The Manliness of Christ - Softcover

Hughes, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1539805794 ISBN 13: 9781539805793

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

'In this life-long fight, to be waged by every one of us single-handed against a host of foes, the last requisite for a good fight, the last proof and test of our courage and manfulness, must be loyalty to truth — the most rare and difficult of all human qualities. For such loyalty, as it grows in perfection, asks ever more and more of us, and sets before us a standard of manliness always rising higher and higher. And this is the great lesson which we shall learn from Christ's life, the more earnestly and faithfully we study it. “For this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, to bear witness to the truth.” To bear this witness against avowed and open enemies is comparatively easy. But to bear it against those we love, against those whose judgment and opinions we respect, in defence or furtherance of that which approves itself as true to our own inmost conscience, this is the last and abiding test of courage and of manliness.' Thomas Hughes, in what is perhaps his least well-known work, encourages the reader to think about Christ's manliness, and what it means to be a real 'man.' This version is a Cameron Collectible. At Cameron Collectibles we re-publish out of print and hard-to-obtain literary works. 'The Manliness of Christ' is not a facsimile or photocopied version, but a new reprint, with every care taken to remove typographical errors. If you are not satisfied with the type-setting of this book, you can contact us for a full refund. See Cameron-collectibles.blogspot. co.uk for more details.

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About the Author:

Thomas Hughes was an English lawyer, politician, and author best known for his semi-autobiographical classic Tom Brown s School Days. Trained as a lawyer, Hughes was appointed a county-court judge before being elected to the British Parliament. Hughes was also a committed social reformer, and was one of the founders and later principal of Working Men s College. His interest in social structures led him to become involved with the model village, and he later founded a settlement that experimented with utopian life in Tennessee. In addition to Tom Brown, Hughes penned The Scouring of the White Horse, Tom Brown at Oxford, Life of Alfred the Great, and Memoir of a Brother. He died in 1896.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1539805794
• ISBN 13: 9781539805793
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 104