This Was His Faith

Dr. Campbell Morgan's letters, of which copies were always taken, numbered many thousands in the course of a lifetime. Dr. Morgan had friends all over the world, and received letters also from many people he had never met, or ever would meet personally. It was Dr. Morgan's annual custom to go over the letters he had received during the year, and the copies of his answers, and destroy all save a comparative few. These latter, numbering nearly 2,000, were preserved. The letters to which they were the answers had long since been destroyed, but a superficial examination showed the reason the answers had been retained. Somewhere in each one was a sentence or paragraph of general interest or information to any reader, particularly to a student of the Bible or a seeker for help from the Word of God in a time of anxiety, or doubt, or need for enlightenment. As they were carefully catalogued and grouped under subjects, a pattern became evident. The larger part of the inquiries was for help in Biblical exposition: What is the meaning of this verse, or that section? Some concerned the Church in its teaching and its witness. Many were answers to inquiries about death and the life beyond, especially during war times. This collection, while by no means an exhaustive treatise on any subject, Biblical or ethical, nor a gathering of all of Dr. Morgan's letters, does, however, reveal a cross section of the serious thinking pf people who wanted honest answers and practical help in understanding the Scriptures and in solving the problems that are universal among men the world over. The special attention of the reader is directed to the year in which each letter was written, as indicated above each selection. Most of the letters are placed in chronological order, but in some cases the grouping and subject matter take precedence.