That stuff one reads about in Matthew 25, unless one is a modern American White Evangelical, in which case Matt. It wasn't just about closing down the saloons, but also about feeding the hungry and caring for the sick. When it came out, the book helped spawn a movement of Christian social action. Just get rid of the saloons, and people would no longer fall into sin and degradation. It seems that folks back in olden times believed that the major block to people's living a good life was the temptation put in front of them by the 'liquor interests'. The movement also spawned political action. A young woman with a flair for cooking gave classes to the young women so that they'd be able to get jobs as domestics in local households. The movement spread to Chicago, where some local, well-off clergy resigned their fancy positions and set up a settlement house for less-well off people, a place where people could live decently and also become better educated so as to get jobs to support themselves. Some people suffered financially after their decisions, but they all felt more spiritually fulfilled, and also felt a greater sense of community and belonging with their fellow church members. A local merchant realized that he should, among other things, treat his staff as partners, not servants. Rather than go on tour with a musical group and become rich and famous, she decided to sing at a local tent meeting, to draw in fallen souls for salvation, and to give lessons to poor people who wouldn't be able to afford lessons for themselves.

Another member was a beautiful young woman who sang rather stunningly. No more ads for liquor and tobacco, and no more idle society gossip or stories about prize fights. One church member who signed up was a newspaper editor, so he set about changing his paper to a 'Christian' paper. For one year they would try not do anything without first asking themselves what Jesus would do in a given situation, and then do that thing.

He then invited those of his congregation, who were willing, to try a test. The hook in the stories was about a preacher who decided that before he did anything, he should ask himself what Jesus would do in a given situation. The weekly stories became quite popular and his church was bulging by the time he finished up. He was pastor of a Congregational church in Topeka, Kansas, some 120 or so years ago.

Charles Sheldon told to his parishioners. The book arose from a series of sermons or 'stories' Rev. I carried a lot of baggage into this book, but perhaps I'll defer that for later on.

In his steps by charles m sheldon