The High Calling

by Rev. Charles M. Sheldon

Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of titles available, and we invite you to search for us by name, contact us via our website, or download our most recent catalogues. The story, "The High Calling," was written at two different periods, in 1909 and 1910, and was read at two different periods, chapter by chapter, to the young people in my church, on successive Sunday evenings. The main purpose of the story is to illustrate the value of the average American family training and the final victory of the spiritual ideals over material or physical attractions. The final outcome of the struggle which Helen Douglas makes between her natural inclination to follow a life of ease and luxury, and the real training which she has received at home, is the picture of what is going on in the best American homes to-day. It has been my hope that the story would help many young people to realize the great difference between the finest type of manhood and womanhood, and that which in some cases has grown up on American soil, where the standards have been low and the ideals have been obscured by fashion, by false home training, and by superficial ideas of happiness. In other words, my purpose has been to describe, in the main characters in the book, the manly heroic type of Christian struggle and final victory which realizes the response which the higher nature makes to the call from above. This idea which runs through the story gives it its name of "The High Calling." As my own young people gave the story a beautiful reception in their listening to it, it is my earnest hope that if the book has the good fortune to find a larger audience it may reach more young people with the same message.

Genres: Christian

434 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Julia Nixon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although this novel was not as popular and well known as Sheldon's "In His Steps" it is a better written novel with better delineated characters and a tighter plot.

[Rebecca Stark · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read The High Calling in a few settings after one abbreviated start. It was slow to build, but once I was into the story, I couldn't put it down! It was such a dear contrast to modern times and I loved pondering the massive amount of change in a century or so. The characters were warm and personable. I related to the central family and so enjoyed spending time with them as I read along. I mourned the end of the book a bit, as I felt so at-home with the characters and was sorry to see them go!

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent!

I had previously read "In His Steps" and enjoyed it. This book is very good. It takes you through many different moral dilemmas and requires you to think about what you would do in the same situation!

[Susie Gerow · Rating 4 out of 5]

The "second reading" was actually "The Reformer" by Charles Sheldon :)