by
S. D. Gordon
Author of "Quiet Talks on Power," and "Quiet Talks on Prayer"
1906
Contents
Table Of Contents 1. Personal Contact with Jesus: The Beginning of Service 2. The Triple Life: The Perspective of Service 3. Yokefellows: The Rhythm of Service 4. A Passion for Winning Men: The Motive-power of Service 5. Deep-Sea Fishing: The Ambition of Service 6. Money: The Golden Channel of Service 7. Worry: A Hindrance to Service 8. Gideon's Band: Sifted for Service 9. Footnotes
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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.