The Everlasting Arms by Joseph Hocking

Joseph Hocking (1860-1937), was a Cornish novelist and United Methodist Free Church minister. Like the American Presbyterian minister Edward Roe, Hocking’s novels combine rich characters with gripping stories. Joseph Hocking published more than 101 books and was greatly respected as a fiction writer.

Level of Difficulty: Primer: No subject matter knowledge needed.

Book Contents

• Prologue
  • 1 A Woman’s Face
  • 2 The Marconigram
  • 3 The Shipwreck
  • 4 “The Enemy of Your Soul”
• Part I. The First Temptation
  • 5 The Only Surviving Relative
  • 6 Wendover Park
  • 7 Lady Blanche makes her Appearance
  • 8 Count Romanoff’s Gospel
  • 9 Beatrice Stanmore
  • 10 Uncertainty
  • 11 The Real Heir
  • 12 The Day of Destiny
  • 13 The Invisible Hand
  • 14 A Scrap of Paper
  • 15 Count Romanoff’s Departure
  • 16 Riggleton’s Homecoming
  • 17 Faversham’s Resolution
  • 18 Mr. Brown’s Prophecy
• Part II. The Second Temptation
  • 19 An Amazing Proposal
  • 20 The Country for the People
  • 21 The Midnight Meeting
  • 22 “You and I Together”
  • 23 The So-called Dead
  • 24 Visions of Another World
  • 25 Romanoff’s Philosophy
  • 26 A Voice from Another World
  • 27 Olga makes Love
• Part III. The Third Temptation
  • 28 The Count’s Confederate
  • 29 In Quest of a Soul
  • 30 Voices in the Night
  • 31 Dick hears Strange News
  • 32 Beatrice Confesses
  • 33 Sir George’s Love Affair
  • 34 The Dawn of Love
  • 35 The Eternal Struggle
  • 36 His Guardian Angel
  • 37 At the Café Moscow
  • 38 The Shadow of a Great Terror
  • 39 The Triumph of Good
  • 40 The Ministering Angel

Publication Information

• Lutheran Library edition first published: 2021
• Copyright: CC BY 4.0