Other editions of book The Robbers' Cave

A beautiful tale of redemption and adventure. Horace is a young arrogant Englishman vacationing in Italy with his mother. Reckless and unthoughtful, he puts himself in danger and is captured by a group of bandits. In his time in, “The Robbers Cave”, he meets a young man named Raphael. Raphael is, at the risk of his own life and comfort, choosing to minister among the bandits. Horace is provoked to think about his own Christianity and what it means to him. A touching and encouraging story.

A beautiful tale of redemption and adventure. Horace is a young arrogant Englishman vacationing in Italy with his mother. Reckless and unthoughtful, he puts himself in danger and is captured by a group of bandits. In his time in, “The Robbers Cave”, he meets a young man named Raphael. Raphael is, at the risk of his own life and comfort, choosing to minister among the bandits. Horace is provoked to think about his own Christianity and what it means to him. A touching and encouraging story.

Horace and his mother Mrs. Cleveland embarked on a journey through dangerous robber infested country. The adventures that followed in a remote cave show how God was at work in those who were held captive. Horace was shackled for ransom, but the robbers were bound by different chains. A.L.O.E. develops this spiritual metaphor and points to being set free in Christ. "The Bible was to him as the Father's letter, treasured in the bosom of the Son; as the charter by which he held all his dearest hopes; as the 'pardon signed and sealed' granted to the prisoner by the grace of his King.