Writings
A unique feature of some of his books (e.g., Abundant Living, ©1942) is that while they could be read from beginning to end as normal, they were presented in the format of a page-a-day daily reading featuring a Bible reference, a page of his writing, and a concluding sentence or phrase for meditation.
He explains this structure in his introduction to "Victorious Living" (1936):
- In the structure of the book I have tried to meet three needs:
- (1) A book of daily devotions for personal, group, and family devotions. Instead of making it, as usual in devotional books, a book of scattered thoughts, changing from day to day, I have woven the devotions around one theme, VICTORIOUS LIVING.
- (2) I have gathered these daily studies into groups of seven, so that the book can be used as a weekly study book by classes of various kinds.
- (3) I have tried to put the subject matter into such a continuous whole that it may be read through as an ordinary book.
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