Author Bio Prefatory Notes Chapter 1

Soul-Help Papers
by
Isaiah Reid
Prefatory Notes

There are many problems that come up every day in the ordinary affairs of life, but the great problems are the soul problems.  These deal directly with character and destiny.  In this book some of these, in a natural, familiar way, are taken up and discussed for the benefit of the common reader.  Longer and more philosophic papers might with this class of readers lose their interest.  Briefer articles might not sufficiently carry the information.  A book of a different character might teach you how to make more money.  The writer of these pages would rather help you to build more stately soul-mansions.  Every soul has its Tarshish ships and its St. Bernard passes.1  The sidelights of those who have been over the road may help the reader in finding his way.  With the hope that such will be the case with every reader of these pages, this little book is committed to the great book-reading world, wherever it may go.  It is the hope of the writer that sometime in the Sweet By and By, both writer and reader shall meet and find joy and blessing in former acquaintance, though it be only by way of a book.  Till then, goodbye.

ISAIAH REID
Des Moines, Iowa 1904

Return to Top

 

Endnotes for Prefatory Notes to Soul-Help Papers

1 Soul-Help Papers originally carried with it a dual subtitle: “Tarshish Ships and Open Doors.”  (Indeed, when it was first published the book was sometimes referred to in reviews by the subtitle rather than the title.)  The subtitle was derived from the titles of the book’s first two chapters, “Tarshish Ships: Permission, or Approval of God?” and “Our St. Bernard’s Passes or Open Doors.”

Author Bio Prefatory Notes Chapter 1
Return to Top

 

You Can Help…

by making tax-de­duct­ible gifts to this ministry using PayPal’s secure services.

Jim’s Itinerary

14-20 May: Pastors’ train­ing conference, Guate­mala.
25 Jul-3 Aug: Pastors’ train­ing conferences in Costa Rica with Lend­A­Hand Mission Teams.

New & Featured

Poetry: Enjoy a famous Charles Wesley classic: Come, Sinners to the Gospel Feast!
If 'God So Loved the World,' Why Am I Not Allowed To?
Audio: Kernels of Wheat #16: If “God So Loved the World,” Why Am I Not Allowed To?
Walking into Maturity
Audio: Walking into Ma­tu­ri­ty is the topic of Kernels of Wheat #15.
Article: Isaiah Reid traces the path of spiritual growth through Ad­vance by Self-De­ni­al.
Waiting on the Lord
Audio: Waiting on the Lord is the Church’s only path to revival. Check out Grains from Gutteridge 7.
A New Gift from Jesus
Audio: Are you walking in A New Gift from Jesus?  Kernels of Wheat pod­cast #14.
The Love Meter
Audio: How do you rate on God's Love Meter?  Hear Kernels of Wheat podcast #13.
Poetry: Frances Ridley Havergal offers up a New Year’s prayer worth praying in Another Year Is Dawning!
Are You Fulfilling Bible Prophecy?
Audio: Kernels of Wheat Pod­cast #12, Are You Fulfilling Bible Pro­phe­cy?  Well, are you?
Article: Robert Murray McCheyne promotes systematic Scripture reading in Daily Bread: Reading Through the Word of God in a Year.
Article: Isaiah Reid explains how we get to Life Through Death.