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The Jericho Road, by W. Bion Adkins
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Title: The Jericho Road
Author: W. Bion Adkins
Release Date: October 20, 2004 [eBook #13816]
Language: English
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THE JERICHO ROAD
by
W. BION ADKINS
Author of "Twelve Steps Toward Heaven," "The Anonymous Letter," etc.
1901
Like the rivers, forever running yet never passed, like the winds forever going yet never gone, so is Odd-Fellowship.
DEDICATION
WORTHY AND GENTLE BROTHERS
I DEDICATE THIS LITTLE BOOK TO THEE, SINCERELY HOPING THAT IT WILL AFFORD YOU MUCH PLEASURE AND BE THE MEANS OF INCITING YOU TO GREATER EFFORT IN BEHALF OF OUR BELOVED ORDER. MAY THY YEARS BE MANY AND THEIR SEASONS ALL GOLDEN AUTUMNS, RICH IN PURPLE CLUSTERS AND GARNERED DELIGHTS.
PREFACE
"I have lived much that I have not written, but I have written nothing that I have not lived, and the story of this book is but a plaintive refrain wrung from the over-burdened song of my life; while the tides of feeling, winding down the lines, had their sources in as many broken upheavals of my own heart." A book, like an implement, must be judged by its adaptation to its special design, however unfit for any ot