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The Greatest Thing in the World
by Henry Drummond
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL and New York, NY: M.A. Donohue and Company, 1969 M.A. Donohue and Company, Chicago, IL and New York, NY. 1969 (?) Not Dated. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a gift inscription on the FFFP dated 1969. Book Condition: Very Good +; scant shelfwear; light foxing to text block top; light soiling to boards; personal library pocket on the rear pastedown with checkout card. No DJ. Dark blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Yellow endpapers. Clean internals/interior hinges are sound and not split. 82 pp 16mo. Henry Drummond was a Scottish evangelistic preacher in the late 1800s. This book is a copy of a sermon he gave in 1884 on love the remains popular today. In the 13th chapter of I Corinthians, Paul takes us to CHRISTIANITY AT ITS SOURCE; and there we see, "The greatest of these is love."
It is not an oversight. Paul was speaking of faith just a moment before. He says, "If I have all faith, so that I can remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing." So far from forgetting, he deliberately contrasts them, "Now abideth Faith, Hope, Love," and without a moment's hesitation the decision falls, "The greatest of these is Love." A clean very presentable copy.
Synopsis
Henry Drummond was a Scottish evangelical writer and lecturer. This volume contains, in addition to the address "Love: The Greatest Thing in the World", a number of other addresses which will bring help and blessing to many. In the words of D.L. Moody, "I was staying with a party of friends in a country house during my visit to England in 1884. On Sunday evening as we sat around the fire, they asked me to read and expound some portion of Scripture. Being tired after the services of the day, I told them to ask Henry Drummond, who was one of the party. After some urging he drew a small Testament from his hip pocket, opened it at the 13th chapter of I Corinthians, and began to speak on the subject of Love. It seemed to me that I had never heard anything so beautiful, and I determined not to rest until I brought Henry Drummond to Northfield to deliver that address. Since then I have requested the principals of my schools to have it read before the students every year. The one great need in our Christian life is love, more love to God and to each other. Would that we could all move into that Love chapter, and live there."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015433
- Title
- The Greatest Thing in the World
- Author
- Henry Drummond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- M.A. Donohue and Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL and New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- love, Paul, The Gospel of Paul, I Corinthians, Henry Drummond, sermon on love, Faith, Hope, Love, Faith and love, religion, Christianity, Old Testament, New Testament, The Gospels
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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