[1] John 15:16.
[2] "Demon Possession," by J. L. Nevius.
[3] Psalm 24:1.
[4] Psalm 29:10.
[5] Genesis 1:26, 28. Psalms 8:6. See quotations of this, referring to the Man who will restore original conditions, in 1 Cor. 15:27. Ephesians 1:32, Hebrews 2:8. Psalms 115:16.
[6] John 12:31; 14:30; 16:11.
[7] Revelation 11:15.
[8] John 14:30.
[9] Jeremiah 33:3.
[10] Psalm 50:15.
[11] Matthew 7:7.
[12] Isaiah 1:15.
[13] Isaiah 59:1-3.
[14] Psalm 66:18.
[15] James 4:2, 3.
[16] Matthew 5:23, 24.
[17] Matthew 6:9-15.
[18] Matthew 18:19-35.
[19] Acts 16:6.
[20] Acts 16:7.
[21] John 7:8.
[22] Acts 22:17-21.
[23] 2 Cor. 5:21.
[24] Sidney Lanier.
[25] Ephesians 2:2.
[26] Luke 11:5-13.
[27] Luke 18:1-8.
[28] 1 Peter 5:8.
[29] Matthew 17:14-20; Mark 9:14-29; Luke 9:37-43.
[30] Matthew 16:24.
[31] Psalm 37:7.
[32] Isaiah 50:4.
[33] Jeremiah 15:1.
[34] Longfellow.
[35] 2 Samuel 23:9, 10.
[36] Joseph Cook.
[37] John 7:17.
[38] Frances Ridley Havergal.
[39] Romans 8:26-28.
[40] Psalm 25:9.
[41] 1 John 5:14, 15.
[42] 2 Timothy 2:24-26.
[43] Isaiah 50:4, Revised.
[44] Does not this very strong language suggest that possibly the disciples had been conferred with by the revolutionary leaders?
[45] 2 Cor. 3:18.
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As a young man, he was hard working , consecrated and sought the best God had for him. He served as assistant secretary of the Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association in 1884-86 so efficiently that he became state secretary for the YMCA in Ohio, serving from 1886 to 1895. In this period he developed a quiet style of devotional speaking which was quite the opposite of the powerful forensics which dominated the pulpit style of that period.
An incessant and tireless itinerant, Gordon never lacked for opportunities to preach. He never called himself a preacher, preferring the title of lecturer. In a real sense he was unique. His manner of speaking, never dull, always illustrated by parabolic stories, had gripping power to hold the attention and stir the heart.
Samuel Dickey Gordon was a popular speaker and writer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
He was born in Philadelphia August 12, 1859. As a young man, he was hard working, consecrated and sought the best God had for him. He served as assistant secretary of the Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association in 1884-86 so efficiently that he became state secretary for the YMCA in Ohio, serving from 1886 to 1895. In this period he developed a quiet style of devotional speaking which was quite the opposite of the powerful forensics which dominated the pulpit style of that period.
Gordon never lacked for opportunities to preach. He wrote more than two-dozen devotional books, most with the phrase "Quiet Talks" in the title.