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JOHN ANGELL JAMES

John Angell James provides a friendly guide through life for young men. Taking account of the duties, temptations, and complications involved in growing into male adulthood, James shows how prayer and faith offer access to the truth, power, and love of God necessary to grow up respected by others and equipped for this life and the next.

Table of Contents:

The Young Man’s Friend and Guide through Life to Immortality

Preparation for Life

Entrance upon Life

Indecision as to Religion

Amiability without Religion

Perplexity from Religious Controversies

The Character of Joseph

The Study of the Book of Proverbs

Success or Failure in Business

Emigration

Disappointment or Fulfilment if the Hopes of Friends

The Importance of the Present Age

Death in Youth and the Review of Life in Old Age

The Young Man from Home

The Time of Leaving Home a Critical Period

Sources of Danger

Sources of Danger Continued

The Successive Steps of Going Astray

Dangers of a Minor Kind

The Means of Safety

Religion a Preservative from Sin

Religion a Source of Comfort and Happiness

Religion a Means of Promoting the Temporal

Interests of Its Possessor

Religion a Means of Usefulness

Religion a Preparation for Superintending a Home upon Earth, and for an Eternal Home in Heaven

Several Classes of Young Men Specially

Addressed: Emigrants, Orphans, Religious Young Men, and Prodigals