Summit Views; And Other Sermons (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. 1919 Excerpt: ...knew this new Master, walked with Him and loved Him. Why not go to them and learn more about Him? Cool heads in the world who were in opposition to this Christ might shed some light that would release him from the necessity of following. Yet into Arabia he went, into the desert, alone and yet not alone, for God was with him. There he conferred. And we know that he was with God in the desert because God was with him all through his after life. Next to the life of his Master the life of Paul is the greatest miracle in human biography. If he had not retreated into Arabia he never would have advanced through Asia Minor, Macedonia, Spain and Italy, never taken the first place as the greatest human moulding force in history. It would fit the speech of our time were we to style it a strategic retreat. He went far back into lonely Arabia in order to get a start, and there is where all true advance is begun. When men fall back on God then look out for a mighty offensive. There is a drive on and soon the victor's shout. Many have gone into Arabia these recent times, distrustful of what flesh and blood could do for them, who never went there before. Men saw things, heard things, felt great truths, were conscious of the mighty God, and they came out, saying: "If God be for us who can be against us?" Soldiers who never prayed before fell back on prayer, and let any power beware which faces an army that has made its retreat to the secret place of the Most High, that has come out of the Arabia of communion and vision. Let us follow more precisely the steps of this story. He did not take counsel with his own human self. Had he done so what was the likely advice that he would have received? We may believe that he already began to hear a word or two from his own fl...