The Call of the Master (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Reginald Heber Howe

9780483121744: The Call of the Master (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0483121746 ISBN 13: 9780483121744

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Find guidance for when life pulls at your attention and your peace feels frayed.

This compassionate exploration asks what Jesus would say to the pressure of modern life, offering practical reflection on distractions, doubt, poverty, and sorrow.

Through a series of insightful questions and carefully drawn examples, the book frames how the busy, restless world presses in on the soul. It traces common responses to this pressure—overwork and ascetic withdrawal—and looks to the voice of Jesus for a calmer, steadier path. Readers are invited to listen for a message that speaks to wearied minds and unsettled hearts.

By engaging with passages about doubt, need, and suffering, the work shows how belief can grow from honest struggle. It highlights Jesus’ personal compassion, the testing of belief, and the idea that choosing to do what is known to be right can illuminate truth. The goal is not to promise effortless relief but to point toward rest and a deeper trust that endures through hardship.

Examination of life's everyday distractions and their impact on faith and peace.
Discussion of how doubt can meet clear guidance when one seeks to do what is right.
Illustrations of the compassion of Jesus toward the poor, the suffering, and the weary.
Reflection on how trials can lead to a stronger, more grounded faith.

Ideal for readers seeking thoughtful, nonjudgmental guidance on faith amid life’s pressures and for those drawn to reflective Christian essays.

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