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Mountains in the Mist
Whether the subject is a historical event or an everyday occurrence, Boreham's thoughts on the subject are always rich in spiritual significance and application.
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288 pages, Paperback
First published April 11, 1995
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F.W. Boreham
204 books57 followersRev. Dr. Frank W. Boreham
(March 3rd 1871 – May 18th 1959) Served, and wrote, in the UK, New Zealand, and Australia.
(March 3rd 1871 – May 18th 1959) Served, and wrote, in the UK, New Zealand, and Australia.
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July 24, 2018
Every night I treat myself as my bedtime read with an essay by F.W. Boreham. Discovering him was one of my greatest finds. The thinks he gives me every night are just so powerful. I cannot imagine that there is another author who is as well read as Boreham. There is no way that I can offer up all of the great quotes, but I will offer some because everyone should have some Boreham in their lives!
"The world is a very lovable place, and its people are very lovable people. We do not know the world, and therefore we do not love the world. But 'God so knows the world' and therefore 'God so loved the world...' I love God the amore because He loves the world I live in; and I love the world the more because it is transfigured by the love of God."
"'God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son,' In the light of that stupendous declaration the world seems a terrible place. It seems a solemn and a sacred thing to be living in that one world towards which God Himself felt so tenderly!"
"There is no room in the universe - nor in a million universes - for both a God and an impossibility."
"However difficult it may be to see the gleam leading on through the gloom, it is never difficult, on looking back, to see that we have been led."
"It is only those who know what it is to be haunted who know what it is to be happy. The Spectre and the Song are inseparable." (Regarding the psalms.)
"The one magnificent verity of the Christian gospel is the stupendous fact that the chasm which yawned between man and God has been triumphantly spanned, and spanned from the divine side, and spanned so perfectly that the weakest and the wickedest can now cross where before the mightiest might have perished."
"Nothing befalls us that is not of the nature of ourselves." -Maeterlinck.
"It was all mine to have and to hold without severing a single slender stem or harbouring a thought of covetousness; mine, as the whole earth is mine, to appropriate to myself without the burden and bane of worldly possessions." -Michael Fairless on a field of daffodils
"It is important to remember that God does not protect His flower-beds with impregnable fortresses."
"I have a notion of my own that Shakespeare was Shakespeare just because he was once like that child, and just because he kept the child-heart always with him."
"In literature, as in life, it is the little child that leads us. That is what the prophet said."
"The best way in which a man could test his readiness to encounter the common variety of mankind would be to climb down a chimney into any house at random, and get on as well as possible with the people inside. And that is essentially what each one of us did on the day that he was born." -G.K. Chesterton.
"Our babies remain babies for so long, as compared with the furry babies of the fields and of the forests, because we need their leadership. Our hearts need to be softened, and our souls sweetened, by their gentle ministries, and so they do not hurry to grow up."
"When a wrong wants righting, or a work wants doing, or a truth wants preaching, or a continent wants opening, God sends a baby into the world to do it."
"He called His twelve disciples together, and sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. And they departed, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere. These two God hath joined together. The union is a very sacred and very beautiful one."
"Only when I know God shall I know Myself!" -Behmen (Jakob Böhme)
Yes, there is a right time to pray. We must teach the people that. But there is a time when it is wrong to pray. And we must teach the people that. I have no right to pray unless, by sweat of brain and brow, I am doing my utmost to compass the end for which I pray."
"Is your world a small one? Is it small and made unendurable to you by a thousand petty cares? Are the heart and soul of you cast down by bitter disappointment? Would you leave it all, if only for an hour, and come back with a new point of view? Then open the covers of a book!" -Myrtle Reed
"The world is a very lovable place, and its people are very lovable people. We do not know the world, and therefore we do not love the world. But 'God so knows the world' and therefore 'God so loved the world...' I love God the amore because He loves the world I live in; and I love the world the more because it is transfigured by the love of God."
"'God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son,' In the light of that stupendous declaration the world seems a terrible place. It seems a solemn and a sacred thing to be living in that one world towards which God Himself felt so tenderly!"
"There is no room in the universe - nor in a million universes - for both a God and an impossibility."
"However difficult it may be to see the gleam leading on through the gloom, it is never difficult, on looking back, to see that we have been led."
"It is only those who know what it is to be haunted who know what it is to be happy. The Spectre and the Song are inseparable." (Regarding the psalms.)
"The one magnificent verity of the Christian gospel is the stupendous fact that the chasm which yawned between man and God has been triumphantly spanned, and spanned from the divine side, and spanned so perfectly that the weakest and the wickedest can now cross where before the mightiest might have perished."
"Nothing befalls us that is not of the nature of ourselves." -Maeterlinck.
"It was all mine to have and to hold without severing a single slender stem or harbouring a thought of covetousness; mine, as the whole earth is mine, to appropriate to myself without the burden and bane of worldly possessions." -Michael Fairless on a field of daffodils
"It is important to remember that God does not protect His flower-beds with impregnable fortresses."
"I have a notion of my own that Shakespeare was Shakespeare just because he was once like that child, and just because he kept the child-heart always with him."
"In literature, as in life, it is the little child that leads us. That is what the prophet said."
"The best way in which a man could test his readiness to encounter the common variety of mankind would be to climb down a chimney into any house at random, and get on as well as possible with the people inside. And that is essentially what each one of us did on the day that he was born." -G.K. Chesterton.
"Our babies remain babies for so long, as compared with the furry babies of the fields and of the forests, because we need their leadership. Our hearts need to be softened, and our souls sweetened, by their gentle ministries, and so they do not hurry to grow up."
"When a wrong wants righting, or a work wants doing, or a truth wants preaching, or a continent wants opening, God sends a baby into the world to do it."
"He called His twelve disciples together, and sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. And they departed, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere. These two God hath joined together. The union is a very sacred and very beautiful one."
"Only when I know God shall I know Myself!" -Behmen (Jakob Böhme)
Yes, there is a right time to pray. We must teach the people that. But there is a time when it is wrong to pray. And we must teach the people that. I have no right to pray unless, by sweat of brain and brow, I am doing my utmost to compass the end for which I pray."
"Is your world a small one? Is it small and made unendurable to you by a thousand petty cares? Are the heart and soul of you cast down by bitter disappointment? Would you leave it all, if only for an hour, and come back with a new point of view? Then open the covers of a book!" -Myrtle Reed
January 4, 2020
To be fair, Boreham is one of my favorite authors, so I must be sure to not swoon when attempting to review his writing. Yet, Mountains in the Mist is so beautifully written that I find myself again blown away by the pastor's words. In this work, Boreham consistently pulls solid lessons from the fleeting moments of life. Every single essay is simply better than the rest.
July 3, 2017
Boreham is a master with language.
June 4, 2020
So good. Read this book a year and a half ago and I still remember chapters fondly. Of you have never read Boreham, this is a great one to start with. Plus you can get it cheap.
December 10, 2017
I just finished this for the second time. What a great collection of essays. I highly recommend this one for new and old fans of Boreham.
May 10, 2019
Delightful essays, beautifully crafted metaphors, timeless wisdom.
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