The Round of the Clock: The Story of Our Lives from Year to Year

by William Robertson Nicoll

Publisher:

Wordsearch

, 2012

Overview

Originally published in 1910, The Round of the Clock explores the stages of life by comparing each year to time on a clock. Nicoll explains what experiences and situations we might come across every five years. He also includes a list of what notable people accomplished at certain years in their life. Some sample chapters include Has the Length of Life Increased?Who Can Tell What a Baby Thinks?The New Hero and Heroine: From Five to TenThe School-Boy: From Ten to FifteenSturm Und Drang: From Fifteen to Twenty"The Turn of the Road and You."—From Twenty to Twenty-Five"When Our Children Are About Us": From Thirty to Thirty-Five About the Author Sir William Robertson Nicoll was an ordained minister of the Free Church at Dufftown, Banffshire. In 1886 he moved south to London and began his editorship of The Expositor and the British Weekly, posts which he held for the rest of his life. He made the British Weekly widely influential, published several religious and secular books, was knighted in 1909, and was made a companion of honor (a prestigious order) two years before his death in 1923.Nicoll was a prolific editor of expository works and left behind a literary legacy that has placed all preachers in his debt. This scholar is rightly remembered for such works as The Expositor's Bible,The Expositor's Dictionary of Texts,The Sermon Bible,and the Expositor's Greek Testament, all of which he edited.

Product Details

• Title: The Round of the Clock: The Story of Our Lives from Year to Year
• Author: William Robertson Nicoll
• Publisher: Wordsearch
• Print Publication Date: 2012
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Christian living
• Resource ID: LLS:WS_61D5B5DA0085483F8B0949DB520799C7
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2021-10-12T20:21:52Z

About William Robertson Nicoll

W. Robertson Nicoll (1851–1923) was a pastor, journalist, and editor. He studied at the University of Aberdeen until 1874, when he was ordained as a minister. He served as the editor of The Expositor and the British Weekly.

 

Nicoll wrote the complete Expositor’s Greek Testament commentary series and edited The Expositor’s Bible.