A Treasury of Gary W. Long's Writings

Compiled and edited by Douglas J. Holcomb

 

From the Introduction:

A collection of poems and stories written by Gary Wayne Long, late pastor of Sovereign Grace Baptist Church of Springfield, Missouri, and co-founder and President of Particular Baptist Press.

In the stories and poems in this collection, you can see that the Lord instilled in Brother Gary a purpose for writing. Bro. Gary had an underlying and overriding message he wanted to convey. He loved the Lord Jesus, he loved His Word, and he wanted people to know Him in a saving way. Many of his stories and poems are either explicitly Biblical or make a spiritual point. He viewed life and the world through a biblical lens, and he sought to convey the greater spiritual reality behind even seemingly mundane events. Brother Gary wanted people to think spiritually, to look for the spiritual point, to see God’s hand, and to find God Himself in the experiences of life. 

Something else that can be seen in his writings is his sense of humor. A number of his poems (and most of his stories) provide glimpses of his warm sense of humor, and he could turn what might have been rather prosaic accounts into laugh-out-loud memorable tales.

Finally, it should be very evident that music was also important to Brother Gary. He loved music that glorified and honored the Lord Jesus, and pointed sinners to Him as their only hope. He especially loved the grand old hymns of the faith, written back when the writers were theologians, not entertainers, as he used to remind us. Some of his poems are hymns that he wrote to some of the old familiar tunes, 33 of which are included in this volume."  

“A wordsmith, who would hope to become a versifier and maybe once write a real poem.”  —Gary W. Long

 

Contents:

Poems:

  The Person and Work of Jesus Christ

  The Gospel

  Salvation and the Christian Life

  God's Sovereignty and Providence

  The Scriptures

  Scriptural

  Historical 

  Cultural

  Humorous

  Poems for People

Stories:

  The Spirit of St. Compton

  Gone Fishin'

  The Good Old Days?

  Eyes, Ears, and Nose

  The "Real" West

  Lo Debar

  Adoption

  The Wrong Pasture

  Cut Loose! Cut Loose!

  Trash Bag Instructions

 My Favorite Teacher

Hymns

Indexes:

  Persons

  Subjects

  Titles of Poems and Hymns

 

316 pages, Hardcover in burgundy cloth vellum with gold stamping, Smyth-sewn binding on acid-free paper.