Through the Gate of Good - or, Christ and Conduct

By James Allen

“Through the Gate of Good” is a 1903 self-help book by British writer James Allen that focuses on improving one's life by living without sin and by the values and virtues outlined by the Bible and Jesus's teachings. This timeless volume will appeal to those looking for spiritual guidance and wishing to improve their life and achieve true happiness. Contents include: “The Gate and the Way”, “The Law and the Prophets”, “The Yoke and the Burden”, “The Word and the Doer”, “The Vine and the Branches”, “Salvation this Day”, etc. James Allen (1864–1912) was a British writer most famous for his inspirational poetry and being an early leader of the self-help movement. “As a Man Thinketh” (1903), his best known work, has been a significant source of inspiration for many self-help authors. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.

• Language: English
• Publisher: White Press
• Release date: Oct 11, 2019
• ISBN: 9781528788236

James Allen

James Allen (1864-1912) was an English author, magazine editor and one of the founders of what would come to be known as the self-help genre. Including the works assembled by his wife after his death, Allen wrote 21 books, the most famous being As a Man Thinketh.

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THROUGH THE

GATES OF GOOD

OR

Christ and Conduct

By

JAMES ALLEN

First published in 1903

This edition published by Read Books Ltd.

Copyright © 2019 Read Books Ltd.

This book is copyright and may not be

reproduced or copied in any way without

the express permission of the publisher in writing

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

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Contents

INTRODUCTION

THE GATE AND THE WAY

THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS

THE YOKE AND THE BURDEN

THE WORD AND THE DOER

THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES

SALVATION THIS DAY

Success

He has achieved success

Who has lived well,

Laughed often, and loved much;

Who has enjoyed the trust of pure women,

The respect of intelligent men and the love of little children;

Who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;

Who has left the world better than he found it

Whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem or a rescued soul;

Who has never lacked appreciation of Earth's beauty or failed to express it;

Who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had;

Whose life was an inspiration;

Whose memory a benediction.

BESSIE ANDERSON STANLEY

INTRODUCTION

THE genius of the present age in matters spiritual is towards simplicity, and the hunger of the human heart is for Truth naked and uninvolved. That hunger will eventually bring about (is already bringing about) its own satisfaction, and here and there are men and women who, passing through the Gateway of Self-conquest, are entering into possession of the Transcendent Righteousness.

The closing years of the nineteenth century witnessed the culmination of Formalism, and the spiritual reaction is now firmly established. Already the end of old faiths and beginning of the new is discernible to all who have removed from their mental vision somewhat of the textual dust of dying creeds, and have penetrated, however faintly, that sublime region of Truth which is discoverable only by practice, and which is made manifest by pure thoughts and holy deeds.

The universal decay of effete religious systems which the world is witnessing today is matter for rejoicing; it is the death which precedes Life; it is the passing away of the false in order that the True may be more fully revealed. The True can, at worst, but remain hidden. It endures. It remains forever. Its invincibility cannot be qualified, and he who has but one momentary glimpse of the True can never again be anxious for its safety. That about which men are anxious is the false, which they mistake for the True, and this, in spite of