The Greatest Thing in the World And Other Ad- dresses
Author(s): Drummond, Henry Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library Description: In this little devotional book, the charming Scottish evangelist meditates upon what he considers the greatest thing in the worldÐlove. His meditations focus on and draw from I Cor- inthians 13. Drummond finds that godly love has nine ingredi- ents: patience, kindness, generosity, humility, courtesy, un- selfishness, a good temper, guilelessness, and sincerity. Just as Drummond's contemporary readers did, clergy and laypersons alike still have a fondness for Drummond's edify- ing words. The Greatest Thing in the World embodies its contents, sharing love's wisdom with warmth and honesty. Kathleen O'Bannon CCEL Staff Subjects: Practical theology Practical religion. The Christian life Moral theology Virtues
i Contents
Title Page 1 The Greatest Thing in the World 2 The Contrast 4 The Analysis 6 The Defence 14 The Programme of Christianity 19 The Programme of Christianity 20 The Founding of the Society 23 The Programme of the Society 25 The Machinery of the Society 33 The City Without a Church 36 I Saw the City 37 His Servants Shall Serve 41 I Saw No Temple There 45 The Changed Life 51 The Changed Life 52 The Formula of Sanctification 54 The Alchemy of Influence 58 The First Experiment 64 Pax Vobiscum 68 Introductory 69 Effects Require Causes 71 What Yokes Are For 77 How Fruits Grow 80
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iii Title Page
Title Page
THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD AND OTHER ADDRESSES
BY HENRY DRUMMOND
(LONDON - HODDER & STOUGHTON LTD)
Undated Edition c1920, 390,000 prior copies. First Published c1880.
THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD
THOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become as a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and un- derstand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not LOVE I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not Love, it profiteth me nothing. Love suffereth long, and is kind; Love envieth not; Love vaunteth not itself is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, Seeketh not her own, Is not easily provoked, Thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I sp