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Title: Quiet Talks on Following the Christ

Author: S. D. Gordon

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Quiet Talks on Following the Christ

By S. D. Gordon

Author of "_Quiet Talks On Power_," "_Quiet Talks on Prayer_," "_Quiet
Talks On Our Lord's Return_," etc.

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Contents

Introduction

I. The Lone Man Who Went Before
II. The Long, Rough Road He Trod
III. The Pleading Call To Follow
IV. What Following Means
1. A Look Ahead
2. The Main Road
3. The Valleys
4. The Hilltops
V. Shall We Go?
VI. Finger-Posts
VII. Fellow-Followers
VIII. The Glory of the Goal,--face To Face

Introduction

These talks have been given, in substance, at various gatherings in
Great Britain, Continental Europe, and parts of the Far East, during the
past four years. The simple directness of the spoken word has been
allowed to stand. Portions of chapters three, four, six, and eight have
appeared at various times in "The Sunday School Times."

If any who read may find some practical help through the Master's
gracious touch upon these simple words, they are earnestly asked to add
their prayers that that same gracious touch may be felt by others
wherever these talks may go.

The Lone Man Who Went Before

A Call to Friendship.

One day I watched two young men, a Japanese and an American, pacing the
deck of a Japanese liner bound for San Francisco. Their heads were close
together and bent down, and they were talking earnestly. The Japanese was
saying, "Oh, yes, I believe all that as a theory, but is there _power_ to