Produced by Al Haines. A DAY AT A TIME AND OTHER TALKS ON LIFE AND RELIGION BY THE REV. ARCH. ALEXANDER, M.A., B.D. Author of "The Glory in the Grey" SECOND EDITION LONDON: H. R. ALLENSON, LIMITED RACQUET COURT, FLEET STREET, E.C. _Printed in Great Britain_ _by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh_ THIS BOOK WRITTEN IN WAR-TIME TO MINISTER COMFORT AND IF IT MAY BE TO REINFORCE HOPE AND FAITH IS DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO SIR JOHN R. JELLICOE G.C.B., K.C.V.O. ADMIRAL OF THE GRAND FLEET "There are nettles everywhere, But smooth green grasses are more common still; The blue of heaven is larger than the cloud." E. B. BROWNING CONTENTS 1. A DAY AT A TIME 2. GOD IN THE WHEELS 3. A TRIPLE BEST 4. FINICAL FARMING 5. THE DOCTOR 6. WELL AND NOW 7. THE "WASHEN FACE" IN WAR TIME 8. THE REAL MARTHA 9. OUR UNEARNED INCREMENT 10. SMOKING WICKS 11. CULPABLE GOODNESS 12. A KHAKI VIRTUE 13. THE OVERCOMING OF PANIC 14. THE DAY’S DARG 15. GASHMU THE GOSSIP 16. GOD IN FRONT 17. "UNBELIEF KEPT QUIET" 18. THE EQUIPMENT OF JOY 19. THE GOD OF THE UNLOVABLE MAN 20. UNDER THE JUNIPER TREE 21. INSTRUCTING THE CABIN BOY 22. GOD’S DOOR OF HOPE 23. NOWADAYS 24. ROUNDABOUT ROADS 25. THE EXTRAVAGANCE OF LOVE 26. THE ART OF DOING WITHOUT 27. WONDER 28. THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD 29. THE UNRETURNING BRAVE 30. THE SACRAMENT OF SUNSET "_As thy days, so shall thy strength be._" (DEUTERONOMY xxxiii. 25.) I A DAY AT A TIME If any one of us knows a word of hope or has picked up a message of comfort anywhere, it is his plain duty to share it, these days. We owe it to each other to cherish as exceeding precious, and to pass on to others, every brave and helpful word or thought we come across.