Quiet Talks on Following the Christ

by Samuel Dickey Gordon

Publisher:

Fleming H. Revell

, 1913

Overview

In his distinct and admired style, S.D. Gordon gives words to the heart and character of Christ - the one we seek to follow. He eloquently, yet plainly, describes Christ's drawing power on all people; his desire to make man his friend; his dependent life on the Father; his worldly poverty and Spirit wealth; his Father-pleasing, obedient, sacrificial life; and, his great thirst for us to follow after him. Gordon seeks to give the follower of Christ practical help. He expounds on what can be seen ahead and how to traverse the level road with the help and power of the Holy Spirit. He speaks, too, of the road that leads to the valley of suffering and sacrifice and the road that leads to the experiences of gladness and glory on the hilltops. In the last four chapters of this work, the author spurs the reader on to love Christ completely, to follow with absolute loyalty, and to reach the goal of seeing Christ face-to-face. About the Author Samuel Dickey Gordon was never given a doctor's degree, and he preferred to be called Mr. S. D. Gordon. He served as the assistant secretary of the YMCA in Philadelphia for two years and as the secretary of the YMCA in Ohio for nine years. After that time, he devoted himself to public speaking in the US, Europe, and Asia. In 1895, he was invited to the Moody Bible Institute where he delivered a course of lectures. His first Quiet Talks volume was published this same year. Gordon was a warm supporter of Keswick, and he spoke at both the 1909 convention and the 1932 convention. Gordon died in his home in Winston-Salem, NC on June 26, 1936.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Out of such a life comes His ‘Follow Me.’ And in this He is simply calling us back to the original human life as planned by God.” (Page 25)

“There was a remarkable confidence in action, but it was confidence in His Father’s unfailing response to His requests or needs. This sense of utter dependence was natural to Him; as indeed it is natural to man unhurt by sin. And then He carefully cultivated it. As He came in contact with the very opposite all around Him, He set Himself—indeed He had to set Himself—to keeping this sense of dependence untainted, unhurt by His surroundings.” (Page 18)

“The true natural life as originally planned for us would be the life pleasing to the Father. But something, not a part of God’s plan, has broken into life, a terrible something, worse than a fire in the night, or a financial panic that sweeps away your all. Sin has wrought fearful havoc; it has made an awful emergency, and this emergency has affected the life and character of all the race, in a bad way, terribly, awfully, beyond words to tell, or imagination to depict. The whole earth is in the grip of a desperate moral emergency.” (Page 27)

“He had nothing of Himself, and could do nothing of Himself. This is the plan the Father has made for human life and effort.” (Page 17)

“We will gradually come to realize intensely that the dependent life is the true natural life. It is God’s plan.” (Pages 20–21)

Product Details

• Title: Quiet Talks on Following the Christ
• Author: Samuel Dickey Gordon
• Publisher: Fleming H. Revell
• Print Publication Date: 1913
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Christian living
• Resource ID: LLS:WS_126328E0E759435EACD9CE97CACB555A
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2021-10-12T20:21:25Z