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THE GENTLE HAND.
ENGRAVED BY SARTAIN.
THE ORIGINAL BY HAMILTON.
FINGER POSTS ON THE WAY OF LIFE.
BYT. S. ARTHUR.
BOSTON: L. P. CROWN & CO., 61 CORNHILL. PHILADELPHIA: J. W. BRADLEY, 48 N. FOURTH ST.
1853.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by J. W. BRADLEY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. STEREOTYPED BY L. JOHNSON & CO. PHILADELPHIA.
PREFACE.
OUR title, though savouring of quaintness, is yet in keeping with the object of this volume. As we press onward in the journey of life, to each of us the path is new and strange. Often it is rough and thorny; often it winds through places beset with difficulties and danger; often the sky is so dark that we can scarcely see the narrow line upon which our advancing footsteps may rest in safety. As "Finger-Posts on the Way of Life," pointing the wary traveller in the right direction, has this little book been written. It does not, professedly, take the high mission of the preacher; yet, while its end is to guide in natural life, the author is never unmindful of the fact that all natural life is for the sake of spiritual page: 6-7[View Page 6-7] life, and that no one can live well in the true sense, who does not live for Heaven. He trusts, therefore, that while these "finger-posts" indicate the path in which to walk safely through the world, they will point, as well, to the narrow way that leadeth to Life Eternal.
CONTENTS.
- SHADOWS FROM A CLOUDED BROW 9
- GENTLE HAND 19
- WILL IT PAY? 27
- THE LAY PREACHER 41
- HOW TO DESTROY A GOOD BUSINESS 52
- THE TWO INVALIDS 81
- MARRYING WELL 90
- BLESSING OF A GOOD DEED 103
- PAYING THE DOCTOR 111
- THE LITTLE BOUND-BOY. 127
- EUTHANASY 169
- THREE SCENES IN THE LIFE OF A WORLDLING 177
- MATCH-MAKING 185
- THE RETURN; OR, WHO IS IT? 209
