Treble Recorder from the Beginning by John Pitts

Treble Recorder from the Beginning by John Pitts

IT seems fitting that this little book of personal testimonies to answered prayer should have a brief introductory word as to how they came to be written. The question has been asked by some who read many of these testimonies as they appeared in the pages of The Sunday School Times: How could you write such personal and sacred incidents in your life? I could not have written them but for a very clear, God-given leading.

The story is as follows: When in Canada on our first furloughs I was frequently amazed at the incredulity expressed when definite testimony was given to an answer to prayer. Sometimes this was shown by an expressive shrug of the shoulders, sometimes by a sudden silence or turning of the topic of conversation, and sometimes more openly by the query: How do you know that it might not have happened so, anyway?

Gradually the impression deepened: If they will not believe one, two, or a dozen testimonies, will they believe the combined testimonies of one whole life?

The more I thought of what it would mean to record the sacred incidents connected with answers to prayer the more I shrank from the publicity, and from undertaking the task. There were dozens of answers far too sacred for the public eye, which were known only to a few, others known only to God. But if the record were to carry weight with those who did not believe in the supernatural element in prayer, many personal and scarcely less sacred incidents must of necessity be made public.

JOHN PITTS is Professor of Socio-Legal Studies and Director of the Vauxhall Centre for the Study of Crime at the University of Luton. He is chair of the editorial board of the journal, Social Work in Europe, a board member and contributor to the 'Youth Crime and Youth Justice' section of the journal, Research Matters, and an editorial board member of the UNICEF journal, Juvenile Justice International. He is the author of many publications, including The Probation Handbook and Discipline or Solidarity: The New Politics of Juvenile Crime.

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ISBN 13	9780711950764
ISBN 10	0711950768
Titel	Treble Recorder from the Beginning
Autor	John Pitts
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Music Sales Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	1995-01-01
Seitenanzahl	47
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