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Henry Drummond, early teacher of Bible New Thought

Serving New Thought is pleased to present

Henry Drummond's

A Life for a Life

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A Tribute, by D. L. Moody - A Life for a Life - Lessons From The Angelus - The Ideal Man - Contents -


"Whosoever doeth the will of God, the same is my mother and sister and brother."

     The next thing an ideal man wants, after he has his friends, is language. Although I cannot find any kind of language he is to talk to his earthly friends, yet I can learn a great deal what it ought to be from the ideal man's prayers, the language which he uses in talking to his Father: "Thy will be done." And let us notice that this prayer does not mean resignation; it is not passive, but active.

     To pray this prayer is not in effect to say, "God evidently is going to have his way and we may just as well succumb; it is of no use to kick against the pricks; let us just resign at once; Thy will be done." It is an active prayer, and means, "Let that will work through the earth; let

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