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IntroductionThis book claims only to give “glimpses.” In these hurried days many people have time to read only paragraphs. Ofttimes it happens, too, that merely in a few well chosen sentences, a lesson is taught or an inspiration given which helps and blesses a life for many days. Many of the paragraphs here gathered contain incidents or illustrations through and by which the truth is presented. Every one knows the value of good illustrations. They help to make the teaching clear, and they help to fix the lesson in the memory. In these days of young people's societies, — Christian Endeavor and others with like object, — there is a desire for books with short paragraphs suitable for reading by members at the meetings. For this purpose, among others, it is hoped that these “glimpses” may prove of value. The book is sent out in the living hope that its words may stimulate many to a truer, better, richer, holier life. In this earthly state, with its hindrances and weights, we need to be reminded continually that— “He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.” E.I.F. Glimpses Through Life's Windows has 186 glimpses. The printed text has no divisions, so for the reader's convenience the online book has been divided into ten parts. A decile is one tenth of the whole, which if the concept was rigorously applied would mean nineteen chapters in each decile. However, in the scheme used, the first nine have each have twenty chapters and the last one only six. An alterative Lincolnesque naming convention would have been nine score and six. Table of Contents
Alphabetical indexThe transcription was done by Paula Kuczynski a volunteer. Thank you Paula. Glimpses Through Life's Windows has 218 pages and 186 readings. Glimpses Through Life's Windows was first published by in 1893 by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. Publishers, New York. Typography by J.S. Cushing & Co. |