Project Gutenberg 2023-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 135 Stables, Gordon 1840 1910 Stables, William Gordon Stables, W. Gordon (William Gordon) Gordon-Stables, W. From ploughshare to pulpit : $b A tale of the battle of life $aLondon :$bJames Nisbet & Co., $c1895. Al Haines, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "From Ploughshare to Pulpit: A Tale of the Battle of Life" by Gordon Stables is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story primarily follows Sandie M‘Crae, a determined ploughman-student, who aspires to become a clergyman while contending with the challenges of rural life and his own ambitions. The narrative explores themes of perseverance, friendship, and the pastoral beauty of Scotland, illustrating Sandie's journey from his humble beginnings to the complexities of university life. The opening of the novel sets a vivid and serene scene in the Scottish Highlands, focusing on Mackenzie, the cheerful local minister, on a beautiful spring day. As he prepares to visit an ailing elder parishioner, readers get a glimpse of the idyllic setting filled with detail about the landscape, flora, and fauna. The atmosphere shifts dramatically as Mackenzie and his daughter Maggie May's lives are endangered by an uncontrollable pony, Larnie. The scene culminates in a heroic moment when Sandie M‘Crae intervenes to save them, establishing him as a central and noble character. This pointer introduces Sandie's aspirations and foreshadows the challenges he will face as he navigates life, love, and loyalty while nurturing his ambition of becoming a minister. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20220616045246stables 1895 GB Reading ease score: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Friendship -- Juvenile fiction College students -- Juvenile fiction Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction Shipwrecks -- Juvenile fiction Farm life -- Juvenile fiction Youth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Diligence -- Juvenile fiction Success -- Juvenile fiction Courtship -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 482777 2025-06-28T11:45:20.868334 text/html 455371 2023-11-01T10:19:29 text/html 1636717 2025-06-28T11:45:29.904328 application/epub+zip 1639657 2025-06-28T11:45:22.955322 application/epub+zip 479202 2025-06-28T11:45:21.841331 application/epub+zip 2738819 2025-06-28T11:45:34.622234 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2697863 2025-06-28T11:45:28.664313 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 424386 2025-06-28T11:45:19.392315 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 404574 2023-11-01T10:19:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18552 2025-06-28T11:45:34.763275 application/rdf+xml 23417 2025-06-28T11:45:22.053312 image/jpeg 3461 2025-06-28T11:45:21.947295 image/jpeg 1455236 2025-06-28T11:45:20.924337 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia