Author: Richard RobertsPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333541606
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Excerpt from The Renascence of Faith It is an honor to introduce my friend Richard Roberts, of Crouch Hill Presbyterian Church, London, to the American reading public, and to be allowed to recall some facts which show that he has a right to be heard. In England he is fast making for himself an indelible name as an energetic leader in the interests of the Kingdom of God. Born some forty odd years ago in Wales, and dedicated to the holy ministry, Mr. Roberts early won his spurs in a memorable forward movement of the Welsh Churches. Drawn into the vortex of London while yet little more than a stripling, he took his place from the first as an exponent of public questions, gaining the startled admiration of the Prime Minister of England by a deliverance upon the subject of Education characterized by Mr. Asquith as one of the most statesmanlike utterances he had ever heard. Carrying the heavy burden of a great metro politan pastorate, Mr. Roberts has found time for a varied leadership in political and ecclesiastical life; he is an acknowledged expert in Sunday School reform, and has been elected President of the Metropolitan Council of Evangelical Free Churches. If then Mr. Roberts passes in review the various aspects of the Holy War, he does so not as spectator only; he is combatant as well. The passion of the battle is in the report he makes. He has listened and watched while he has been fighting. Living right in the centre of the most turbulent current of thought and life, he has been alert to every sound ominous and hopeful; he has observed fearlessly and impartially and he speaks with decision and authority. He knows the dangers of the survey he has made. It is the easiest task in the world, he says, to formulate an indictment of one's own time: it is also one of the most perilous. Mr. Roberts would be the last to affirm that he has wholly escaped the perils that are incidental to widely sweeping critical review. But whoever reads this book carefully will find himself in possession of an instructive estimate of the forces making for and against righteousness in our time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
