An appeal for active goodness and the “simple life,” with an introduction by Dr. Lyman Abbott, and notes and appendices. The profits of the book are to go to a fund to furnish a site for a church of which Mr. Wagner is to be the pastor.
“In remarkably lucid English, occasionally quaint, and always naïvely serious, even when expressive of a saving sense of humor.”
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Wagner, Charles. On life’s threshold: talks to young people on character and conduct; tr. by Edna St. John. [**]$1. McClure.
“In talking to young people ... is it necessary to ... be genuine, direct and simple. In this respect these talks are excellent, and can profitably be studied as models by many of our preachers and teachers. The ethical instruction is developed by a process of reasoning instead of being based on dogma and authority, and is not even very definitely Christian, so there ought not to be any objection to the use of the book in the public school of any locality.”—Ind.
“Pastor Wagner’s power lies in the fact that he is not ashamed to put commonplaces in plain language.”
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“The volume is a careful guidebook to everyday life.”
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“Another little volume of thought-provoking, cheerful philosophy.”