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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...when the truest, strongest human friend can do nothing. But when all the world has gone out, Christ will come in. He is an unfailing, an eternal Friend. Here again, however, we must think of our side of this friendship. Christ is ready always to serve us, even to the uttermost. There is nothing He will not do for us in our time of need. But are we as ready to serve Him? Do we never drop out when the duty becomes hard, when the burden grows heavy, when danger is before us? It should be true of us that when all others fail Christ, we shall come in with our service, our self-sacrifice. Sometimes the best proof of friendship is in its asking hard things. In war the commander does not shield his friend from danger. There is a story of a great general who called for someone to lead a forlorn hope, when his own son volunteered. The old soldiers eyes lighted with love and pride. Handing the standard to his boy, he said, " There is your task. Yonder is the enemy. Go forward." One can conceive of love that would have withheld the boy from the splendid heroism because of the peril in it. But that would not have been soldierly love. The father was glad to encourage the bravery in his boy whatever the cost might be. The friendship of our Master does not restrain us from hard tasks, from costly sacrifices, and we must be as ready for these severer tests of friendship as for the easier ones. The more heroic the service to which we are called, the greater is the honor conferred upon us, and the more careful must we be not to fail or disappoint our Lord. Another quality of true friendship is its longing for companionship, for fellowship, for communion. Many of us know the wretchedness which comes because of necessary separation from those who...
| ISBN-13 | 9781152114807 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1152114808 |
| Weight | 0.25 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.16 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 68 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-01-01 |
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