Excerpt from The Duke Divinity School Bulletin, Vol. 28: February, 1963 As usual, there are critics in our midst who candidly complain: Laubach and Jones said nothing they have not been saying for twenty-five years; assembly periods should not be wasted for such trivial fare. The allegation may be correct; the conclusion is patently false. Admittedly an abbreviated version of a stenographic transcript of a dictaphone copy of a tape recording of an informal talk can hardly do justice to any message. But even more truly, the most polished manuscript could never do justice to the radiant spirit of a Frank Laubach or 3. Stanley Jones. Over fifty years they have been touching millions of lives: one by evangelistic preaching, the other through the gift of literacy, both in the deepest dimensions of prayer. What they have said and what they have done are important - nay, possible - only because of their obvious companionship with the same Lord. All of us, in the pulpit and in the classroom, need to be less concerned about saying something significant than about being something significant. Lives of great men may not always convince us that we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints on the sands of time. But the presence of saints in our very midst should at least remind us that our primary calling, direct and indirect, is to bring others closer to Christ. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.