"Quiet Talks on Service" is the third volume as part of a series that looks at the elements of the Christian life in the way of service, power, prayer, and living. Gordon explores the need for spiritual discipline in the Christian walk. Gordon, who served as the assistant secretary of the YMCA in Philadelphia for two years, believed it is necessary to live what the average Christian believes.

"Born in London's poverty-stricken and heavily Jewish East End, the Lipcott boys create their own successes in life and love. The brothers' commitment to improving the lives of working class people leads them to concoct The Scheme to help both the residents of their former neighbourhood and the Jewish people as a whole. The author stresses the responsibility of middle class Jews toward the Jewish poor. Consequently, this 1900 story has its preachy moments as well as some essentialised spec...