{"product_id":"the-gospel-of-out-of-francis-e-clark-9781621714217","title":"The Gospel of Out of Doors","description":"The \u003cb\u003e digital copies \u003c\/b\u003e of this book are available for \u003cb\u003e free \u003c\/b\u003e at First Fruits website. \u003cbr\u003e place.asburyseminary.edu\/firstfruits \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHY THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e There are two kinds of books. One kind couldn't be helped. The other kind could be helped, but their writers were compelled to write, by a sense of duty to a cause or an idea, or they were written with an eye to the royalties. Not that one kind is nec- essarily any better than the other. The author of the couldn't-be-helped book may maunder on about his favorite subject as a lover babbles about his mistress, never quite happy unless he can find a sympathetic ear into which he can pour her charms. The author of the could-be-helped book may bring to his tasks the research of a student and the industry of a lifetime, and produce a work that the world will not willingly let die. But I venture to say that the author of the couldn't-be-helped book will enjoy himself more while he is at work on it, and will not quarrel with the world if his book doesn't prove to be a \"best seller.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e I will confess without a blush that this book is of the latter class. I have come un- der the spell of the out of doors on the old farm. It would be hard not to write about it even if nobody read what I wrote. Like an old minister whom I once knew, who, after he retired from active service, though he never expected to preach again, still wrote a sermon for his barrel every week, so I should be inclined, if worst came to worst, to write about my farm, even if my essays were to be forever confined to the unsympathetic em- brace of a drawer in my study desk. How- ever, a number of partial friends have ex- pressed their pleasure in some of these es- says, when published in various periodicals, and it requires but a slight amount of such en- couragement to incline one to -bind the chil- dren of his love between boards and give them to the world. I have, too, a purpose not altogether egoistic in their publication, and that is that other men and women, en- couraged by my own experience of the joy, the comfort, and the health that come from an old farm, may feel its lure, learn its joy, and experience its health-giving comforts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e F.E.C.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Francis E. Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1621714217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621714217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e First Fruits Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.36d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Francis E. Clark","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442446086399,"sku":"9781621714217","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_23274c30-7f1b-4efc-a5f8-7cbfc11401ab.jpg?v=1777197467","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-gospel-of-out-of-francis-e-clark-9781621714217","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}