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Glory in the Grey

It sometimes happens, when we are dispirited, that God's gracious gift of reviving comes to us along a very ordinary channel--in the form, perhaps, of some tonic, heartening passage found in reading, or the "morning face" and cheerful greeting of a friend. That is often all that we need--when our hurt is not serious-- to send us back with a new zest and courage to our tasks; and that is the sort of usefulness which is desired for this book.It does not pretend to deal with the great themes or the great hours of the religious life, but only with some of its simple encouragements and ideals for everyday. There is a wide difference between the far-off flash of guidance which the sailor steers by in the darkness, and the humbler lights on board which he sees to do his work. Yet he needs them both. (From the Preface) (6 hr 20 min)

Chapters

God's Second-best

On winding up a Clock

The Odour of the Ointment

Little Sanctuaries

Impossible Bread

Laughter

Supposing

By-products

Busy Here and There

''Too Old at Forty''

Two-talent People

The Mirage and the Pool

The Duty of Praising People

Building in Troublous Times

Character in Three Dimensions

The Peril of the Empty Heart

The Storm and the Voice

''The Gift of a Day''

Burdens

Furnishing the Inner Chamber

The Other Little Ships

Worry

The Eyes of a Fool

The Open Window

What hast thou in the House

Our Unseen Environment

The Day's Work

The Grace of Grit

The Excellence of the Ordinary

Unconscious Influence

The Iron Gates of Life

Providence in Common Things

Wayside Religion

Handfuls of Purpose

Our Minstrels

In Parallel Columns

A Sin without a Name

Toward?

Contagious Blessings

Toward the Sunrising

The Shepherds, the Child, and the Wise Men

Forward!