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A. J. Dawson. The Message
The Message
Table of Contents
PART I. THE DESCENT
THE MESSAGE. I IN THE MAKING
II AT THE WATER'S EDGE
III AN INTERLUDE
IV THE LAUNCHING
V A JOURNALIST'S EQUIPMENT
VI A JOURNALIST'S SURROUNDINGS
VII A GIRL AND HER FAITH
VIII A STIRRING WEEK
IX A STEP DOWN
X FACILIS DESCENSUS AVERNI
XI MORNING CALLERS
XII SATURDAY NIGHT IN LONDON
XIII THE DEMONSTRATION IN HYDE PARK
XIV THE NEWS
XV SUNDAY NIGHT IN LONDON
XVI A PERSONAL REVELATION
XVII ONE STEP FORWARD
XVIII THE DEAR LOAF
XIX THE TRAGIC WEEK
XX BLACK SATURDAY
XXI ENGLAND ASLEEP
PART II. THE AWAKENING
I THE FIRST DAYS
II ANCIENT LIGHTS
III THE RETURN TO LONDON
IV THE CONFERENCE
V MY OWN PART
VI PREPARATIONS
VII THE SWORD OF THE LORD
VIII THE PREACHERS
IX THE CITIZENS
X SMALL FIGURES ON A GREAT STAGE
XI THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE
XII BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER
XIII ONE SUMMER MORNING
XIV "FOR GOD, OUR RACE, AND DUTY"
XV "SINGLE HEART AND SINGLE SWORD"
XVI HANDS ACROSS THE SEA
XVII THE PENALTY
XVIII THE PEACE
XIX THE GREAT ALLIANCE
XX PEACE HATH HER VICTORIES
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A. J. Dawson
Published by Good Press, 2019
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But if Sylvia appreciated and sympathized in the matter of my sermonizing, the rest of the family neither approved the sermons nor Sylvia's interest in them. I was made to feel in various ways that no import must be attached to my attentions to Sylvia. Marjory began to shadow her sister in the daytime, and, as she was frankly rather bored by me, I could not but detect the parental will in this.
Then with regard to my social and political views, Mr. Wheeler joined with his son in openly deriding them. In Leslie's case the thing never went beyond friendly banter. Leslie had no political opinions; he laughed joyously at the mere notion of bothering his head about such matters for a moment. And, in his way, he represented an enormous section of the younger generation of Englishmen in this. The father, on the other hand, was equally typical of his class and generation. This was how he talked to me over his port:—
