The Glory in the Grey: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Glory in the Grey, credited to Archibald Alexander, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Glory in the Grey by Archibald Alexander. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. It sometimes happens, when we are dispirited, that God's gracious gift of reviving comes to us along a very ordinary channel--in the form, perhaps, of some tonic, heartening passage found in reading, or the "morning face" and cheerful greeting of a friend. That is often all that we need--when our hurt is not serious-- to send us back with a new zest and courage to our tasks; and that is the sort of usefulness which is desired for this book. It does not pretend to deal with the great themes or the great hours of the religious life, but only with some of its simple encouragements and ideals for everyday. There is a wide difference between the far-off flash of guidance which the sailor steers by in the darkness, and the humbler lights on board which he sees to do his work. Yet he needs them both. (From the Preface)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Glory in the Grey
• Author credits: Archibald Alexander
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 42
• Listed recording duration: 6:20:11

Catalogue topics

• devotional
• christian
• meditation
• Reflection

Opening tracks: first 24 of 42

1. 01 - God's Second-best — 8:16
2. 02 - On winding up a Clock — 13:05
3. 03 - The Odour of the Ointment — 7:33
4. 04 - Little Sanctuaries — 5:49
5. 05 - Impossible Bread — 9:33
6. 06 - Laughter — 8:49
7. 07 - Supposing — 5:47
8. 08 - By-products — 7:46
9. 09 - Busy Here and There — 6:36
10. 10 - ''Too Old at Forty'' — 7:40
11. 11 - Two-talent People — 10:05
12. 12 - The Mirage and the Pool — 10:04
13. 13 - The Duty of Praising People — 5:24
14. 14 - Building in Troublous Times — 7:51
15. 15 - Character in Three Dimensions — 10:36
16. 16 - The Peril of the Empty Heart — 6:00
17. 17 - The Storm and the Voice — 14:12
18. 18 - ''The Gift of a Day'' — 6:03
19. 19 - Burdens — 8:45
20. 20 - Furnishing the Inner Chamber — 10:07
21. 21 - The Other Little Ships — 10:33
22. 22 - Worry — 10:08
23. 23 - The Eyes of a Fool — 12:36
24. 24 - The Open Window — 9:29

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