Algernon James Pollock (1864-1957), was the eldest son born to a Christian banker and his wife in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. At the age of eleven he made a profession of faith in Christ. Early in life he was introduced to leading figures amongst the Brethren (John Nelson Darby was entertained in the home when Algie was about fifteen). He followed his father into banking, but his true calling was to share the treasure he had found in heaven, and he left to become a full-time evangelist. He was an indefatigable apologist from the pulpit and in print wherever he saw the Christian faith under attack. He wrote several books, but he is probably best known for over fifty pamphlets containing critiques of deviations from Bible-based, Christ-centred Christianity. His ministry was not restricted to the United Kingdom; he travelled in the USA in 1898, and also visited Scandinavia, Spain, Germany and India.
The present volume is a compilation of Scripture texts, prose and poetry which shines the light of God’s Word into the darkness of disappointment, illness and bereavement. In such circumstances it brings encouragement, strength, illumination, understanding and comfort. First compiled over one hundred years ago, in the 21st Century its message of hope still lifts the spirit and draws the stressed, the discouraged and the sorrowful to the Saviour, who is the Prince of Peace.
