Bible Characters

Stalker, J. – The Life of Saint Paul

The Life of Saint Paul

by Professor James Stalker, D. D.

Fleming’ H. Revell Company
Copyright © 1912

Stalker is a Presbyterian, and in this classic work on the life of Saint Paul, he examines Paul’s place in history, how God prepared Paul, Paul’s conversion, what was Paul’s Gospel, work, and his various missionary travels, his writings and his character.
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Miller, J.R. – Girls: Faults and Ideals

Girls: Faults and Ideals.
a Familiar Talk, with Quotations from Letters.
by J.R. Miller, D.D.
New York 10 East Fourteenth St.
Thomas V. Crowell & Co.
BOSTON:100 PURCHASE STREET. GIRLS: FAULTS AND IDEALS.
Sunday School Lessons, Sunday School Lessons for Kids
1892

Girls Faults and Ideals is a brief 1 chapter work of exhortations directed towards young women. Continue reading

Askwith, E.D. – The Christian Conception of Holiness

The Christian Conception of Holiness

by Edward Harrison Askwith, M.A.

CHAPLAIN OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
London MACMILLAN AND CO, LIMITED
New York: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1900

This is a study (256+ pages) on holiness. Different aspects and views from different parts of the Bible are examined. Holiness as our Christian duty, as the source of our happiness, in relation to the will of God, the consequences of the fall, and man’s restoration in the atonement, etc. Continue reading

Allnatt, F.J.B. – Studies in Soul Tending

Studies in Soul Tending

STUDIES IN SOUL TENDING OR PASTORAL WORK IN ITS RELATION TO THE INDIVIDUAL
BY THE LATE F. J. B. ALLNATT, D.D., D.C.L.
Allnatt, Francis J Benwell – Studies in Soul Tending, or Pastoral work in its Relation to the Individual (1922)

CANON OF THE CATHEDRAL OF THE HOLY TRINITY, QUEBEC
HARROLD PROFESSOR, AND DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF DIVINITY,
BISHOP’S UNIVERSITY, LENNOXVILLE, CANADA
AUTHOR OF “THE WITNESS OF ST. MATTHEW”
EDITED BY G. ABBOTT-SMITH, D.D.
LONDON
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE
NEW YORK AND TORONTO : THE MACMILLAN CO.
1922

In this 13 chapter work by Alnatt, he presents us with some considerations of people in the ministry dealing with their own position in the ministry (prayer, fasting, meditation, intercession) and their relationship with their people. Frankly I believe this author is Catholic or Anglican, and the concept of “priest” is very apparent, but even so, it is not so strongly Catholic as to make it useless. Many of the suggestions on dealing with people are valid. Continue reading