The Eternal Choice by Joseph Hocking

“You don’t mind my being absolutely frank, do you?” continued Baxter after a somewhat awkward silence. “It’s years since I spoke to anyone about such things, and I really want to know.”

“To know what?” and the young minister looked at him wonderingly.

“Whether what you preach has any real meaning to you.”

“Why, hasn’t it to you?”

“Not a bit,” replied Baxter.


Joseph Hocking was a Cornish novelist and United Methodist Free Church minister. Like the American Presbyterian minister Edward Roe, Hocking’s novels combine rich characters with gripping stories. Joseph Hocking published more than 100 books and was greatly respected as a fiction writer. Hocking passed this life in 1937.

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  • Lutheran Library edition first published: 2019-12-26
  • Copyright: CC BY 4.0
Joseph Hocking
Joseph Hocking
(1860-1937)

Joseph Hocking (1860-1937), was a Cornish writer and United Methodist Free Church minister. His novels were immensely popular in his lifetime. Many of his 100 books are available at no charge from the Lutheran Library.

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