FELLOWSHIP IN ACHAN’S FALL 1
JOSHUA xxii. 20.
SILENT SYMPATHY 6
JOB ii. 13.
THE TEMPTER’S “IT IS WRITTEN” 10
ST. MATTHEW iv. 6, sq.
ROYALTY REMINDED OF THE POOR 15
DANIEL iv. 27.
WIND, EARTHQUAKE, FIRE, AND STILL SMALL VOICE 32
1 KINGS xix. 11, 12.
HAMAN HANGED ON HIS OWN GALLOWS 41
ESTHER vii. 10.
TO-DAY’S SUFFICING EVIL, AND TO-MORROW’S FORECAST CARE 47
ST. MATTHEW vi. 34.
MEDICAMENTAL MUSIC 55
1 SAMUEL xvi. 23.
FREE FROM RIGHTEOUSNESS 60
ROMANS vi. 20.
THE SERVICE OF FREEDOM 66
ST. MATTHEW xi. 29, 30.
THE DISCREET SILENCE OF FOLLY 70
PROVERBS xvii. 28.
PENAL PREVISION 76
1 SAMUEL xxvii. 19, 20.
BEATIFIC VISION AND OVERSHADOWING CLOUD 86
ST. LUKE ix. 34.
THE SPREADING GOURD AND THE SPEEDING WORM 91
JONAH iv. 6-8.
SELF-PRAISE 96
PROVERBS xxvii. 2.
PAINTED FACE, TIRED HEAD, AND EXPOSED SKULL 101
2 KINGS ix. 30, 35.
THE CARCASE OF JEZEBEL ON THE FACE OF THE FIELD 104
2 KINGS ix. 37.
“CONSIDER THE LILIES” 109
ST. MATTHEW vi. 28.
A HISTRIONIC ASPECT OF LIFE 114
1 CORINTHIANS vii. 31.
PHARAOH’S ALTERNATIONS OF AMENDMENT AND RELAPSE 125
EXODUS vii.-x. _passim_.
SLEEP AND DEATH 134
ST. JOHN xi. 11-14.
ELIAB AND DAVID IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH 139
1 SAMUEL xvii. 28.
THE PROPHET IN HIS OWN COUNTRY 143
ST. LUKE iv. 24.
DESIRED BOON: REALIZED BANE 147
PSALM cvi. 15; lxxviii. 22, sq.
“AND HE DIED” 156
GENESIS v. _passim_.
AN ULTRA-PROTESTER 165
ST. MATTHEW xxvi. 33-35; 69-75.
FLEETING SHADOWS 170
JOB xiv. 2.
HARAN TAKEN: TERAH LEFT 182
GENESIS xi. 28.
THE MOTE AND THE BEAM 187
ST. MATTHEW vii. 5.
STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS 192
1 PETER ii. 11.
THE FALSITY OF THE FAMILIAR FRIEND 200
PSALM xli. 9.
“JUDGE NOT” 208
ST. MATTHEW vii. 1.
PART-KNOWLEDGE 224
1 CORINTHIANS xiii. 9.
RULING THE WAVES 231
PSALM cxiv. 1-5; ST. MARK iv. 39.
IN DEADLY PERIL UNAWARES 237
1 SAMUEL xxvi. 8-25.
NO LEISURE 242
ST. MARK vi. 31.
A PROPHYLACTIC KNIFE TO THE THROAT 249
PROVERBS xxiii. 2.
HAZAEL’S ABHORRENT REPUDIATION OF HIS FUTURE SELF 255
2 KINGS viii. 13.
THE OPEN RIGHT HAND’S SECRET FROM THE LEFT 259
ST. MATTHEW vi. 3.
TO-MORROW 263
ST. JAMES iv. 13, 14.
THE DIVINE AUTHORSHIP OF ORDER 273
1 CORINTHIANS xiv. 33, 40.
SWEET SLEEP AND ITS FORFEITURE 282
PROVERBS iii. 24.
ONCE DENIED, THRICE DENIED 286
ST. MATTHEW xxvi. 69, sq.
LINKED LIES 290
GENESIS xxvii. 19-24.
A TIME TO WEEP, AND A TIME TO LAUGH 296
ECCLESIASTES iii. 4.
DISALLOWED DESIGNS 301
PROVERBS xix. 21
MAN DEVISING: GOD DIRECTING 305
PROVERBS xvi. 9.
A PURSEBEARER’S PROTEST AGAINST PURPOSELESS WASTE 309
ST. JOHN xii. 5.
LIGHT AT EVENING-TIME 313
ZECHARIAH xiv. 7.
WISHED-FOR DAY 323
ACTS xxvii. 29.
THE MORE THAN BROTHERHOOD OF A BOSOM FRIEND 328
PROVERBS xviii. 24.
MANY YEARS TO ENJOY LIFE: THIS NIGHT TO DIE 333
ST. LUKE xii. 19, 20.
GREAT BABYLON BUILT: A BUILDER’S BOAST 337
DANIEL iv. 29-33.
INVOCATION AND INACTION 342
EXODUS xiv. 15.
CO-OPERANT UNITS 348
EPHESIANS iv. 16.
SUBORDINATE, NOT SUPERFLUOUS; OR, DEPRECIATED MEMBERSHIP 353
1 CORINTHIANS xii. 22.
THE WRATH-DISPELLING POWER OF A SOFT ANSWER 357
PROVERBS xv. 1.
A TWICE-TOLD TALE OF YEARS 361
ECCLESIASTES vi. 6.
DAYBREAK NO SOLACE: NIGHTFALL NO RELIEF 365
DEUTERONOMY xxviii. 36, 37.
BUYER’S BARGAIN AND BOAST 367
PROVERBS xx. 14.
GRAY-HAIRED UNAWARES 372
HOSEA vii. 9.
RESTRAINED ANGER 376
PROVERBS xvi. 32.
EVANESCENCE OF THE EARLY DEW 381
HOSEA vi. 3.
EARS TO HEAR 386
ST. LUKE viii. 8.
NOT ALONE IN THE VALLEY OF SHADOWS 389
PSALM xxiii. 4.