Chains of Gold: Charlie Q.’s struggle to be free of intangible, invisible chains

כריכה קדמית
AuthorHouse, 29 באוג׳ 2007 - 324 עמודים

 

            Charlie O’Malley is filled with grief, anxiety and hopelessness as he stands on the banks of Lake Erie and contemplates suicide.  Jewel Brady, an avowed atheist has just broken their engagement because she cannot endure being married to a preacher.  The temptation to throw himself into the dark, roiling waters of the lake pulls him toward the bank. 

            You first met Charlie and Jewel in the books Anguish of the Innocent  and Guilt in Disguise when they fell in love in high school.  Charlie’s decision to be a preacher was the catalyst, which tore them apart.  Now Charlie must decide whether to marry the girl he loves or follow through on his commitment to God. 

            In her despair and depression, Jewel casts aside her moral convictions and  begins a destructive lifestyle, which puts her in situations that have life-long consequences.

            Charlie’s brother, Hubert and Jewel begin a romantic relationship, unaware of the other’s relationship to Charlie. 

            World War I and the great influenza epidemic bring death and grief to Buffalo, so Charlie must decide whether to join the military or stay home and minister to the people in his church. 

            You will weep with the broken hearted, rejoice with the victorious and hope for a solution to a seemingly hopeless situation when you read Chains of Gold set in Buffalo, New York in Nineteen-seventeen. 

 

Carolyn Erickson, Retired Peace Corp volunteer:  This chapter in the life of Billy Richards (a.k.a. Charlie Q. O’Malley, II) takes him from hopelessness and despair to the strong belief in his life’s mission.  The spiritual strength he grows into along the way helps him in his relationships to himself, his friends, and an almost lost brother.  In this, he is a lot like the rest of us.

 

        

מתוך הספר

מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל

מונחים וביטויים נפוצים

קטעים בולטים

עמוד 5 - For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
עמוד ix - God is our refuge and strength : a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed : and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea : Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled : though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
עמוד 5 - Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: But Thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: For Thou hast cast all my sins behind Thy back.
עמוד 299 - COME not, when I am dead, To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave, To trample round my fallen head, And vex the unhappy dust thou would'st not save. There let the wind sweep and the plover cry : But thou, go by. Child, if it were thine error or thy crime I care no longer, being all unblest : Wed whom thou wilt, but I am sick of Time, And I desire to rest. Pass on, weak heart, and leave me where I lie : Go by, go by.
עמוד 34 - Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging : and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
עמוד 260 - Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude ; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
עמוד 41 - Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
עמוד 53 - Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
עמוד 248 - There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.

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