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So Shall We Live
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What is our life-work and how can we prepare for it? Every challenge we overcome in life gives us a boost in the right direction. And every selfish thought resisted, every lazy desire surrendered, is a step toward reaching our goal.
Edith’s lessons are like the ocean waves which steadily rise and fall. They seem to be making no difference at all, until their accumulation changes everything! When a great dark wave washes over her, turning her life upside down, she learns to rely on God’s help as He prepares her for the life-work that she was made to do.
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So Shall We Live
What is our life-work and how can we prepare for it? Every challenge we overcome in life gives us a boost in the right direction. And every selfish thought resisted, every lazy desire surrendered, is a step toward reaching our goal.
Edith’s lessons are like the ocean waves which steadily rise and fall. They seem to be making no difference at all, until their accumulation changes everything! When a great dark wave washes over her, turning her life upside down, she learns to rely on God’s help as He prepares her for the life-work that she was made to do.
Contents
Part 1: Parting
- 1) The Missionary’s Call
- 2) Edith Hears the Secret
- 3) About the Life-Work
- 4) Good-Bye
Part 2: Life Lessons
- 5) Going Among Strangers
- 6) New Faces
- 7) The First Letter
- 8) A Day with Laura Sylvester
- 9) An Afternoon in the Woods
- 10) Edith Tells Her Father What She Thinks
- 11) “How Could Julia Say Such a Thing?”
- 12) Are These the Lessons?
- 13) Basil
- 14) Mamma’s Friend
- 15) Charades at Layton
- 16) Life-Work in the School-Room
- 17) The New Governess
Part 3: Dark Days
- 18) The Telegraphic Despatch
- 19) Home Again
- 20) The Prize
- 21) Bitter Teaching
- 22) The Visit to Margery
- 23) What Marian Told Basil
- 24) The Work of the Waves
Part 4: The Best Teacher
- 25) “Doing it Heartily”
- 26) The Picnic
- 27) Bad News for Edith
- 28) “Never Coming Back Any More”
- 29) Is the Life-Work Over?
- 30) Farewell to Dornton
- 31) Edith’s Fifteenth Birthday
- 32) Conclusion
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