Courage

by Charles Wagner

How often have you wished that you had better guidance as a young person…? What guidance do young people receive as to the direction and purpose of their lives? This is a book that provides both noble ideas and the tools to create a fulfilling and useful life for oneself. “An ant is an ant because it was born so; it fulfils its function, does its work, and occupies its place. It requires something more than to be born to become a man. For the man, his birth is but the beginning of a long and laborious development; and the development depends in part on himself, on the end which he has in view, on the enterprises which he undertakes. In consequence, there comes a time for each of us when it is well for us to consider what ends we should pursue, and how we should make use of the life we have received. Otherwise we run the risk of losing it, or of dissipating it at random; and this cannot be a matter of indifference to anyone. In reality, each man gives his life and expends his vitality for the thing that seems to him worth the while. He should be disposed, therefore, to enlighten himself on a point so important to him as ‘What is the thing which is of greatest value to man?’” This eBook edition of the 1894 original has been carefully edited for errors and is as true to the original as possible. The spellings of the time have been left in place. [EDB Pubs] Publisher’s While it is true that some old books can be found for free on the internet, the quality of most ‘free’ material is not acceptable. Here is an example of the work to be done in order to produce a readable version for the Kindle Text found For a Miuilar ica^on f have i .oliiled (he slory of the Virgin birth from “^Miracles,” lliongh li is in jcnlity one of lhai cla-^s. Tint il i', so unique in chntucier iJiat d camiol be lediieed to ilie 1v'[*e o( p'-ydiia phcuomoiia viLIi winch wo aie famihai and I desire lioK to bring out [ho ulhanccs of Chvislianily valhcr Hum ils UTuquonos^. The fundamr ntal object of “miracles” was lo csiabh^li llie spmlnal claims of Chiisl. The same text after For a similar reason I have isolated the story of the Virgin birth from “Miracles,” though it is in reality one of that class. But it is so unique in character that it cannot be reduced to the type of psychic phenomena with which we are familiar and I desire here to bring out the alliances of Christianity rather than its uniqueness. The fundamental object of “miracles” was to establish the spiritual claims of Christ.

125 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 24, 2019

About the author

Charles Wagner was a French reformed pastor whose inspirational writings were influential in shaping the reformed theology of his time.

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