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The Other Side of the Hill: And Home Again
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272 pages, Paperback
First published September 26, 2011
About the author
F.W. Boreham
126 books58 followersRev. Dr. Frank W. Boreham
(March 3rd 1871 – May 18th 1959) Served, and wrote, in the UK, New Zealand, and Australia.
(March 3rd 1871 – May 18th 1959) Served, and wrote, in the UK, New Zealand, and Australia.
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October 19, 2018
What can I say, everyone should read Boreham! I really cannot express what a balm to my soul it is to end each day with his thoughts. I will not record everything I marked, but will offer up a sprinkling of quotes to give you a taste. Please read the quotes, I promise you will find something to quench a thirst within you.
"We see no more need for a porch to a house than for a preface to a book. We boast, in our free-and-easy way, that we have dispensed with the need for an introduction. We speak to whom we will nowadays, without waiting to be formally introduced. It is good in its way. It may be that our grandfathers stood too much on ceremony. But it may also be that we have too lightly discarded the things that they valued. The porch has its own utility."
"There are few pleasures greater than a heart-to-heart talk with a kindred spirit on the greatest themes of all."
"It is from the dereliction and darkness of the Cross that the world draws strength and hope and the life that knows no ending."
"I hear people speak of the body as though it acted as a brake upon goodness. It may occasionally do so; but far more often it acts as a restraint upon badness."
"Men are not likely to bump their heads against the stars as long as they keep one eye steadily fastened on the past."
"We close our shops and factories on one day of the week, and gather ourselves together in the house of prayer, in order that we may remind each other of the things that we cannot afford to let slip. And even the Communion Table is a feast of memory. 'This do in remembrance of Me.' It is all 'lest we forget.'"
"'No,' I replied, 'the Bible does not say to owe no man anything, it says nothing of the kind. The Bible says, 'Owe no man anything BUT...,' and that exception is the greatest exception to the general principle that has ever been stated in human language. 'Owe no man anything BUT TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.'"
"Our greatest loss is not the loss of morals; that is but a symptom. It is the loss of faith; that is the disease."
"Words, and more words, and nothing but words, had been all the fruit of all the toil of all the most renowned sages of sixty generations." -Bacon
"In season and out of season Bacon preached his doctrine that nothing can be too insignificant for the attention of the wisest which is not too insignificant to give pleasure or pain to the meanest."
"The one staff which will not break under us is the victory achieved in a like situation by One who has preceded us; and the most desperate private experience cannot go beyond the garden of Gethsemane."
"You will find that though there are many dirty roads in life, if you use your judgement you may always be able to find a clean crossing."
"'He hath made everything beautiful in His time,' said a very wise man a long time ago; and it is only because our eyes are dim that we fail at times to see the beauty of the mud."
"My personality is greater than my faith, greater than my doubt."
"A man may decide for Unbelief, but Faith will always follow him, longing for a happier day."
"The Bible is the divinest book in any language - and the humanest."
"However besmirched the life itself may have been, there remain in the soul regnant voices that will not speak falsely."
"Perhaps more often than we think He stands among the children at their play."
"There is no sin like the sin of seeming."
"We are compassed about by a great cloud of witnesses."
"The commerce of life is largely manipulated by the wholesale purchase of white elephants."
"This is a great secret, this secret of being forearmed. A man cannot snatch up a sword and rush into the battle. He must, together with the possession of a sword, have learned the art of swordsmanship. He must know how to use his weapon."
"The Duke of Wellington said that Waterloo was won on the playing-grounds of Eton. Certainly, the victory in the wilderness was won in those long and leisured evenings when Mary taught her holy Son the wondrous Word."
"Now half the art of life lies in being able on occasions to do nothing - and do it easily. I shall never be satisfied until I can possess my soul in perfect poise and restfulness; until I can do nothing, and do it well, and do it easily."
"I saw that it is not so much the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost who are to be with me; but the grace of the Saviour and the love of the Father and the communion of the Holy Ghost."
"You have been rejoicing in the inexhaustible grace of Jesus: now be yourself gracious! You have been in the presence of God, and God is love: now be yourself tender-hearted and affectionate! You have enjoyed the radiant fellowship of the Holy Spirit: now be yourself companionable and inspiring!"
"We see no more need for a porch to a house than for a preface to a book. We boast, in our free-and-easy way, that we have dispensed with the need for an introduction. We speak to whom we will nowadays, without waiting to be formally introduced. It is good in its way. It may be that our grandfathers stood too much on ceremony. But it may also be that we have too lightly discarded the things that they valued. The porch has its own utility."
"There are few pleasures greater than a heart-to-heart talk with a kindred spirit on the greatest themes of all."
"It is from the dereliction and darkness of the Cross that the world draws strength and hope and the life that knows no ending."
"I hear people speak of the body as though it acted as a brake upon goodness. It may occasionally do so; but far more often it acts as a restraint upon badness."
"Men are not likely to bump their heads against the stars as long as they keep one eye steadily fastened on the past."
"We close our shops and factories on one day of the week, and gather ourselves together in the house of prayer, in order that we may remind each other of the things that we cannot afford to let slip. And even the Communion Table is a feast of memory. 'This do in remembrance of Me.' It is all 'lest we forget.'"
"'No,' I replied, 'the Bible does not say to owe no man anything, it says nothing of the kind. The Bible says, 'Owe no man anything BUT...,' and that exception is the greatest exception to the general principle that has ever been stated in human language. 'Owe no man anything BUT TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.'"
"Our greatest loss is not the loss of morals; that is but a symptom. It is the loss of faith; that is the disease."
"Words, and more words, and nothing but words, had been all the fruit of all the toil of all the most renowned sages of sixty generations." -Bacon
"In season and out of season Bacon preached his doctrine that nothing can be too insignificant for the attention of the wisest which is not too insignificant to give pleasure or pain to the meanest."
"The one staff which will not break under us is the victory achieved in a like situation by One who has preceded us; and the most desperate private experience cannot go beyond the garden of Gethsemane."
"You will find that though there are many dirty roads in life, if you use your judgement you may always be able to find a clean crossing."
"'He hath made everything beautiful in His time,' said a very wise man a long time ago; and it is only because our eyes are dim that we fail at times to see the beauty of the mud."
"My personality is greater than my faith, greater than my doubt."
"A man may decide for Unbelief, but Faith will always follow him, longing for a happier day."
"The Bible is the divinest book in any language - and the humanest."
"However besmirched the life itself may have been, there remain in the soul regnant voices that will not speak falsely."
"Perhaps more often than we think He stands among the children at their play."
"There is no sin like the sin of seeming."
"We are compassed about by a great cloud of witnesses."
"The commerce of life is largely manipulated by the wholesale purchase of white elephants."
"This is a great secret, this secret of being forearmed. A man cannot snatch up a sword and rush into the battle. He must, together with the possession of a sword, have learned the art of swordsmanship. He must know how to use his weapon."
"The Duke of Wellington said that Waterloo was won on the playing-grounds of Eton. Certainly, the victory in the wilderness was won in those long and leisured evenings when Mary taught her holy Son the wondrous Word."
"Now half the art of life lies in being able on occasions to do nothing - and do it easily. I shall never be satisfied until I can possess my soul in perfect poise and restfulness; until I can do nothing, and do it well, and do it easily."
"I saw that it is not so much the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost who are to be with me; but the grace of the Saviour and the love of the Father and the communion of the Holy Ghost."
"You have been rejoicing in the inexhaustible grace of Jesus: now be yourself gracious! You have been in the presence of God, and God is love: now be yourself tender-hearted and affectionate! You have enjoyed the radiant fellowship of the Holy Spirit: now be yourself companionable and inspiring!"
January 3, 2022
My favorite author, Boreham is always insightful, and each unique essay makes the seemingly mundane everyday aspects of life become parables. With Boreham, there is but one rule; If he wrote it, read it.
November 21, 2016
I've yet to read an F. W. Boreham book that I didn't adore. If you've never read this guy, do yourself a favour and introduce yourself to his writing. I read him every Monday morning as a soothing salve after the busy weekend. Australia's best selling author of all time is a hidden gem that you won't regret digging up.
November 11, 2019
Great essays. Several were more "preachy" than others that I like better.
June 4, 2020
It's Boreham. What more can I say. You should read it
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