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Heart Talks A Volume of Confidential Talks
on the Problems, Privileges, and
Duties of the Christian Life, Designed
to Comfort, Encourage,
Strengthen and Instruct
by C. W. Naylor
1922
Reprinted 1982 by
Faith Publishing House
Guthrie, Oklahoma
CONTENTS
Concerning The Author
Preface
Reprint Publisher's Foreword (February, 1982)
Talk One. What It Means To Trust The Lord
Talk Two. The Blessing Of Dissatisfaction
Talk Three. Why I Believe The Old Book
Talk Four. He Maketh Me To Lie Down
Talk Five. Blighted Blossoms
Talk Six. Meeting The Lions
Talk Seven. Egg Shell Christians
Talk Eight. Two Ways Of Seeing
Talk Nine. The Living Bible
Talk Ten. Heeding Intuitional Warnings
Talk Eleven. Doing Something Worth While
Talk Twelve. Home Made Clouds
Talk Thirteen. It Pleased The Lord To Bruise Him
Talk Fourteen. Putting Clouds Over The Sun
Talk Fifteen. What Is Your Word Worth?
Talk Sixteen. How To Keep Out Of Trouble
Talk Seventeen. What The Redbird Told Me
Talk Eighteen. What Old Bill Could Not Do
Talk Nineteen. Divine And Worldly Conformity
Talk Twenty. Baptized With Fire
Talk Twenty One. What To Do With The Devil
Talk Twenty Two. Waiting On The Lord
Talk Twenty Three. Three Necessary "Rations"
Talk Twenty Four. A Retreat, Or A Rout?
Talk Twenty Five. My Dream Message
Talk Twenty Six. When God Withdraws Himself
Talk Twenty Seven. What Happened To Solomon
Talk Twenty Eight. Fighting The Good Fight Of Faith
Talk Twenty Nine. How Are Your Ear Connections?
Talk Thirty. Fret Not Thyself
Talk Thirty One. Being Easily Entreated
Talk Thirty Two. Following "Whithersoever"
Talk Thirty Three. Paul's Persuasion
Talk Thirty Four. In Christ And In Ephesus
Talk Thirty Five. The Practical Side Of Religion
Talk Thirty Six. Do You Need Patience?
Talk Thirty Seven. Stumbling Stones, Or Stepping Stones?
Talk Thirty Eight. Use What You Have
Talk Thirty Nine. Where The Joy Is
Talk Forty. Blowing The Clouds Away
Talk Forty One. How To Fertilize Love
Talk Forty Two. How To Overcome Disappointment
Talk Forty Three. The Big End Of Trouble
Talk Forty Four. Self Made Barriers
Talk Forty Five. How To Work God's Joy Machine
Talk Forty Six. Be Brave
Talk Forty Seven. "But Jesus Sent Him Away" (Luke 8: 38)
Talk Forty Eight. Getting The Kernel
Talk Forty Nine. Two Sunsets
Talk Fifty. The Sculptor's Work
Talk Fifty One. The Helplessness Of The Gospel
Talk Fifty Two. He Careth For You
Talk Fifty Three. Three Tests Of Love
Talk Fifty Four. Two Ways Of Rising
Talk Fifty Five. Getting Even
Talk Fifty Six. Do You Know Yourself?
Talk Fifty Seven. Balkers
Talk Fifty Eight. Sponges And Watering Cans
Talk Fifty Nine. The Final Retrospect
Footnotes
CONCERNING THE AUTHOR
[Illustration]
C. W. Naylor
The author of Heart Talks has been peculiarly qualified for his task by
a training of the soul in the school of suffering. After thirteen years in
the ministry, as a result of an internal injury he has been compelled to
spend the last thirteen years in his bed day and night, a constant
sufferer. He has known the experience of long and intense suffering with
no hope of relief from any human source, and with no other prospect for
the future than that of remaining a helpless invalid for life and without
a means of earning a livelihood. He has learned to trust God for the
supply of his temporal needs because there was no other to trust. He has
learned to commune with God by being deprived of the opportunity of
mingling much with his fellow men.
Yet he has not lost the joy out of life. He still does what he can to
build up the kingdom of God and bless his fellow men by his words of good
cheer. He is still interested in the events of the world, and especially
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