Three Recovery Classics: As a Man Thinketh by James Allen The Greatest Thing in the World by Henry Drummond An Instrument of Peace the St. Francis Prayer - Softcover

Barger, Melvin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595326315 ISBN 13: 9780595326310

Publisher: iUniverse, 2004

Synopsis

In his own quest for sobriety and happiness, AA author Mel B. found continual hope and inspiration in the classical writings of James Allen and Henry Drummond on the spiritual life, and in meditation on the deeper spiritual meaning of the famous Peace Prayer attributed to St. Francis of Assisi. He has reprinted all three of these in this present volume, with his own introductions and commentaries to aid the modern reader.James Allen's As a Man Thinketh teaches us that our lives are governed and shaped by the way we think, feel, speak, and act. We discover that we are always masters of our fate: when our thoughts are wrong, our lives necessarily become wrong.Henry Drummond's The Greatest Thing in the World, a commentary on I Corinthians 13, is a short book on the true nature of Love-eternal and all-powerful, surviving anything we now see in our world. He describes in detail how the simple ways we act towards ourselves and others are actually ingredients of the Divine Love itself.The St. Francis Prayer, which AA's Bill W. found so valuable in his own struggle with the Dark Night of the Soul, makes it clear that true Peace can be found only within ourselves. It shows us step by step how to change our inner attitudes and goals to achieve the only kind of serenity and satisfaction in our lives that can endure.

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About the Author

Mel B., a native of Norfolk, Nebraska, and now a longtime resident of Toledo, Ohio, found sobriety in 1950 while a patient in the state hospital in his hometown. He eventually became a business writer as well as an author of books devoted to recovery. Though he discusses topics related to Alcoholics Anonymous, he cannot and does not speak for AA as a whole. He was, however, a contributing writer to Pass It On, AA?s own biography of Bill W. Additionally, he has authored five books and several pamphlets for Hazelden. He and his wife, Lori, were married in 1960 and have four adult children and eight grandchildren.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595326315
• ISBN 13: 9780595326310
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 98