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Making the Most of Life: Introduction

By J.R. Miller


      Making the Most of Life

      BY

      J. R. MILLER, D.D.

      AUTHOR OF "SILENT TIMES," "THINGS TO LIVE FOR," "BUILDING OF
      CHARACTER," "THE GOLDEN GATE OF PRAYER," ETC.

         "I am the Lord thy God
         Which teacheth to profit."
         ISAIAH.

      Copyright, 1891, by T. Y. CROWELL & Co.

      A WORD OF INTRODUCTION.

      Alexander was accustomed to say; "Philip of Macedon gave me life, but it was Aristotle who taught me how to make the most of life."

      To have the gift of life is a solemn thing. Life is God's most sacred trust. It is not ours to do with as we please; it must be accounted for, every particle, every power, every possibility of it.

      These chapters are written with the purpose and hope of stimulating those who may read them to earnest and worthy living. If they seem urgent, if they present continually motives of thoughtfulness, if they dwell almost exclusively on the side of obligation and responsibility, if they make duty ever prominent and call to self-renunciation and self-sacrifice, leaving small space for play, it is because life itself is really most serious, and because we must meet it seriously, recognizing its sacred meaning and girding ourselves for it with all earnestness and energy.

      If this book shall teach any how to make the most of the life God has entrusted to them, that will be reward enough for the work of its preparation. To this service it is affectionately dedicated, in the name of Him who made the most of his blessed life by losing it in love's sacrifice, and who calls us also to die to self that we may live unto God.

      J. R. M.
      PHILADELPHIA.

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See Also:
   Introduction
   Chapter 1 - Making the Most of Life
   Chapter 2 - Laid on God's Altar
   Chapter 3 - Christ's Interest in our Common Life
   Chapter 4 - The Possibilities of Prayer
   Chapter 5 - Getting Christ's Touch
   Chapter 6 - The Blessing of a Burden
   Chapter 7 - Heart-Peace Before Ministry
   Chapter 8 - Moral Curvatures
   Chapter 9 - Transfigured Lives
   Chapter 10 - The Interpretation of Sorrow
   Chapter 11 - Other People
   Chapter 12 - The Blessing of Faithfulness
   Chapter 13 - Without Axe or Hammer
   Chapter 14 - Doing Things for Christ
   Chapter 15 - Helping and Over-Helping
   Chapter 16 - The Only One
   Chapter 17 - Swiftness in Duty
   Chapter 18 - The Shadows We Cast
   Chapter 19 - The Meaning of Opportunities
   Chapter 20 - The Sin of Ingratitude
   Chapter 21 - Some Secrets of Happy Home Life
   Chapter 22 - God's Winter Plants
   Chapter 23 - Unfinished Life-Building
   Chapter 24 - Iron Shoes for Rough Roads
   Chapter 25 - The Shutting of Doors

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