Fiction

“The character of the selfish, morbid, cynical hero, and his gradual transformation under the influence of the sweet and high-spirited heroine, are portrayed with a masculine firmness, which is near akin to power, and some of the conversations are animated and admirable.” — Atlantic Monthly

16 Sep 2019

“The narrative is fascinating.” — Chicago Advance. “An exceedingly well-written story.” — Churchman. Book Contents Reviews Preface 1 Three Girls 2 A Future Of Human Designing 3 Three Men 4 The Skies Darkening 5 The Storm Threatening 6 The Wreck 7 Among The Breakers 8 Warped 9 A Desert Island 10 Edith Becomes A “Divinity” 11 Mrs. Allen’s Policy 12 Waiting For Some One To Turn Up 13 They Turn Up 14 We Can’t Work 15 The Temptation 16 Black Hannibal’s White Heart 17 The Changes Of Two Short Months 18 Ignorance Looking For Work 19 A Falling Star 20 Desolation 21 Edith’s True Knight 22 A Mystery 23 A Dangerous Step 24 Scorn And Kindness 25 A Horror Of Great Darkness 26 Friend And Saviour 27 The Mystery Solved 28 Edith Tells The Old, Old Story 29 Hannibal Learns How His Heart Can Be White 30 Edith’s And Arden’s Friendship 31 Zell 32 Edith Brings The Wanderer Home 33 Edith’s Great Temptation 34 Saved 35 Closing Scenes 36 Last Words Publication Information Lutheran Library edition first published: 2019-09-02 Updated: 2019-10-05 (v5) Copyright: CC BY 4.0

2 Sep 2019

“This novel by the police chief of Ypsilanti, Michigan, gives us a love story written from the Christian standpoint. It deals with such vital themes as the Great Commission, the problem of love and marriage between a believer and an unbeliever, and Christian patriotism. It is a timely book and one that should be helpful to our people.” – Christian Observer

26 Aug 2019

“Barriers Burned Away, a story of the Great Chicago Fire, was first published serially in a magazine, the New York Evangelist. In 1872, when it came out in book form, it shortly became the most popular book of the year. When his next two novels achieved similar success, Roe decided to leave the ministry and give full time to writing. He believed he could reach more people with the message of Christianity through his writing than through preaching. He eventually would write about a dozen more novels, as well as a number of popular short stories. He also wrote a non-fiction book, Success with Small Fruits, primarily about the cultivation of strawberries.” – Bob Sander-Cederlof

19 Aug 2019

The Pomp of Yesterday is a novel inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s poem Recessional. Its message of England at the height of her glory has meaning for America today. Recessional by Rudyard Kipling God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle line, Beneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine— Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget—lest we forget! \

26 Jul 2019

Dan E. L. Patch, a devoted Christian and the police chief of Highland Park, Michigan, wrote this book in 1940, just before the US entered World War II. It’s a gripping story of a young man who transcends corruption and misfortune.

24 Jun 2019

“Mr, Wildthorne,” said Maggie, “have you fulfilled the promise you made me the last time we met?” “What promise?” “You promised me that you would read an authoritative life of Luther, an authoritative history of the Reformation.”

16 May 2019

“A writer possessing not only a fine literary gift, and a marvelous power of intense emotional realization, but a fresh, strange, and fascinating imaginative outlook. We know of nothing published in recent years which, in lurid impressiveness and relentless veracity of rendering, is to be compared with the realization of the fatally dominant alcoholic craving in the study entitled ‘A Literary Gent.’ " – “The Daily Chronicle”.

12 Apr 2019

“They who declared that reason would not allow them to believe that God could once become Incarnate, saw no reason to doubt the manifold Reincarnation of Man. They who complained that they found the straight and level highway of Christianity too difficult a road for them to follow, or that there was no sure foothold therein, were content to lose themselves among the mazes of Superstition, or to flounder and stumble among the stony wastes of Unbelief. And many I saw who wandered backward and forward aimlessly, as if seeking for something which they found not. And ever and anon one would cry out, ‘Lo, I have it!’ and the others would cease their search, and run with gladness to hear him. But so often as one thus called out, so often would they who ran return whence they came, unsatisfied and unfilled, until not a few ceased to give ear at all.”

11 Apr 2019

“There can be no doubt of the force and freshness of most of the book, of the fine literary quality of some of the chapters, and of the interest of the whole. . . . There is too many a burst of beautiful English.” – Mr. Israel Zangwill, in “Ariel”

11 Apr 2019