2. To _a Christian Gentlewoman, on the death of a
Daughter._--Christ's Sympathy with, and Property in
us--Reasons for Resignation, 34
3. To _Lady Kenmure, on occasion of illness and spiritual
depression_.--Acquiescence in God's Purpose--Faith in
exercise--Encouragement in view of Sickness and
Death--Public Affairs, 36
4. To _Lady Kenmure, on death of her infant Daughter_.--
Tribulation the Portion of God's People, and intended
to wean them from the World, 40
5. To _Lady Kenmure, when removing from Anwoth_.--Changes--
Loss of Friends--This World no abiding Place, 42
6. To _Marion M'Naught, telling of his Wife's illness_.--Inward
Conflict, arising from Outward Trial, 44
7. To _Lady Kenmure_.--The Earnest of the Spirit--Communion
with Christ--Faith in the Promises, 46
8. To _Marion M'Naught_.--His Wife's Illness--Wrestlings with
God, 49
9. To _Marion M'Naught_.--Recommending a Friend to her
Care--Prayers asked, 50
10. To _Marion M'Naught_.--Submission, Perseverance, and Zeal
recommended, 50
11. To _Lady Kenmure_.--God's Inexplicable Dealings with His
People well ordered--Want of Ordinances--Conformity
to Christ--Troubles of the Church--Mr. Rutherford's
Wife's Death, 52
12. To _Marion M'Naught_.--God Mixeth the Cup--The Reward of
the Wicked--Faithfulness--Forbearance--Trials, 54
13. To _Marion M'Naught, when exposed to reproach for her
principles_.--Jesus a Pattern of Patience under
Suffering, 57
14. To _Marion M'Naught, in prospect of the Lord's Supper_.--
Abundance in Jesus--The Restoration of the Jews--
Enemies of God, 58
15. To _Marion M'Naught_.--The threatened Introduction of the
Service-Book--Troubles of the Church--Private Wrongs, 60
16. To _Marion M'Naught_.--Proposal to Remove him from Anwoth--
Babylon's Destruction, and Christ's Coming--The Young
invited, 62
17. To _Marion M'Naught_.--The Prospects of the Church--
Arminianism--Call to Prayer--No Help but in Christ, 64
18. To _Marion M'Naught, in prospect of the Lord's Supper_.--
Prayer Solicited--The Church's Prospects, 66
19. To _Lady Kenmure_.--Encouragement to Abound in Faith from
the Prospect of Glory--Christ's Unchangeableness, 67
20. To _Lady Kenmure_.--Assurance of Christ's Love under
Trials--Fulness of Christ--Hope of Glory, 69
21. To _Lady Kenmure_.--Self-denial--Hope of Christ's Coming--
Loving God for Himself, 72
22. To _John Kennedy_.--Deliverance from Shipwreck--Recovery
from threatened Death--Use of Trials--Remembrance
of Friends, 74
23. To _Lady Kenmure_.--Exhorting to remember her Espousal to
Christ--Tribulation a Preparation for the Kingdom--
Glory in the End, 77
24. To _Marion M'Naught_.--Christ and His Garden--Provision
of Ordinances in the Church--Our Children, 80
25. To _a Gentleman at Kirkcudbright, excusing himself from
visiting_, 83
26. To _Marion M'Naught, after her dangerous illness_.--Use
of Sickness--Reproaches--Christ our Eternal Feast--
Fasting, 83
27. To _Lady Kenmure_.--Love to Christ and Submission to His
Cross--Believers kept--The Heavenly Paradise, 85
28. To _Lady Kenmure, after the death of a child_.--The State
of the Church, Cause for God's Displeasure--His Care
of His Church--The Jews--Afflicted Saints, 87
29. To _Marion M'Naught_.--Christ with His People in the
Furnace of Affliction--Prayer, 89
30. To _Lady Kenmure_.--Rank and Prosperity hinder Progress--
Watchfulness--Case of Relatives, 90