Quiet Talks about Jesus
S. D. Gordon
Author of "Quiet Talks on Power,"
and "Quiet Talks on Prayer"
"Show me, I pray thee, Thy glory."--Moses.
"When I could not see for the glory of that light."--Paul.
"But we all with open face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lordare transformed into the same image from glory to glory."--Paul.
"The light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of JesusChrist."--Paul.
A Bit Ahead
So far as I can find out, I have no theory about Jesus to make these talksfit into. I have tried to find out for myself what the old Book of Godtells about Him. And here I am trying to tell to others, as simply as Ican, what I found. It was by the tedious, twisting path of doubt that Iclimbed the hill of truth up to some of its summits of certainty. I amfree to confess that I am ignorant of the subject treated here save forthe statements of that Book, and for the assent within my own spirit tothese statements, which has greatly deepened the impression they made, andmake. There is no question raised here about that Book itself, but simplya taking and grouping up together of what it says.
Most persons simply read a book. A few study it, also. It is good toread. It is yet better to go back over it and study, and meditate. Sincelearning that the two books on power and prayer have been used in Bibleclasses I have regretted not including study notes in them. For those whomay want to study about Jesus there has been added at the close a simpleanalysis with references. The reading pages have been kept free offoot-notes to make the reading smooth and easier. The analysis is soarranged that one can quickly turn in reading to the correspondingparagraph or page in t