The Greatest Thing In the World and Other Addresses by Henry Drummond
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LESSONS FROM THE ANGELUS 35 PAX VOBISCUM 44 FIRST! AN ADDRESS TO BOYS 70 THE CHANGED LIFE, THE GREATEST NEED OF THE WORLD 82 DEALING WITH DOUBT 113 INTRODUCTORY. I was staying with a party of friends in a country house during my visit to England in 1884. On Sunday evening as we sat around the fire, they asked me to read and expound some portion of Scripture. Being tired after the services of the day, I told them to ask Henry Drummond, who was one of the party. After some urging he drew a small Testament from his hip pocket, opened it at the 13th chapter of I Corinthians, and began to speak on the subject of Love. It seemed to me that I had never heard anything so beautiful, and I determined not to rest until I brought Henry Drummond to Northfield to deliver that address. Since then I have requested the principals of my schools to have it read before the students every year. The one great need in our Christian life is love, more love to God and to each |
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