Self-Raised

9 best books like Self-Raised (E.D.E.N. Southworth): The Lamplighter, Don't Waste Your Life, Elsie Dinsmore, A Peep Behind the Scenes, The Hedge of Thorns, That Printer of Udell's, The Whole Christ: Legalism, Antinomianism, and Gospel Assurance—Why the Marrow Controversy Still Matters, My Inventions, Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?

The Lamplighter

Author	Maria Susanna Cummins
ISBN	0813513332

Excerpt from The Lamplighter

Haunted Hearts She became a frequent con tributor to The Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. But her sudden popularity left her quite unspoiled. A singular modesty, a childlike simplicity, a deep and beauti ful religious faith, were the qualities that endeared...

Don't Waste Your Life

Author	John Piper
ISBN	1581344988

John Piper writes, "I will tell you what a tragedy is. I will show you how to waste your life. Consider this story from the February 1998 Reader's Digest: A couple 'took early retirement from their jobs in the Northeast five years ago when he was 59 and she was 51. Now they live in Punta Gorda, Florida, where...

Elsie Dinsmore

Author

Martha Finley

Elsie Dinsmore-part one

Why I am even writing this in the first place.
I loved the Elsie Dinsmore, (ED), books when I was younger. In the last few years, as I have made some new friends and started to actually talk to my friends about what they thought about things I was surprised by all the criticism,...

A Peep Behind the Scenes

Author	Mrs. O.F. Walton
ISBN	1584740035

Behind many smiling faces there hides a hurting heart, and for what may appear to be glamorous, there is usually a high price to pay. Mrs. Walton gives us a glimpse into the life of a disillusioned young actress. In her fabricated world of glamour and glitz, Rosalie finds solace in the words of a gentle old...

The Hedge of Thorns

Author	Mary Martha Sherwood
ISBN	1584740116

After a devotional study of the Hebrew word "shamar"(a primitive root) and its Greek equivalents, which included an in-depth look at most of the scriptures containing multiple nuances of its meaning, I began to mull over various applications.

While taking a breather, I was surprised to find...

That Printer of Udell's

Author	Harold Bell Wright
ISBN	1565541219

"Decidedly interesting"--The New York Times

"(A) thoroughly good novel"--The Boston Globe

Dick Falkner's childhood consisted of poverty and abuse from an alcoholic
father. Recognizing his life for what it was, he ran away from his home, but he
could not run away from all...

The Whole Christ: Legalism, Antinomianism, and Gospel Assurance—Why the Marrow Controversy Still Matters

Author	Sinclair B. Ferguson
ISBN	1433548003

Since the days of the early church, Christians have wrestled with the relationship between the law and gospel. If, as the apostle Paul says, salvation is by grace and the law cannot save, what relevance does the law have for Christians today?

By revisiting the Marrow Controversy—a famous...

My Inventions

Author	Nikola Tesla
ISBN	1599869942

This important title is the autobiography of Nikola Tesla. Nikola Tesla appropriately titled his work on his life, My Inventions, as he was one of the most important inventors and scientists in history. The book touches on his life and career, his first inventions, discovering the magnetic field,...

Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?

Author	Gary L. Thomas
ISBN	0310337372

Happy is good. Holy is better.

Your marriage is more than a sacred covenant with another person. It is a spiritual discipline designed to help you know God better, trust him more fully, and love him more deeply. What if God s primary intent for your marriage isn t to make you happy . . . but holy?

Sacred...