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LEVELS OF LIVING

Essays on Everyday Ideals

by

HENRY FREDERICK COPE

Author of "The Modern Sunday-Schoolin Principle and Practice"

New York —— Chicago —— Toronto
Fleming H. Revell Company
London And Edinburgh
Copyright, 1908, by
Fleming H. Revell Company
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To My Wife

Not in the sentiment of dedication alone, offering to you what I may have done, but in simple acknowledgment of obligation to you

Elizabeth

best gift of God and inspiration of man

Under the title of "A Sermon For To-day" these short essays, on the artof every-day living in the light of eternal life, were published byThe Chicago Sunday Tribune, through a series of years, and wereregularly printed in the Sunday editions of a group of the greatdailies. The short sentences were also published with the Sermonsunder the head of "Sentence Sermons." The courtesy of The ChicagoDaily Tribune in permitting the publication of these "sermons," withsuch changes as have seemed best, is gratefully acknowledged.

CONTENTS

     I. THE HIGHER LEVELS
         The Real and the Ideal—The Bread of Life—Life's
         Unvarying Values.

    II. INVISIBLE ALLIES
         More than a Fighting Chance—The Unseen
         Hand—The One in the Midst.

   III. THE SOVEREIGNTY OF SERVICE
         Self and Service—My Soul or My Service?—The
         Satisfaction of Service.

    IV. THE RIGHT TO HAPPINESS
         The Power of Happiness—The Secret of
         Happiness—The Folly of Anxiety.

     V. THE CURRICULUM OF CHARACTER
         The Great School—The Purpose of the
         Course—The Price of Perfection.

    VI. THE AGE-LONG MIRACLE
         The Sufficient Sign—Behold the Man—The
         Life that Lifts.

   VII. SEEING THE UNSEEN
         The Sense of the Unseen—The Brook in the
         Way—That Which Is High.

  VIII. SOURCES OF STRENGTH AND INSPIRATION
         Strength for the Daily Task—The Sense of
         the Infinite—The Great Inspiration.

    IX. FINDING FOUNDATIONS
         The Passing and Permanent—Facing the
         Facts—The Real Foundation.

     X. THE PASSION FOR PERFECTION
         The Great Search—The Hunger of the Ages—The
         Sole Satisfaction.

    XI. THE PRICE OF SUCCESS
         The Law of Selection—The Fallacy of
         Negation—The Secret of All.

   XII. DIVINE SERVICE
         The Ideal Service—The Orthodox Service—The
         Heavenly Service.

  XIII. OUR FATHER AND OUR FELLOWS
         The Primary Reconciliation—Faith in Our
         Fellows—The Law of Forgiveness.

   XIV. MEN AND MAMMON
         Riches and Righteousness—Religion and
         Business—The Moral End of Money-Making.

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