Christianity vs. Railroading (Paperback)

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. 1911. Excerpt: ... IPRAY that the Holy Spirit may direct me in this last "trip." May I have your sympathy and prayer that this last effort may be profitable to many a railroad man, and that his heart may be changed and his last trip be a trip of joy and safety. Whether a trip or an undertaking, in railroad business or in professional life, is successful, depends largely upon one's ability to reach his objective point. The lawyer who wins his case, the doctor who cures disease, the merchant who increases his profits, the engineer who takes his train into the terminal on time, the fireman and brakeman who win promotion--all these are examples of success. All along the track we see many failures in every walk of life. Many had objective points, but, like a pilot without chart or compass, they are lost in the storm of life. They lose courage and become weak and powerless, and the trip of life is a trip of failure. To win we must have faith; we must press forward fully determined, equipping ourselves for the trip before us. If you should start out on a work-train, you would not start in a coach without preparation for the service you are expected to render. If you expect to reach the terminal of heaven, you must be equipped for the trip, else you will never reach it. At birth we start out upon the trip of life, and, awake or asleep, we are speeding on towards eternity, fleeing as a shadow that never returns. Man cannot do anything to prevent this onward movement, or retard it for a moment. "Man that is born of woman is of few days, and full of trouble." Whether a man reaches the terminal he has chosen as his objective point, depends upon the way he chooses to go. "Christ is the way, the truth, and the life." He is the door of the sheepfold. John 10:1: "Verily, verily, I say unto...