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CONTENTS
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| I. EVERY MAN’S LIFE A PLAN OF GOD. |
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Isaiah xlv 5.—“I girded, thee, though thou hast not known me.” |
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| II. THE SPIRIT IN MAN. |
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Job xxxli. 8.—“But there is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.” |
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| III. DIGNITY OF HUMAN NATURE SHOWN FROM ITS RUINS. |
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Romans iii. 13-18.—“Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips. Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood. Destruction and misery are in their ways. And the way of peace they have not known. There is no fear of God before their eyes.” |
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| IV. THE HUNGER OF THE SOUL. |
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Luke xv. 17.—“And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger.” |
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| V. THE REASON OF FAITH. |
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John vi. 36.—“But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me and believe not.” |
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VI. REGENERATION. |
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John iii. 3.—“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God.” |
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| VII. THE PERSONAL LOVE AND LEAD OF CHRIST. |
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John x. 3.—“And he calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out.” |
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| VIII. LIGHT ON THE CLOUD. |
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Job xxxvii. 21.—“And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.” |
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| IX. THE CAPACITY OF RELIGION EXTIRPATED BY DISUSE |
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Matthew xxv. 28.—“Take, therefore, the talent from him.” |
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| X. UNCONSCIOUS INFLUENCE |
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John xx. 8.—“Then went in also that other disciple.” |
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| XI. OBLIGATION A PRIVILEGE |
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Psalm cxix. 54.—“Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.” |
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| XII. HAPPINESS AND JOY. |
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John xv. 11.—“These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.” |
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XIII. THE TRUE PROBLEM OF CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE |
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Revelations ii. 4.—“Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.” |
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| XIV. THE LOST PURITY RESTORED |
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1 John, iii. 3.—“And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.” |
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| XV. LIVING TO GOD IN SMALL THINGS |
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Luke xvi. 10.—“He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least, is unjust also in much.” |
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| XVI. THE POWER OF AN ENDLESS LIFE. |
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Hebrews vii. 16.—” Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.” |
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| XVII. RESPECTABLE SIN |
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John viii. 9.—“And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out, one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last, and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.” |
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| XVIII. THE POWER OF GOD IN SELF-SACRIFICE. |
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1 Corinthians i. 24.—“Christ the power of God.” |
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XIX. DUTY NOT MEASURED BY OUR OWN ABILITY |
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Luke ix. 18.—“But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat.” |
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| XX. HE THAT KNOWS GOD WILL CONFESS HIM |
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Psalm xl. 10.—“I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy truth from the great congregation.” |
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| XXI. THE EFFICIENCY OF THE PASSIVE VIRTUES |
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Revelations i. 9.—“The kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ.” |
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| XXII. SPIRITUAL DISLODGEMENTS. |
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Jeremiah xlviii. 8.—“Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity; therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.” |
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| XXIII. CHRIST AS SEPARATE FROM THE WORLD. |
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Hebrews vii. 26.—“Separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens” |
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