Let us lin for duty, for truth and for god, God. thris shall no make earth a foretaste of heaven, and rear our victorious crown. Even while w while we are in the dusty flect of daily life and lowly driti R.S. Mac Arthur. t ROYAL MESSAGES OF Cheer and Comfort BEAUTIFULLY TOLD BY ROBERT STUART MAC ARTHUR AND Two Hundred and Thirty Well-chosen Authors EDITED BY SARAH CONGER ROBINSON With an Introduction by NEW YORK E. B. Treat and Company 1909 FOREWORD THESE messages of Cheer and Comfort prepared by a member of Calvary Baptist church are a beautiful tribute to the Rev. Robert Stuart MacArthur, D. D., its pastor for nearly forty years. Dr. MacArthur has a world-wide reputation as a pulpit orator, author, and lecturer and during all these years has maintained the same pre-eminence in the Baptist pulpit of New York as the renowned Spurgeon did in London. Messages of Cheer and Comfort are characteristic of Dr. MacArthur. He is distinctly the apostle of optimism and hope. He seldom strikes a minor note, but almost invariably the joyous major. God has already wonderfully blessed these messages, and through their gracious ministry many have been brought to the knowledge of Jesus Christ as their personal God and Saviour. May they still continue to cheer and comfort many sad ones, and bring the glad news of salvation to wandering souls. When one has not time to read an extended treatise; he may take up this volume and find some sweet verse of poetry, some dainty morsel of cheering timely comfort which shall be like a message from the King's own heart. An interesting feature of this work is found in the wide range of selections from authors at home and abroad. A practical feature is the pages devoted to holidays, anniversaries and special days, and all the widely-kept church festivals. The devout reader will consider the richest gems in this collection of sacred and literary jewels the appropriate text and scripture prayer on every page. The arrangement of the texts, the poetic selections, and indeed the entire thought and work of this volume, is a labor of love on the part of Miss Sarah Conger Robinson, for years a faithful visitor in the Calvary Baptist Parish. May God bless these messages to the spiritual good of many thousands. D. C. HUGHES. NOTE-Here may be found not only seed thought, but beautiful Messages of Cheer and Comfort for each day of the year, pages 1 to 366, and for special days; example, page 151 and the figures 5-30 in the headline indicate it is May 30th, Memorial Day; page 186, 7-4 is July 4th, Independence Day. See index for Christmas, Easter, Palm Sunday, Thanksgiving Day and other topics and timely occasions. The topic, or leading thought, of any two pages as we open the book, will be found in the headline on the right-hand page. THE PUBLISHERS. |