Present Day Parables

by John Wilbur Chapman

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900. ... Present Day Parables CHRISTIAN ACTIVITY. 1 I said to a French soldier on the streets of Paris, who was showing his wounds, an old Crimean veteran, "What about the Alma? What about Malakoff?" He "We took it with a rush." So God's messengers everywhere take things with a rush. Jehu drives furiously because he has got a commission of God, he puts all his strength into it. His horses' feet seem barely to touch the ground; more like with wings does that steed make his way across the plain. The king's business requireth haste. ACTS DONE CANNOT BE UNDONE. 2 I was in a museum and saw some slabs there which had existed ages before the creation of man. I could see in that sandstone block the three-webbed feet of a bird. Once the stone had been a slimy, sandy beach, and that bird walked in its solitariness across it. God's law laid hold of it, and the indent of that bird's feet is made in the rock, and you cannot jostle it out. Oh, dear young fellow, our deeds become granite and cannot be undone. Many a deed is lying on a burdened conscience. Many a deed done long ago is bringing the tears to a Christian's eyes--deeds forgotten by God, but deeds never forgotten by himself. There will be a minor tone of pathos in that man's heart throughout eternity. You cannot recall the past. And Esau for years regrets his bargain. He sought his birthright with tears. He came before his father and the big, manly heart of him "Oh, my father, hast thou but one blessing? Bless me, even me, O my father!' But Jacob has got it. And Esau, stunned, went away--John Robertson. AIM-TAKING. 3 Did you ever see a company of soldiers going through their exercises? Well, if you have, you will remember that, after their muskets are loaded, the officer who is exercising them calls out, "...

72 pages, Paperback

First published September 2, 2010

About the author

John Wilbur Chapman (1859-1918) was a Presbyterian evangelist in the late 19th century, generally traveling with gospel singer Charles Alexander.