A Dynamic Generation

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · May 25, 1915

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 42, No. 21.

A Dynamic Generation

Two hundred and fifty years ago, a peddler selling books gave a pamphlet to one who was supposed to be an ordinary young man. But he was Richard Baxter; and under the influence of that pamphlet, he wrote “The Saint’s Everlasting Rest.” This fell into the hands of Philip Doddridge, and he wrote “The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul.” This book fell into the hands of Wilberforce, and he wrote “A Practical View of Christianity.” This book came to Leigh Richmond, and under the power of it he was led to write “The Dairyman’s Daughter.” This in turn fell into the hands of Thomas Chalmers, the mightiest Scotch preacher of his day; and after he became a minister, it was the means of his conversion and of his mighty spiritual transformation. A peddler on the one side and Thomas Chalmers on the other—what a marvelous story!—Christian Herald.