Life as service : some chapters on being Christianly useful
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- Life as service : some chapters on being Christianly useful
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- 1909
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Life as service : some chapters on being Christianly useful
Author: Lewis, Henry, Canon
Year: 1909
CONTENTS I. MAN'S PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE AS A SERVER 13 II. SOME TEACHING FROM HISTORY ON THE SUBJECT OF WORK 16 III. THE INCARNATION AS A REVELATION OF SERVING 19 IV. WRONG IDEAS OF SERVICE 21 V. TO BE MATTERS MORE THAN TO DO 24 VI. THINGS WHICH SPOIL WORK 27 VII. THE POWER OF SELF-CONSECRATION 30 VIII. WHY GOD IS CEASING TO MAKE GREAT MEN 34 IX. ENTHUSIASM 36 X. "ARE YOU A PRODUCER?" THE NEW TEST OF HUMAN LIFE 39 XI. THE MASTERSHIP OF JESUS 41 XII. SERVING IN BEING SERVED 44 XIII. "SURSUM CORDA!" 47 XIV. WHAT THE UNEMPLOYED AMONG THE MONEYED CLASSES LOSE IN NOT SEEKING WORK 50 XV. THE CHURCH AS A SPHERE AND AN ADMINISTRATION OF WORK 53 XVI. THE MERCY OF WORK 56 XVII. THE ABUSE OF WORK 59 XVIII. GREAT TRIBUTES TO GREAT SERVERS 62 XIX. DOING BY SUFFERING 65 XX. GOD DOES NOT ASK US Td BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT TO BE FAITHFUL 69 XXI. THE DIFFERENCE WHICH LOVE MAKES 72 XXII. THE CRIMES OF "LAISSEZ FAIRE" 74 XXIII. THE RACIAL RANGE OF CHRISTIAN BENEFICENCE 76 XXIV. "WHERE IS THE FLOCK THAT WAS GIVEN THEE — THY BEAUTIFUL FLOCK?" 79 XXV. NOT BY THE INSTITUTIONAL, BUT BY THE PERSONAL 82 XXVI. IMAGINATION AS AN ALLY OF THE WORKER 85 XXVII. IN THE YOKE WITH CHRIST 87 XXVIII. THE IDOLATRY OF SUCCESS