ABSTRACT

The Saviour of the World covers each incident and each saying in the Bible and converts them to either a single poem, blank verse or rhymed stanza, according to the subject. This volume, called The Training of the Disciples, was originally published in 1914. This book will be of interest to students of both religious studies and English literature.

part Book I|1 pages

The Disciples in Training

chapter I|2 pages

Some tell the Pharisees

chapter II|4 pages

“What do we”

chapter III|2 pages

He tarried at Ephraim

chapter V|3 pages

The Samaritan Village

chapter VII|1 pages

“I will follow”

chapter VIII|2 pages

“Follow Me!”

chapter IX|2 pages

Fit for the Kingdom

chapter 10|2 pages

The Seventy are sent forth

chapter XI|2 pages

The Charge

chapter XII|1 pages

Woe unto thee, Chorazin!

chapter XIII|2 pages

The Return of the Seventy

chapter XIV|1 pages

“I Thank Thee, O Father!”

part Book II|1 pages

Rest and Service

chapter XVI|3 pages

Rest {The Disciple)

chapter XVII|2 pages

“Come unto Me”

chapter XVIII|2 pages

Restlessness (The Disciple)

chapter XIX|1 pages

At the fair (The Disciple)

chapter XX|2 pages

Happy Ye!

chapter XXI|1 pages

Who is my neighbour?

chapter XXII|5 pages

My neighbour

chapter XXIII|3 pages

At the house of Martha

chapter XXIV|1 pages

Satisfied (The Disciple)

chapter XXV|1 pages

The Good Part (The Disciple)

part Book III|1 pages

Of Prayer and Conflict

chapter XXVI|3 pages

Our Father

chapter XXVII|5 pages

The importunate prayer

chapter XXVIII|4 pages

Supply and Demand

chapter XXIX|3 pages

He cometh into an house

chapter XXX|2 pages

His friends heard it

chapter XXXI|3 pages

One possessed with a devil

chapter XXXII|5 pages

Consistency

chapter XXXIV|4 pages

The unpardonable sin

chapter XXXV|2 pages

The unclean spirit returning

chapter XXXVI|1 pages

The empty house (The disciple)

chapter XXXVII|1 pages

“Blessed is the womb”

chapter XXXVIII|3 pages

The Sign of Jonah

part Book IV|1 pages

Of Self-Deception and of Signs

chapter XXXIX|4 pages

“Woe unto you, Pharisees”

chapter XLIII|2 pages

“Beware of hypocrisy”

chapter XLIV|3 pages

“Whom ye shall fear”

chapter XLV|2 pages

“Who made Me a judge?”

chapter XLVI|1 pages

Possessions

chapter XLVII|4 pages

The rich fool

chapter XLVIII|3 pages

“Be not anxious”

chapter XLIX|3 pages

The watchful servants

chapter L|2 pages

The thief in the night

chapter LII|2 pages

The faithful steward

chapter LIII|1 pages

Knowledge and responsibility

chapter LIV|3 pages

“How am I straitened!”

chapter LV|3 pages

Weather Signs

chapter LVI|1 pages

‘Those Galilæans“

chapter LVII|3 pages

The barren fig-tree

chapter LVIII|3 pages

“A spirit of infirmity“

chapter LIX|3 pages

On the way

chapter LX|3 pages

“The doors were shut“

chapter LXI|2 pages

“That fox”

chapter LXII|3 pages

Lamentation over Jerusalem

chapter LXIII|3 pages

Our City {The Disciple)

chapter LXIV|3 pages

Dinner on Sabbath

chapter LXV|3 pages

The Judge in presence

chapter LXVI|1 pages

The host reproved

chapter LXVII|3 pages

The Great Supper

chapter LXVIII|2 pages

The Call (The Disciple)

chapter LXIX|3 pages

Counting the cost

chapter LXX|2 pages

The lost sheep

chapter LXXI|2 pages

The lost piece of silver

chapter LXXII|5 pages

The Prodigal Son

chapter LXXIII|1 pages

Divine forgiveness (The Disciple)