Chapter I: Front Matter

BY THE RT. REV. CHARLES H. BRENT, D.D.

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WITH GOD IN THE WORLD. _Small 12mo._

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LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO.

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WITH GOD IN THE WORLD

A Series of Papers

BY

CHARLES H. BRENT, D.D.

_BISHOP OF WESTERN NEW YORK_

NEW IMPRESSION

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON FOURTH AVENUE & 30TH STREET, NEW YORK BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, AND MADRAS 1919

_Copyright, 1899, by Longmans, Green, & Co._

FIRST EDITION, AUGUST, 1899 REPRINTED JANUARY, 1900, JANUARY, 1902 OCTOBER, 1905, FEBRUARY, 1908 AUGUST, 1910, FEBRUARY, 1912 OCTOBER, 1912, NOVEMBER, 1912 JANUARY, 1914 FEBRUARY, 1916 JANUARY, 1919

TO MY FRIENDS JOHN W. WOOD, SILAS MCBEE AND JAMES L. HOUGHTELING

Preface

_Charles Darwin says somewhere that "the only object in writing a book is a proof of earnestness." Whether it is the only object, may be a question; it is certainly one object. And the poorest book that ever went to press, merits respect, provided that its writer is sincere and speaks from conviction. It is this and the sense that "thought is not our own until we impart it" to others, that has encouraged me to write these pages--originally a series of papers prepared for the_ Saint Andrew's Cross, _the organ of a Society for which I am glad to profess publicly a deep admiration and affection. Often, more frequently far than is noted, I have borrowed the thought and language of others to express my own mind. I send out this little volume with the hope that, before it meets with the fate of the ephemeral literature to which it belongs, it may help a few here and there to take up life's journey with steadier steps and cheerier mien._

_C. H. B._

Contents

_CHAPTERS_

I. THE UNIVERSAL ART _Page_ 1

II. FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD--LOOKING 9

III. FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD--SPEAKING 20

IV. FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD--THE RESPONSE 29

V. THE TESTING OF FRIENDSHIP 40

VI. KNITTING BROKEN FRIENDSHIP 52

VII. FRIENDSHIP IN GOD 61

VIII. FRIENDSHIP IN GOD--CONTINUED 71

IX. THE CHURCH IN PRAYER 84

X. THE GREAT ACT OF WORSHIP 97

XI. WITNESSES UNTO THE UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH 111

XII. THE INSPIRATION OF RESPONSIBILITY 123