Conversion of a High Priest into a
Practical Christian Worker
SECOND EDITION
Edited and Presented by
Rev. MELETIOS GOLDEN
Founder of the Greek-Amerikan-Christian-Association.
HIGH PRIEST OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH.
Grand Representative of the St. Stephen's Monastery,
Mt. Athos, Turkey.
Archimandrides of the Virgin Mary's Monastery, Salamis and
Athens, Greece.
Lieutenant, Officer, in the Royal Gendarmery of Greece.
Grand Chaplain and Orator of the Supreme Council of the A. A.
Scottish Rite, Greece.
Captain of the Salvation Army, U. S. A.
Member of the Massachusetts Consistory S. P. R. S., Thirty-second
Degree, Boston, Mass.
Evangelist to the Greeks in the United States, etc., etc.
New York.
1912.
PREFACE
In placing this second edition in the hands of my readers I most gratefully acknowledge the splendid assistance of my subscribers, and the kindness with which this book has been received by the General Public, who made it possible for me to accomplish my intended purpose, ever since I left home, that I should give, to the general public, an account of my conversion into a practical Christian worker, knowing that there are a great number of intelligent minds, among the priests, in the Greek-Russian and Roman Catholic churches, who would make good soldiers of Jesus Christ, and some of them might develop into heroes of Truth and Righteousness, if they could only deny themselves of the luxuries and lofty life attached to their priesthood. And this problem of selfishness is an absolute barrier not only to their own Salvation, but to many a soul, who might have been saved from sin, and be converted to God, and usefulness, but for the Priest.
The solution of the problem was the clue which aided me to escape from the labyrinth of doubt; and now, standing upon the rock of unshaken faith, I offer the clue that guided me to others.