Note 2: In His Steps

In His Steps
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In His Steps
Image:In His Steps (Front Cover).jpg
Author Charles Monroe Sheldon
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Religious novel
Publisher Chicago Advance[1]
Publication date 1896
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN ISBN 0-8007-8608-4

In His Steps is a best-selling book written by Charles Monroe Sheldon. First published in 1896, the fictional book has sold more than 30,000,000 copies, which ranks as the 39th best-selling book of all time, along with Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls. The full title of the book is: In His Steps: "What Would Jesus Do?".

Though variations of the secondary title "What would Jesus do" have been used by Christians for centuries as a form of imitatio dei, the imitation of God, it gained much greater currency following Charles Sheldon's 1896 book.

Chicago Advance, the original publisher, failed to register the copyright in the proper form. Other publishers took advantage of this fact publishing the book without paying the author any royalties. Thus lower prices and multiple publishers led to larger sales,

Note 1: Brotherhood of Kingdom from 1892

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brotherhood_of_the_Kingdom

1. Every member shall by personal life exemplify obedience to the ethics of Jesus.

2. Each member shall propagate the thoughts of Jesus to the limits of his or her ability, in private conversation, by correspondence, and through the pulpit, platform and press.
3. Each member shall lay special stress on the social aims of Christianity, and shall endeavor to make Christ’s teachings concerning wealth operative in the church.
4. On the other hand, member shall take pains to keep in contact with the common people, and to infuse the religious spirit into the efforts for social amelioration.
5. The members shall seek to strengthen the bond of brotherhood by frequent meetings for prayer and discussion, by correspondence, exchange of articles written, etc.
6. Regular reports shall be made of the work done by members in such manner as the executive committee may appoint.
7. The members shall seek to procure for one another opportunities for public propaganda.
8. If necessary, they shall give their support to one another in the public defense of the truth, and shall jealously guard the freedom of discussion for any man who is impelled by the love of the truth to utter his thoughts.