadful deed they had done to their brother, in selling him
as a slave.
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The
Existence of God
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Does God Exists?
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Dear friend,
What you are about to
read will once and for all make you an out and out believer
in the existence of God!
Thoroughly compelling, the Existence of God
presents very strong arguments about the existence of a supreme
being who is a Personal God who watches over you and with tender
loving care, provides everything you need.
The ebook explains in great detail, various
theories that support the existence of God including
rationality, faith and common sense.
Each theory is convincing, compelling and
thoroughly interesting.
No doubt about it, The Existence of God is
A Great Eye Opener for the Unbelieving Generation!
But you do not have to take my word for it.
You gotta read the following excerpts and use
your better judgment if this book is really worth both your time
and dime.
Excerpt:
SECTION I. Metaphysical Proofs of
the Existence of God are not within Everybody’s reach.
I cannot open my eyes without admiring the art
that shines throughout all nature; the least cast suffices to make
me perceive the Hand that makes everything.
Men accustomed to meditate upon metaphysical
truths, and to trace up things to their first principles, may know
the Deity by its idea; and I own that is a sure way to arrive at
the source of all truth.
But the more direct and short that way is, the
more difficult and unpassable it is for the generality of mankind
who depend on their senses and imagination.
An ideal demonstration is so simple, that
through its very simplicity it escapes those minds that are
incapable of operations purely intellectual.
In short, the more perfect is the way to find
the First Being, the fewer men there are that are capable to
follow it.
SECT. II. Moral Proofs of the
Existence of God are fitted to every man’s capacity.
But there is a less perfect way, level to the
meanest capacity. Men the least exercised in reasoning, and the
most tenacious of the prejudices of the senses, may yet with one
look discover Him who has drawn Himself in all His works.
The wisdom and power He has stamped upon
everything He has made are seen, as it were, in a glass by those
that cannot contemplate Him in His own idea. This is a sensible
and popular philosophy, of which any man free from passion and
prejudice is capable.
Humana autem anima rationalis est, quæ
mortalibus peccati pœna tenebatur, ad hoc diminutionis redacta ut
per conjecturas rerum visibilium ad intelligenda invisibilia
niteretur; that is, “The human soul is still rational, but in
such a manner that, being by the punishment of sin detained in the
bonds of death, it is so far reduced that it can only endeavour to
arrive at the knowledge of things invisible through the visible.”
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Miracles of
Our Lord
by George MacDonald
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A fresh insight
and explanation of the miracles of God for both the Christian and
the non-Christian.
The writer explains that the miracles
build and consolidate faith, prove the existence of God and shows
how God can meet the physical and spiritual needs of his
children.
The writer basically wants to make the
reader aware that the miracles of the Lord are further
manifestation of the powers of God.
Contents
I. INTRODUCTION
II. THE BEGINNING OF MIRACLES
III. THE CURE OF SIMON'S WIFE'S MOTHER
IV. MIRACLES OF HEALING UNSOLICITED
V. MIRACLES OF HEALING SOLICITED BY THE SUFFERS
VI. MIRACLES GRANTED TO THE PRAYER OF FRIENDS
VII. THE CASTING OUT OF DEVILS
VIII. THE RAISING OF THE DEAD
IX. THE GOVERNMENT OF NATURE
X. MIRACLES OF DESTRUCTION
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I have been requested to write
some papers on our Lord's miracles. I venture the
attempt in the belief that, seeing they are one of the
modes in which his unseen life found expression, we
are bound through them to arrive at some knowledge of
that life.
For he has come, The Word of
God, that we may know God: every word of his then, as
needful to the knowing of himself, is needful to the
knowing of God, and we must understand, as far as we
may, every one of his words and every one of his
actions, which, with him, were only another form of
word. I believe this the immediate end of our
creation.
And I believe that this will at
length result in the unravelling for us of what must
now, more or less, appear to every man the knotted
and twisted coil of the universe.
It seems to me that it needs no great power of
faith to believe in the miracles--for true faith
is a power, not a mere yielding. There are far
harder things to believe than the miracles. For a man
is not required to believe in them save as believing
in Jesus.
If a man can believe that there
is a God, he may well believe that, having made
creatures capable of hungering and thirsting for him,
he must be capable of speaking a word to guide them in
their feeling after him. And if he is a grand
God, a God worthy of being God, yea (his metaphysics
even may show the seeker), if he is a God capable of
being God, he will speak the clearest grandest word of
guidance which he can utter intelligible to his
creatures.
For us, that word must simply be
the gathering of all the expressions of his visible
works into an infinite human face, lighted up by an
infinite human soul behind it, namely, that potential
essence of man, if I may use a word of my own, which
was in the beginning with God.
If God should thus hear the cry
of the noblest of his creatures, for such are all they
who do cry after him, and in very deed show them his
face, it is but natural to expect that the deeds of
the great messenger should be just the works of the
Father done in little.
If he came to reveal his Father
in miniature, as it were (for in these unspeakable
things we can but use figures, and the homeliest may
be the holiest), to tone down his great voice, which,
too loud for men to hear it aright, could but sound to
them as an inarticulate thundering, into such a still
small voice as might enter their human ears in welcome
human speech, then the works that his Father does
so widely, so grandly that they transcend the vision
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THE SPIRIT OF
CHRISTMAS
By Henry Van Dyke
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The Spirit
of Christmas is a collection of stirring stories,
essays, prayers and poems that will bring cheer to hearts of the
young and old alike. The Spirit of
Christmas defines the true meaning of Christmas.
It is a message of peace and hope for a world that has been
torn by divisions and corrupted by crass commercialism.
Van Dyke adds a new meaning to Christmas by offering sobering
thoughts on what we can do during the season to preserve the
nobility and awe that characterized
Christ's birth. Among his suggestions are prayers and sermons.
CONTENTS
A DREAM-STORY
THE CHRISTMAS ANGEL 3
A LITTLE ESSAY
CHRISTMAS-GIVING AND CHRISTMAS-LIVING 33
A SHORT CHRISTMAS SERMON
KEEPING CHRISTMAS 45
TWO CHRISTMAS PRAYERS
A CHRISTMAS PRAYER FOR THE HOME 51
A CHRISTMAS PRAYER FOR LONELY FOLKS 56
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THE CHRISTMAS ANGEL
It was the hour of rest in the Country Beyond the Stars.
All the silver bells that swing with the turning of the
great ring of light which lies around that land were softly
chiming; and the sound of their commotion went down like dew
upon the golden ways of the city, and the long alleys of
blossoming trees, and the meadows of asphodel, and the
curving shores of the River of Life.
At the hearing of that chime, all the angels who had been
working turned to play, and all who had been playing gave
themselves joyfully to work.
Those who had been singing, and making
melody on different instruments, fell silent and began to
listen. Those who had been walking alone in meditation met
together in companies to talk. And those who had been far
away on errands to the Earth and other planets came homeward
like a flight of swallows to the high cliff when the day is
over.
It was not that they needed to be restored from weariness,
for the inhabitants of that country never say, "I am tired."
But there, as here, the law of change is the secret of
happiness, and the joy that never ends is woven of mingled
strands of labour and repose, society and solitude, music
and silence.
Sleep comes to them not as it does to
us, with a darkening of the vision and a folding of the
wings of the spirit, but with an opening of the eyes to
deeper and fuller light, and with an effortless outgoing of
the soul upon broader currents
of life, as the sun-loving bird poises and circles upward,
without a wing-beat, on the upholding air.
It was in one of the quiet corners of the green valley
called Peacefield, where the little brook of Brighthopes
runs smoothly down to join the River of Life, that I saw
a company of angels, returned from various labours on Earth,
sitting in friendly converse on the hill-side, where
cyclamens and arbutus and violets and fringed orchids and
pale lady's-tresses, and all the sweet-smelling flowers
which are separated in the lower world by the seasons, were
thrown together in a harmony of fragrance.
There were three of the company who
seemed to be leaders, distinguished not only by more radiant
and powerful looks, but by a tone of authority in their
speech and by the willing attention with which the others
listened to them, as they talked of their earthly tasks, of
the tangles and troubles, the wars and
miseries that they had seen among men, and of the best way
to get rid of them and bring sorrow to an end.
"The Earth is full of oppression and unrighteousness,"
said the tallest and most powerful of the angels. His voice
was deep and strong, and by his shining armour and the long
two-handed sword hanging over his shoulder I knew that he
was the archangel Michael, the mightiest one among the
warriors of the King, and the executor of the divine
judgments upon the unjust. "The Earth is tormented with
injustice," he cried, "and the great misery that I have seen
among men is that the evil hand is often stronger than the
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How to
become like Christ
by Marcus
Dods
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HOW TO BECOME LIKE CHRIST
Marcus Dods shows in
simple steps how one can see God in every facet of life. He
reveals in plain language how to remove the veil off our faith to
see God and thus do the right thing to be like him.
Read How to become like
Christ and more interestingly, how any average person can put on
the character of Christ through simple lessons and practices.
CONTENTS
How to Become Like Christ
The Transfiguration
Indiscreet Importunity
Shame on Account of God's Displeasure
Naaman Cured
The Lame Man at the Temple Gate
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"But we all, with unveiled face
reflecting as a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed
into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the
Spirit of the Lord."--2 COR. iii. 18 (Revised Version).
I suppose there is almost no one who would deny, if it
were put to him, that the greatest possible attainment a man
can make in this world is likeness to The Lord Jesus Christ.
Certainly no one would deny that there is nothing but
character that we can carry out of life with us, and that
our prospect of good in any future life will certainly vary
with the resemblance of our character to that of Jesus
Christ, which is to rule the whole future.
We all admit that; but almost every
one of us offers to himself some apology for not being like
Christ, and has scarcely any clear reality of aim of
becoming
like Him. Why, we say to ourselves, or we say in our
practice, it is really impossible in a world such as ours is
to become perfectly holy.
One or two men in a century may become
great saints; given a certain natural disposition and given
exceptionally favoring circumstances, men may become
saintly; but surely the ordinary run of men, men such as we
know ourselves to be, with secular disposition and with many
strong, vigorous passions--surely we can really not be
expected to become like Christ, or, if it is expected of us,
we know that it is impossible.
On the contrary, Paul says, "We all,"
"we all." Every Christian has that for a destiny: to be
changed into the image of his Lord. And he not only says
so, but in this one verse he reveals to us the mode of
becoming like Christ, and a mode, as we shall find, so
simple and so infallible in its working that a man
cannot understand it without renewing his hope that even he
may one day become like Christ.
In order to understand this simplest mode of sanctification
we must look back at the incident that we read in the Book
of Exodus (xxxiv. 29-35.). Paul had been reading how when
Moses came down from the mount where he had been
speaking with God his face shone, so as
to dazzle and alarm those who were near him.
They at once recognised that that was the glory of God
reflected from him; and just as it is almost as difficult
for us to look at the sun reflected from a mirror as to look
directly at the sun, so these men felt it almost as
difficult to look straight at the face of Moses as to look
straight at the face of God. But Moses was a wise man,
and he showed his wisdom in this instance as well as
elsewhere.
He knew that that glory was only on
the skin of his face, and that of course it
would pass away. It was a superficial shining. And
accordingly he put a veil over his face, that the children
of Israel might not see it dying out from minute to minute
and from hour to hour, because he knew these Israelites
thoroughly, and he knew that when they saw the glory
dying out they would say, "God has forsaken Moses.
We need not attend to him any more.
His authority is gone, and the glory of God's presence has
passed from him." So Moses wore the veil that they might
not see the glory dying out. But whenever he was called
back to the presence of God he took off the veil and
received a new access of glory on his face, and thus went
"from glory to glory."
"That," says Paul, "is precisely the process through which
we Christian men become like Christ." We go back to the
presence of Christ with unveiled face; and as often as we
stand in His presence, as often as we deal in our spirit
with the living Christ, so often do we take on a little
of His glory.
The glory of Christ is His character;
and as often as we stand before Christ, and think of Him,
and realise what He was, our heart goes out and reflects
some of His character. And that reflection, that glory,
is not any longer merely on the skin of the face; as Paul
wishes us to recognise, it is a spiritual glory, it is
wrought by the spirit of Christ upon our spirit, and it is
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Spiritual Life and the Word of God
by
Emanuel Swedenborg
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Spiritual
Life and the Word of God by Emmanuel Swedenborg
A powerful explanation of the
supernatural by Swedenborg. In this book, the writer, a notable
authority on metaphysical teachings, challenges traditional
beliefs on charity, evil, religion and commandments.
He offers deep mystical teachings on
what truly comprises evil and the battle between man and satan.
The Ten Commandments are
reinterpreted and expanded to include previously unimagined.
Swedenborg also discusses holiness in its true sense, the word of
God and profanity.
CONTENTS
Part First--THE SPIRITUAL LIFE
I. How Spiritual Life is Acquired
II. Goods of Charity
III. Shunning Evils
IV. Cleansing the Inside
V. What Religion Consists In
Part Second--THE COMMANDMENTS
I. The First Commandment
II. The Second Commandment
III. The Third Commandment
IV. The Fourth Commandment
V. The Fifth Commandment
VI. The Sixth Commandment
VII. The Seventh Commandment
VIII. The Eighth Commandment
IX. The Ninth and Tenth Commandments
X. The Commandments in General
Part Third--PROFANATIONS OF GOOD AND TRUTH
I. Goods and Truths and Their Opposites
II. The First Kind of Profanation
III. The Second Kind of Profanation
IV. The Third Kind of Profanation
V. The Fourth and Fifth Kinds of Profanation
Part Fourth--THE DIVINE WORD
I. The Holiness of the Word
II. The Lord is the Word
III. The Lord's Words Spirit and Life
IV. Influx and Correspondence
V. The Three Senses of the Word
VI. Conjunction by the Word
VII. The Sense of the Letter
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Spiritual life is acquired solely
by a life according to the commandments in the Word.
These commandments are given in summary in the Decalogue,
namely, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not
steal, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not bear false
witness, Thou shalt not covet the goods of others. These
commandments are the commandments that are to be done, for
when a man does these his works are good and his life is
spiritual, and for the reason that so far as a man shuns
evils and hates them so far he wills and loves goods.
For there are two opposite spheres that surround man, one
from hell, the other from heaven; from hell a sphere of evil
and falsity therefrom, from heaven a sphere of good and of
truth therefrom; and these spheres do [not immediately]
affect the body, but they affect the minds of men, for they
are spiritual spheres, and thus are affections that belong
to the love.
In the midst of these man is set;
therefore so far as he approaches the one, so far he
withdraws from the other. This is why so far as a man
shuns evils and hates them, so far he wills and loves goods
and the truths therefrom; for no one can at the same time
serve two masters, for he will hate the one and will love
the other. (Matt. vi.
24).
But let it be noted, that man must do these commandments
from religion,
because they are commanded by the Lord; and if he does this
from any other consideration whatever, for instance, from
regard merely to the civil law or the moral law, he remains
natural, and does not become spiritual. For when a man acts
from religion, he acknowledges in heart that there is a God,
a heaven and a hell, and a life after death.
But when he acts from regard merely
to the civil and moral law, he may act in the same way, and
yet in heart may deny that there is a God, a heaven and a
hell, and a life after death.
And if he shuns evils and does goods,
it is merely in the external form, and not in the internal;
thus
while he is outwardly in respect to the life of the body
like a Christian, inwardly in respect to the life of his
spirit he is like a devil. All this makes clear that a
man can become spiritual, or receive spiritual life, in no
other way than by a life according to religion from the
Lord.
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How to Live a Holy Life
C. E. Orr
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How to Live a Holy Life C. E.
Orr
In this book , Orr encourages
readers
to make reading the scriptures a daily habit if they want to
invigorate the intellect, warm the affections, and attain union
with God. He explains how reading should be done, what books to
read and the correct frequency of reading. Orr provides excellent
advice on devotional spirituality, showing methods through which
one can make the reading take effect upon his life.
How to Live a Holy Life is a short
and practical course on sanctifying oneself and making oneself
worthy in the eyes of God.
Contents
Devotional Reading............................................. 4
Preface........................................................ 5
Introduction................................................... 7
The Way the Sail is Set (Poem)................................ 15
The Model Life................................................ 17
How to Live the Christ-Life................................... 22
The Bible Way................................................. 25
The Heavenly Way.............................................. 29
Keeping the Commandments...................................... 31
"Be Doers of the Word"........................................ 37
Who are the Wise?............................................. 39
Keeping the Commandments a Test of Love....................... 41
The Blessedness of Obeying God's Word......................... 43
The Relationship We Have with Christ through Obedience........ 45
Our Life is to Adorn the Gospel............................... 46
The Christian an Epistle of Christ............................ 48
How We may Live as the Bible Reads............................ 50
How to Keep the Word of God in the Heart...................... 52
Man the Vehicle for Exhibiting God's Perfections.............. 54
Some Use to Jesus (Poem)...................................... 63
Godly Living.................................................. 65
Something to Do............................................... 69
Spiritual Dryness............................................. 76
Prayer........................................................ 81
Keep the Roots Watered........................................ 85
Under the Fig-Tree............................................ 87
Shut the Door................................................. 91
Alone with God................................................ 93
Prayerful Remembrance (Poem).................................. 95
He Careth for Thee............................................ 96
"Consider the Lilies"........................................ 102
Sorrowful Yet always Rejoicing............................... 105
Gentleness................................................... 113
Tenderness................................................... 117
The Christian Walk........................................... 124
The Christian is to Walk Circumspectly....................... 125
The Latest Improved.......................................... 129
The Christian's Walk a Walk with God......................... 130
A Holy Life.................................................. 148
Lukewarmness................................................. 151
Steadfastness................................................ 156
How to Understand God's Will................................. 160
A View of Jesus.............................................. 164
Devotion to God.............................................. 166
The Golden Rule of Life...................................... 174
Timeliness in Doing Good..................................... 177
The Warfare of a Christian Life.............................. 181
Life by Faith................................................ 183
A Valuable Legacy............................................ 185
Some Scriptures for Daily Practise........................... 188
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THE MODEL LIFE.
In doing anything, it is always well to have a model by
which to fashion
our work. In fact, nothing is done without a pattern,
either real or imaginary. The little boy making a toy has in
in his mind a model by which he is framing his work. Likewise,
the sculptor has in his mind a model, and as the "marble
wastes, the image grows" into the likeness of the vision in
his soul.
To live this one life of ours as it should be lived, we must
have a perfect model after which to pattern. Thank God, this
perfect model of life can be found. Of all the vast number of
lives that have been lived since Adam down to this present
day, there has been only one that we can take as a model.
This one is the life of Jesus. He
says, "I am the life." To live this life of ours well, to live
it to the highest degree of perfection, we must fashion it
according to the glorious life of Christ. The life of Jesus is
the model life for every other human life. He invites us, yea,
commands us, to follow him, to step in his steps, to walk as
he walked.
There have been many good men in the world, but none of them
afford us a
true pattern of life. There was a man who said, "Be ye
followers of me," but he immediately added, "even as I also am
of Christ." Man may so live as to reveal to us the life of
Christ. We can then follow, not them, but the Christ-life they
manifested through them.
Let me here say a word on a subject on which we may have more
to say
hereafter. The grandest, noblest work man has ever done is
by his life to reveal the life of Christ to another,
thereby helping that person to be fashioned more after the
image of Jesus.
A little flower grew in a place so
shaded that no ray from the sun could fall directly upon it. A
window was so situated that at a certain time in the afternoon
it refracted the sun's rays and threw them upon the flower,
thus giving it color and beauty, and aiding it to bloom.
Some people are living in the dense
shade. No light from Christ has ever shined upon them. If you
so live as to refract the life of Christ and turn it upon them
and thus stamp upon them a holier life, you have not lived in
vain. To set the life of Christ in its purity and beauty
before some one and influence him, though only a little, to
live better and love Jesus more, is a work the worth of
which
can never be computed.
He who helps another to a better way
of living does more than he who gains great worldly honor and
riches. Blessed indeed is that life which causes some other
life to be more like Christ. Oh, may this thought seize
upon our hearts and fill us with a greater passion to live the
life of God.
We are told by the voice of Scripture to be "followers of God
as dear
children." When children are dear to the heart of the parent,
he loves to have them obey him. God's children are dear to
him, and he would have them follow him. To follow God is to
imitate him, or be like him. This is the true way of life.
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LITTLE FOLDED HANDS
Prayers for Children
Compiled
from Various Sources
Revised Edition
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A Collection of Beautiful
Prayers For Children. Little Folded Hands
is a Classic Book Inspired by the Power of Children's Prayers.
Little folded hands E.
Jahsmann
IS A collection of easy to read and understand prayers for little
children.
Ideal for parents who need to
teach kids the habit of prAyer and Sunday school teachers who need
a manual on
prayers.
Includes morning prayers, evening
prayers, table prayers, etc.
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Sample Prayers
Morning Prayers.
1.
Now I awake and see the light;
Lord, Thou hast kept me through the night.
To Thee I lift my voice and pray
That Thou wilt keep me through the day.
If I should die before 'tis done,
O God, accept me through Thy Son! Amen.
2.
The morning bright
With rosy light
Has waked me from my sleep;
Father, I own
Thy love alone
Thy little one doth keep.
All through the day,
I humbly pray,
Be Thou my Guard and Guide;
My sins forgive
And let me live,
Blest Jesus, near Thy side. Amen.
3.
Now I raise me up from sleep,
I thank the Lord who did me keep,
All through the night; and to Him pray
That He may keep me through the day.
All which for Jesus' sake, I say. Amen.
4.
O help me, Lord, this day to be
Thy own dear child and follow Thee;
And lead me, Savior, by Thy hand
Until I reach the heavenly land. Amen.
5.
O Lord, my God, to Thee pray
While from my bed I rise
That all I do and all I say
Be pleasing to Thine eyes. Amen.
6.
Jesus, Lord, to Thee I pray,
Guide and guard me through this day.
As the shepherd tends his sheep.
Lord, me safe from evil keep.
Keep my feet from every snare,
Keep me with Thy watchful care.
All my little wants supply
If I live or if I die.
And when life, O Lord, is past,
Take me to Thyself at last. Amen.
7.
In the early morning,
With the sun's first rays.
All God's little children
Thank and pray and praise.
I, too, thanks would offer,
Jesus, Shepherd dear,
For Thy tender pasture,
For Thy guiding care.
And I would implore Thee,
Be with me this day,
Lest I from Thee wander,
Into danger stray. Amen.
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THE
TEACHING OF JESUS
BY THE
REV. GEORGE JACKSON, B.A
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The Teaching Of Jesus is for
the serious searcher of gospel truth. It proves that several
pieces of Christ's messages and miracles are missing from the
Bible.
Non-dogmatic, non sectarian it
reconstructs both public and disciple teachings with references
from the old Testament.
In essence, it patches up all the
major teachings of Christ which are of great benefit to man but
had been either deleted or gone amiss from the Bible.
Contents
I
INTRODUCTORY
Luke xxiv. 19. "A prophet mighty in word before God and all the
people."
John iii. 2. "A teacher come from God."
II
CONCERNING GOD
John xvii. 11. "Holy Father."
III
CONCERNING HIMSELF
Matthew xvi. 15. "Who say ye that I am?"
IV
CONCERNING HIS OWN DEATH
Mark x. 45. "The Son of Man came ... to give His life a ransom for
many."
V
CONCERNING THE HOLY SPIRIT
John xiv. 16. "I will pray the Father, and He shall give you
another Comforter, that He may be with you for ever, even the
Spirit of truth."
John xvi. 7. "It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go
not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go away,
I will send Him unto you."
VI
CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF GOD
Matthew vi. 10. "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven,
so on earth."
VII
CONCERNING MAN
Luke xv. 10. "There is joy in the presence of the angels of God
over one sinner that repenteth."
VIII
CONCERNING SIN
Luke xi. 2, 4. "When ye pray, say,... Forgive us our sins."
IX
CONCERNING RIGHTEOUSNESS
Matthew vi. 33. "Seek ye first ... His righteousness."
X
CONCERNING PRAYER
Matthew vii. 9-11. "What man is there of you, who, if his son
shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone; or if he shall
ask for a fish, will give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil,
know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more
shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that
ask Him?"
XI
CONCERNING THE FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES
Matthew xviii. 21, 22. "Then came Peter, and said to Him, Lord,
how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? until
seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, until
seven times; but, until seventy times seven."
XII
CONCERNING CARE
Matthew vi. 25, 31, 34. "Be not anxious for your life ... nor yet
for your body. ... Be not anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or,
What shall we drink? ... Be not anxious for the morrow."
XIII
CONCERNING MONEY
Luke xviii. 24, 25. "How hardly shall they that have riches enter
into the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to enter in
through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the
kingdom of God."
XIV
CONCERNING THE SECOND ADVENT
Matthew xxiv. 30, 36. "They shall see the Son of Man coming on the
clouds of heaven with power and great glory.... Of that day and
hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the
Son, but the Father only."
XV
CONCERNING THE JUDGMENT
Matthew xxv. 31-33. "When the Son of Man shall come in His glory,
and all the angels with Him, then shall He sit on the throne of
His glory: and before Him shall be gathered all the nations: and
He shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd
separateth the sheep from the goats: and He shall set the sheep on
His right hand, but the goats on the left."
XVI
CONCERNING THE FUTURE LIFE
Matthew vi. 20. "Where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and
where thieves do not break through nor steal."
Mark ix. 48. "Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not
quenched."
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In harmony with what has been already
said in the previous chapter, concerning Christ's manner and
method as a teacher, we shall find little or nothing
defined, formal, systematic in Christ's teaching on this
subject.
In those theological handbooks which
piloted some of us through the troublous waters of our early
theological thinking, one chapter is always occupied with
proofs, more or less elaborate, of the existence of God,
and another with a discussion of what are termed the Divine
"attributes." And for the purposes of a theological handbook
doubtless this is the right course to take.
But this was not Christ's way.
Search the four Gospels through, and probably not one verse
can be found which by itself would serve as a suitable
definition for any religious catechism or theological
textbook. Christ, we must remember, did not, in His
teaching, begin de novo.
He never forgot that He was speaking
to a people whose were the law and the prophets and the
fathers; throughout He assumed and built upon the accepted
truths of Old Testament revelation. To have addressed
elaborate arguments in proof of the existence of God to the
Jews would have been a mere waste of words; for that faith
was the very foundation of their national life. Nor did
Christ speak about the "attributes" of God.
Again that was not His way. He chose
to speak in the concrete rather than in the abstract, and,
therefore, instead of defining God, He shows us how He
acts. In parable, in story, and in His own life He sets God
before us, that so we may learn what He is, and how He feels
toward us.
Christ, I say, built upon the foundation of the Old
Testament. To understand, therefore, the true significance
of His teaching about God, we must first of all put
ourselves at the point of view of a devout Jew of His day,
and see how far he had been brought by that earlier
revelation which Christ took up and carried to completion.
What, then, did the Jews know of God before Christ came?
They knew that God is One, Only, Sovereign: "Hear, O
Israel, the Lord our God is one God." It had been a hard
lesson for Israel to learn. Centuries had passed before the
nation had been purged of its idolatries. But the cleansing
fires had done their work at last, and perhaps the world
has never seen sterner monotheists than were the Pharisees
of the time of Christ.
And He whom thus they worshipped as
Sovereign they knew also to be holy: "The Holy One of
Israel," "exalted in righteousness." True, Pharisaism had
degraded the lofty conceptions of the great Hebrew prophets;
it had taught men to think of God as caring more for the
tithing of mint, and anise, and cumin than for the weightier
matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith, making
morality merely an affair of ceremonies, instead of the
concern of the heart and the life.
But, however Jewish teachers might
blind themselves and deceive their disciples, the Jewish
Scriptures still remained to testify of God and
righteousness, and of the claims which a righteous God makes
upon His people: "Wash you, make you clean; put away the
evil of your doings from before Mine eyes; cease to do evil;
learn to do well."
Nor, accustomed though we are to think
of the God of the Old Testament as stern rather than kind,
were the tenderer elements wanting from the Jewish
conception of Deity. Illustration is not now possible,
but a very little thought will remind us that it is to the
Hebrew psalmists and prophets that we owe some of the most
gracious and tender imagery of the Divine love with which
the language of devotion has ever been enriched.
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Love, Life & Work
Being a Book of Opinions
Reasonably Good-Natured Concerning
How to Attain the Highest Happiness for One's Self with
the
Least Possible Harm to Others
Elbert Hubbard
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Love, Life
and Work by Elbert Hubbard
is a book on how to attain the highest happiness
for one's self with the least possible harm to others. It shows
harmonious living as the key to personal success and empowerment.
Among the methods the author
suggests are prayer, religious revival, positive mental attitude
and religious observances.
CONTENTS
CHAPTERS
1. A Prayer
2. Life and Expression
3. Time and Chance
4. Psychology of a Religious Revival
5. One-Man Power
6. Mental Attitude
7. The Outsider
8. Get Out or Get in Line
9. The Week-Day, Keep it Holy
10. Exclusive Friendships
11. The Folly of Living in the Future
12. The Spirit of Man
13. Art and Religion
14. Initiative
15. The Disagreeable Girl
16. The Neutral
17. Reflections on Progress
18. Sympathy, Knowledge and Poise
19. Love and Faith
20. Giving Something for Nothing
21. Work and Waste
22. The Law of Obedience
23. Society's Saviors
24. Preparing for Old Age
25. An Alliance With Nature
26. The Ex. Question
27. The Sergeant
28. The Spirit of the Age
29. The Grammarian
30. The Best Religion
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Life and Expression
By exercise of its faculties the spirit grows, just as a
muscle grows strong thru continued use. Expression is
necessary. Life is expression, and repression is
stagnation--death.
Yet, there can be right and wrong expression. If a man permits
his life to run riot and only the animal side of his nature is
allowed to express itself, he is repressing his highest and
best, and the qualities not used atrophy and die.
Men are punished by their sins, not for them. Sensuality,
gluttony, and the life of license repress the life of the
spirit, and the soul never blossoms; and this is what it is to
lose one's soul.
All adown the centuries thinking men have
noted these truths, and again and again we find individuals
forsaking in horror the life of the senses and devoting
themselves to the life of the spirit.
This question of expression through the
spirit, or through the senses--through soul or body--has been
the pivotal point of all philosophy and the inspiration of all
religion.
Every religion is made up of two elements that never mix any
more than oil and water mix. A religion is a mechanical
mixture, not a chemical combination, of morality and dogma.
Dogma is the science of the unseen: the
doctrine of the unknown and unknowable. And in order to give
this science plausibility, its promulgators have always
fastened upon it morality.
Morality can and does exist entirely
separate and apart from dogma, but dogma is ever a parasite on
morality, and the business of the priest is to confuse the
two.
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Quiet Talks on Prayer
by S. D. Gordon
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If
Everything Else Failed or Did Not Provide the Answer, Try Prayer!
Quiet Talks On Prayer Reveals The Simplest Solution To Any Problem
That We Face but Take for Granted or Rarely Use!
Quiet Talks on Prayer by
S. D. Gordon
In this book, Gordon explains
the
power of prayer. It tries to explain that real results in prayer
are not brought about by our consistency but by the outpouring of
the spirit of God into the words that we speak.
CONTENTS
The Meaning and Mission of Prayer
Prayer the Greatest Outlet of Power
Prayer the Deciding Factor in a Spirit Conflict
The Earth, the Battle-Field in Prayer
Does Prayer Influence God?
Hindrances to Prayer
Why the Results Fail
Why the Results are Delayed
The Great Outside Hindrance
How to Pray
The "How" of Relationship
The "How" of Method
The Listening Side of Prayer
Something about God's Will in Connection with Prayer
May We Pray with Assurance for the Conversion of Our Loved Ones
Jesus' Habits of Prayer
A Pen Sketch
Dissolving Views
Deepening Shadows
Under the Olive Trees
A Composite Picture
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Five Outlets of Power.
A great sorrow has come into the
heart of God. Let it be told only in hushed voice—one of
His worlds is a prodigal! Hush your voice yet more—ours is
that prodigal world. Let your voice soften down still
more—we have consented to the prodigal part of the story.
But, in softest tones yet, He has won some of us back with
His strong tender love.
And now let the voice ring out with
great gladness—we won ones may be the pathway back to God
for the others. That is His earnest desire. That should be
our dominant ambition. For that purpose He has endowed us
with peculiar power.
There is one inlet of power in the life—anybody's life—any
kind of power: just one inlet—the Holy Spirit. He is
power. He is in every one who opens his door to God. He
eagerly enters every open door. He comes in by our
invitation and consent. His presence within is the vital
thing.
But with many of us while He is in, He is not in control: in
as guest; not as host. That is to say He is hindered in His
natural movements; tied up, so that He cannot do what He
would. And so we are not conscious or only partially
conscious of His presence. And others are still less so. But
to yield to His mastery, to cultivate His friendship, to
give Him full swing—that will result in what is called
power. One inlet of power—the Holy Spirit in control.
There are five outlets of power: five avenues through which
this One within shows Himself, and reveals His power.
First: through the life, what we are. Just
simply what we are. If we be right the power of God will
be constantly flowing out, though we be not conscious of it.
It throws the keenest kind of emphasis on a man being right
in his life. There will be an eager desire to serve. Yet we
may constantly do more in what we are than in what we do. We
may serve better in the lives we live than in the best
service we ever give. The memory of that should bring rest
to your spirit when a bit tired, and may be disheartened
because tired.
Second: through the lips, what we say. It may be said
stammeringly and falteringly. But if said your best with
the desire to please the Master it will be God-blest. I have
heard a man talk. And he stuttered and blushed and got his
grammar badly tangled, but my heart burned as I listened.
And I have heard a man talk with smooth speech, and it
rolled off me as easily as it rolled out of him. Do your
best, and leave the rest. If we are in touch with God His
fire burns whether the tongue stammer or has good control of
its powers.
Third: through our service, what we do. It may be
done bunglingly and blunderingly. Your best may not be the
best, but if it be your best it will bring a harvest.
Fourth: through our money, what we do not keep, but
loosen out for God. Money comes the nearest to omnipotence
of anything we handle.
And, fifth: through our prayer, what we
claim in Jesus' name.
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