Making the Most of Life

Miller, J. R. (James Russell), 1840-1912

English

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Making the Most of Life


BY

J. R. MILLER, D.D.



AUTHOR OF "SILENT TIMES," "THINGS TO LIVE FOR," "BUILDING OF
CHARACTER," "THE GOLDEN GATE OF PRAYER," ETC.




"I am the Lord thy God
Which teacheth to profit."
ISAIAH.




New York

THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.

PUBLISHERS




Copyright, 1891, by T. Y. CROWELL & Co.




A WORD OF INTRODUCTION.

Alexander was accustomed to say; "Philip of Macedon gave me life, but
it was Aristotle who taught me how to make the most of life."

To have the gift of life is a solemn thing. Life is God's most sacred
trust. It is not ours to do with as we please; it must be accounted
for, every particle, every power, every possibility of it.

These chapters are written with the purpose and hope of stimulating
those who may read them to earnest and worthy living. If they seem
urgent, if they present continually motives of thoughtfulness, if they
dwell almost exclusively on the side of obligation and responsibility,
if they make duty ever prominent and call to self-renunciation and
self-sacrifice, leaving small space for play, it is because life itself
is really most serious, and because we must meet it seriously,
recognizing its sacred meaning and girding ourselves for it with all
earnestness and energy.

If this book shall teach any how to make the most of the life God has
entrusted to them, that will be reward enough for the work of its
preparation. To this service it is affectionately dedicated, in the
name of Him who made the most of his blessed life by losing it in
love's sacrifice, and who calls us also to die to self that we may live
unto God.

J. R. M.

PHILADELPHIA.




CONTENTS.


CHAPTER

I. MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE
II. LAID ON GOD'S ALTAR
III. CHRIST'S INTEREST IN OUR COMMON LIFE
IV. THE POSSIBILITIES OF PRAYER
V. GETTING CHRIST'S TOUCH
VI. THE BLESSING OF A BURDEN
VII. HEART-PEACE BEFORE MINISTRY
VIII. MORAL CURVATURES
IX. TRANSFIGURED LIVES
X. THE INTERPRETATION OF SORROW
XI. OTHER PEOPLE
XII. THE BLESSING OF FAITHFULNESS
XIII. WITHOUT AXE OR HAMMER
XIV. DOING THINGS FOR CHRIST
XV. HELPING AND OVER-HELPING