An Appeal to the World for a Chapel in Every Home (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Chapter in. ITS RECEPTION Against these responses stood out the silence of the many, to whom the writer had sent the article and letter. What did they think? Why did they stand mute? He had no way of knowing. It was not what he had expected. There were no outpourings of praise to Almighty God, for the great message. No generous offers to help from all denominations to propagate it throughout the world; no bonfires were lighted throughout the land to "wave the answer back to Heaven." The world went on as before. In vain the writer waited to hear from others; waited patiently and hopefully, shutting out of his heart the resentment which arose against the indifference of the "many." "In your patience possess ye your souls."?St. Luke 21: v. 19. He began to analyze his presentation for defects. The spirit of hopefulness which had carried him on became more subdued. Each day he asked God for guidance and direction, but no impelling influence stirred him to further publication other than by correspondence and discussions on the subject, which were of daily occurrence. Almost every one with whom he talked, took the negative side. They admitted the thought to be a beautiful idea, totally impossible of performance, principally on account of physical conditions. Few, indeed, recognized it as an obligation to Almighty God, but dealt with it strictly as a physical proposition depending upon convenience. So usual was it for his hearers to begin immediately along these lines, that he invariably knew by the expression of the face what was coming before there was a single utterance. Despite his dependence on Divine guidance, there were times when he became impatient and greatly troubled in spirit, particularly on the Sabbath day, when ministers with whom he had conversed, made no allusion...