Hugh Redwood
Oxford group writer and minister
God in the Shadows
large size paperback with built in dust jacket with fly leaf info
1932 4th printing
Hodder and Stoughton
fair to good condition
128 pages
its impossible to find the rare rare hard back here is a great condition copy of the book 1930s paperback
spine is cracking but intact
back end of outer spine has fraying on paper
still great acceptable copy
Hugh Redwood was a prolific Oxford Group writer- well read by Oxford groupers and early members of Alcoholics Anonymous. He also wrote God and the Listener, The Quiet Quest, God In The Slums, and God In The Shadows. Redwood was a close friend of A. J. Russell who wrote For Sinners Only, which was on Dr. Bob's required reading list.
Hugh Redwood was a well-known London journalist. He tells how at the time of disastrous floods in London, he found his way to a true faith. He saw the evidence of the reality of God at work in the lives of the Salvation Army officers who were working hard to bring relief to those in need.
He recounted one experience when they were trying to help a family who had lost everything.
The S. Army had been able to re-equip them as far as clothing was concerned with everything except shoes: there were no shoes left. However the workers were not worried for all they did was soaked in prayer. Four pairs were needed and they were sure that they would be provided. Just at that very moment a parcel was handed in. They opened it and inside were four pairs of shoes, all of the correct sizes.
The S. Army officers took it as a matter of course; they were so used to God answering their prayers.
Hugh Redwood’s comment was significant:
“You might call that coincidence” he said, “but if so, it is the first and only time I have seen four coincidences wrapped up in one brown paper parcel!!”
Coincidence or evidence? One wonders!
Hugh Redwood tells of a woman from the other side of the tracks who came to a local church to a women’s meeting. She was living with an Arab man and had a mixed-race baby with her. She liked the meeting and decided to come back again. But the minister met her at the door and said, I’m sorry, but I must ask you not to come to the meeting again. She stared at him, a puzzled frown on her face. The other women, the minister replied, say they will stop coming if you continue. Sir, she implored, I know I’ve done wrong, but isn’t there any place a sinner can go?
Jesus looked at a sinner and saw a human being with needs, a human being he could love. Love dictated that he go to those places and people where he was needed the most.