
Leaves from the Tree of Life: Sermons for Children on the Truths about Jesus that Heal the Soul
Description
"This book has much to say about healing. And to souls diseased by sin, as ours are, this is a matter of the greatest importance. We see its importance when we remember that one of the sweet names by which our blessed Savior is spoken of in the Old Testament is JEHOVAH-ROPHI, or 'The Lord who healeth.' The chief means that He makes use of in healing souls is the truth about Jesus, of which the Bible tells us. 'He sent His word, and healed them,' says David. It is more than 20 years ago since the writer of this book first engaged in the work of preaching to children, and making books of sermons. He was first led to do this by thinking on the words of Jesus to Peter, 'Lovest Thou me? Feed my lambs.' This is the twelfth volume he has been permitted to publish. This new volume is now sent forth as an expression of the writer's cordial love to the lambs of Jesus everywhere." - from the Author's Preface
Subjects covered are as follows:
THE BIBLE COMPARED TO A TREE OF LIFE - Revelation 22:2
THE LESSON OF OBEDIENCE - Luke 2:51
THE LEAF FOR CURING LYING - Psalm 120:2
THE LEAF FOR CURING COVETOUSNESS - Proverbs 3:9,10
THE LESSON OF PATIENCE - James 1:4
THE LEAF FOR HEALING IDLENESS - Ecclesiastes 9:10
THE LEAF FOR CURING PRIDE - James 4:6
THE LEAF FOR HEALING THE EVIL CONSCIENCE - Hebrews 10:22
THE LEAF FOR CURING QUARRELS - Matthew 5:9
THE LESSON OF FAITHFULNESS - Revelation 2:10
PEBBLES & LEAVES
About the Author
Richard Newton, D.D. (1813-1887) Though he was born in Liverpool, England in 1813, Newton was educated at the University of Pennsylvania and then served as an Episcopal rector in Philadelphia for many years. In addition to thirty volumes of children's sermons, he wrote Illustrated Rambles in Bible Lands, Five-Minute Talks for Young People, Heroes of the Early Church, and Heroes of the Reformation.