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共 354 题- EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE
- EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE
- SECOND KINGS FROM CHAP. VIII, AND CHRONICLES, EZRA, AND NEHEMIAH
- CONTENTS
- THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS
- THE STORY OF HAZAEL (2 Kings viii. 9-15)
- IMPURE ZEAL (2 Kings x. 18-31)
- JEHOIADA AND JOASH (2 Kings xi. 1-16)
- METHODICAL LIBERALITY (2 Kings xii. 4-15)
- THE SPIRIT OF POWER (2 Kings xiii. 16)
- A KINGDOM'S EPITAPH (2 Kings xvii. 6-18)
- DIVIDED WORSHIP (2 Kings xvii. 33)
- HEZEKIAH, A PATTERN OF DEVOUT LIFE (2 Kings xviii. 5, 6)
- THE REDISCOVERED LAW AND ITS EFFECTS (2 Kings xxii. 8-20)
- THE END (2 Kings xxv. 1-12)
- THE KING'S POTTERS (1 Chron. iv. 23)
- DAVID'S CHORISTERS (1 Chron. vi. 32, R.V. margin)
- DRILL AND ENTHUSIASM (1 Chron. xii. 33)
- DAVID'S PROHIBITED DESIRE AND PERMITTED SERVICE (1 Chron. xxii. 6-16)
- DAVID'S CHARGE TO SOLOMON (1 Chron. xxviii. 1-10)
- THE WAVES OF TIME (1 Chron. xxix. 30)
- THE SECOND BOOK OF CHRONICLES
- THE DUTY OF EVERY DAY (2 Chron. viii. 12-13, R.V.)
- CONTRASTED SERVICES (2 Chron. xii. 8)
- THE SECRET OF VICTORY (2 Chron. xiii. 18)
- ASA'S PRAYER (2 Chron. xiv. 11)
- THE SEARCH THAT ALWAYS FINDS (2 Chron. xv. 15)
- JEHOSHAPHAT'S REFORM (2 Chron. xvii. 1-10)
- AMASIAH (2 Chron. xvii. 16)
- A STRANGE BATTLE (2 Chron. xx. 12)
- HOLDING FAST AND HELD FAST (2 Chron. xx. 20)
- JOASH (2 Chron. xxiv. 2, 17)
- GLAD GIVERS AND FAITHFUL WORKERS (2 Chron. xxiv. 4-14)
- PRUDENCE AND FAITH (2 Chron. xxv. 9)
- JOTHAM (2 Chron. xxvii. 6)
- COSTLY AND FATAL HELP (2 Chron. xxviii. 23)
- A GODLY REFORMATION (2 Chron. xxix. 1-11)
- SACRIFICE RENEWED (2 Chron. xxix. 18-31)
- A LOVING CALL TO REUNION (2 Chron. xxx. 1-13)
- A STRANGE REWARD FOR FAITHFULNESS (2 Chron. xxxii. 1)
- MANASSEH'S SIN AND REPENTANCE (2 Chron. xxxiii. 9-16)
- JOSIAH (2 Chron. xxxiv. 1-13)
- JOSIAH AND THE NEWLY FOUND LAW (2 Chron. xxxiv. 11-28)
- THE FALL OF JUDAH (2 Chron. xxxvi. 11-21)
- EZRA
- THE EVE OF THE RESTORATION (Ezra i. 1-11)
- ALTAR AND TEMPLE (Ezra iii. 1-13)
- BUILDING IN TROUBLOUS TIMES (Ezra iv. 1-5)
- THE NEW TEMPLE AND ITS WORSHIP (Ezra vi. 14-22)
- GOD THE JOY-BRINGER (Ezra vi. 22)
- HEROIC FAITH (Ezra viii. 22, 23, 31, 32)
- THE CHARGE OF THE PILGRIM PRIESTS (Ezra viii. 29)
- THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH
- A REFORMER'S SCHOOLING (Neh. i. 1-11)
- THE CHURCH AND SOCIAL EVILS (Neh. i. 4)
- DISCOURAGEMENTS AND COURAGE (Neh. iv. 9-21)
- AN ANCIENT NONCONFORMIST (Neh. v. 15)
- READING THE LAW WITH TEARS AND JOY (Neh. viii. 1-12)
- THE JOY OF THE LORD (Neh. viii. 10)
- SABBATH OBSERVANCE (Neh. xiii. l5-22)
- THE BOOK OF ESTHER
- THE NET SPREAD (Esther iii. 1-11)
- ESTHER'S VENTURE (Esther iv. 10-17; v. 1-3)
- MORDECAI AND ESTHER (Esther iv. 14)
- THE NET BROKEN (Esther viii.3-8,15-17)
- THE BOOK OF JOB
- SORROW THAT WORSHIPS (Job i. 21)
- TWO KINDS OF HOPE (Job viii. 14; Romans v. 5)
- JOB'S QUESTION, JESUS' ANSWER (Job xiv. 14; John xi. 25,26)
- KNOWLEDGE AND PEACE (Job xxii. 21)
- WHAT LIFE MAY BE MADE (Job xxii. 26-29)
- THE PROVERBS
- A YOUNG MAN'S BEST COUNSELLOR (Proverbs i. 1-19)
- WISDOM'S CALL (Proverbs i. 20-33)
- THE SECRET OF WELL-BEING (Proverbs iii. 1-10)
- THE GIFTS OF HEAVENLY WISDOM (Proverbs iii. 11-24)
- THE TWO PATHS (Proverbs iv. 10-19)
- MONOTONY AND CRISES (Proverbs iv. 12)
- FROM DAWN TO NOON (Proverbs iv. 18; Matt. xiii. 43)
- KEEPING AND KEPT (Proverbs iv. 23; I Peter i. 5)
- THE CORDS OF SIN (Proverbs v. 22)
- WISDOM'S GIFT (Proverbs viii. 21)
- WISDOM AND CHRIST (Proverbs viii. 30, 31)
- THE POOR RICH AND THE RICH POOR (Proverbs xiii. 7)
- THE TILLAGE OF THE POOR (Proverbs xiii. 23)
- SIN THE MOCKER (Proverbs xiv. 9)
- HOLLOW LAUGHTER, SOLID JOY (Prov. xiv. 13; John xv. 11)
- SATISFIED FROM SELF (Proverbs xiv. 14)
- A BUNDLE OF PROVERBS (Proverbs xvi. 22-33)
- TWO FORTRESSES (Proverbs xviii. 10, 11)
- A STRING OF PEARLS (Proverbs xx. 1-7)
- THE SLUGGARD IN HARVEST (Proverbs xx. 4)
- BREAD AND GRAVEL (Proverbs xx. 17)
- A CONDENSED GUIDE FOR LIFE (Proverbs xxiii. 15-23)
- THE AFTERWARDS AND OUR HOPE (Proverbs xxiii. 17, 18)
- THE PORTRAIT OF A DRUNKARD (Proverbs xxiii, 29-35)
- THE CRIME OF NEGLIGENCE (Proverbs xxiv. 11, 12)
- THE SLUGGARD'S GARDEN (Proverbs xxiv. 30, 31)
- AN UNWALLED CITY (Proverbs xxv. 28)
- THE WEIGHT OF SAND (Proverbs xxvii. 3)
- PORTRAIT OF A MATRON (Proverbs xxxi. 10-31)
- ECCLESIASTES; OR, THE PREACHER
- THE PAST AND THE FUTURE (Eccles. i. 9; I Peter iv. 2, 3)
- TWO VIEWS OF LIFE (Eccles. i. 13; Hebrews xii. 10)
- ETERNITY IN THE HEART (Eccles. iii. 11)
- LESSONS FOR WORSHIP AND FOR WORK (Eccles. v. 1-12)
- NAKED OR CLOTHED? (Eccles. v. 15; Rev. xiv. 13)
- FINIS CORONAT OPUS (Eccles. vii. 8)
- MISUSED RESPITE (Eccles. viii. 11)
- FENCES AND SERPENTS (Eccles. x. 8)
- THE WAY TO THE CITY (Eccles. x. 15)
- A NEW YEAR'S SERMON TO THE YOUNG (Eccles. xi. 9; xii. 1)
- THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER (Eccles. xii. 1-7, 13-14)
- THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS
- THE STORY OF HAZAEL
- I. Man's responsibility for the sin which God foresees.
- II. The slumbering possibilities of sin.
- All this should teach us--
- IMPURE ZEAL
- JEHOIADA AND JOASH
- METHODICAL LIBERALITY
- THE SPIRIT OF POWER
- I. Here we have the power communicated.
- II. And now, secondly, look at the perfected victory that is possible.
- A KINGDOM'S EPITAPH
- DIVIDED WORSHIP
- I. The Religion of Fear.
- II. The Religion of Form.
- III. The Religion of Compromise or Worldliness.
- HEZEKIAH, A PATTERN OF DEVOUT LIFE
- THE REDISCOVERED LAW AND ITS EFFECTS
- THE END
- THE FIRST BOOK OF CHRONICLES
- THE KING'S POTTERS
- I. We, too, dwell with the King.
- II. We dwell with the King for His work.
- DAVID'S CHORISTERS
- DRILL AND ENTHUSIASM
- I. Organisation.
- II. Enthusiastic devotion.
- DAVID'S PROHIBITED DESIRE AND PERMITTED SERVICE
- DAVID'S CHARGE TO SOLOMON
- THE WAVES OF TIME
- I. Note, first, 'the times' which make up each life.
- THE SECOND BOOK OF CHRONICLES
- THE DUTY OF EVERY DAY
- CONTRASTED SERVICES
- I. The contrasted Masters.
- II. The contrasted experience of the servants.
- THE SECRET OF VICTORY
- I. We note the faith of the fighters.
- II. The increase of faith by sudden fear.
- III. The expression of faith in appeal to God.
- IV. The strength that comes through faith.
- ASA'S REFORMATION, AND CONSEQUENT PEACE AND VICTORY
- ASA'S PRAYER
- I. The wholesome consciousness of our own impotence.
- THE SEARCH THAT ALWAYS FINDS
- I. The seeking.
- II. The finding which crowns such seeking.
- III. The rest which ensues on finding God.
- JEHOSHAPHAT'S REFORM
- AMASIAH
- I. Cheerful self-surrender the secret of all religion.
- II. This willing offering hallows all life.
- III. This willing offering is accepted by God.
- A STRANGE BATTLE
- I. We see here the confidence of despair.
- III. We learn here the best preparation for the conflict.
- IV. We see here the victory and the praise for it.
- HOLDING FAST AND HELD FAST
- I. To whom we must cling.
- II. How we cling.
- III. The blessed effects of this clinging to God.
- JOASH
- I. Note the change from loyal adhesion to apostasy.
- III. Last comes the final scene: The retribution.
- GLAD GIVERS AND FAITHFUL WORKERS
- PRUDENCE AND FAITH
- I. A misplaced question.
- II. The triumphant answer.
- JOTHAM
- COSTLY AND FATAL HELP
- A GODLY REFORMATION
- SACRIFICE RENEWED
- A LOVING CALL TO REUNION
- A STRANGE REWARD FOR FAITHFULNESS
- I. We have here the statement of the mystery.
- MANASSEH'S SIN AND REPENTANCE
- JOSIAH
- JOSIAH AND THE NEWLY FOUND LAW
- THE FALL OF JUDAH
- EZRA
- THE EVE OF THE RESTORATION
- ALTAR AND TEMPLE
- BUILDING IN TROUBLOUS TIMES
- THE NEW TEMPLE AND ITS WORSHIP
- GOD THE JOY-BRINGER
- I. Look at that great and wonderful thought--God the joy-maker.
- HEROIC FAITH
- THE CHARGE OF THE PILGRIM PRIESTS
- THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH
- A REFORMER'S SCHOOLING
- THE CHURCH AND SOCIAL EVILS
- DISCOURAGEMENTS AND COURAGE
- AN ANCIENT NONCONFORMIST
- I. The attitude to prevalent practices.
- READING THE LAW WITH TEARS AND JOY
- THE JOY OF THE LORD
- I. Joy in the Lord is the natural result of Christian Faith.
- SABBATH OBSERVANCE
- THE BOOK OF ESTHER
- THE NET SPREAD
- ESTHER'S VENTURE
- MORDECAI AND ESTHER
- III. If we neglect the voice of God's providence, harm comes on us.
- THE NET BROKEN
- THE BOOK OF JOB
- SORROW THAT WORSHIPS
- I. The vindication of sorrow.
- II. The recognition of loss and sorrow as the law of life.
- III. The recognition of God in the law.
- THE PEACEABLE FRUITS OF SORROWS RIGHTLY BORNE
- TWO KINDS OF HOPE
- I. In life.
- We may run a series of antitheses, _e.g._--
- II. Hope in death.
- III. Hope in eternity.
- JOB'S QUESTION, JESUS' ANSWER
- I. The ancient and ever returning question.
- II. Christ's all-sufficing answer.
- III. The pledge for the truth of the answer.
- KNOWLEDGE AND PEACE
- I. What is acquainting oneself with God?
- II. The peace of acquaintance with God.
- III. The true good from acquaintance with God.
- WHAT LIFE MAY BE MADE
- III. Then thirdly, such a life will neither know failure nor darkness.
- THE PROVERBS
- A YOUNG MAN'S BEST COUNSELLOR
- WISDOM'S CALL
- THE SECRET OF WELL-BEING
- THE GIFTS OF HEAVENLY WISDOM
- THE TWO PATHS
- MONOTONY AND CRISES
- FROM DAWN TO NOON
- II. Consider the sad contrast of too many Christian lives.
- III. How the divine purpose concerning us may be realised by us.
- IV. Lastly, what brighter rising will follow the earthly setting?
- KEEPING AND KEPT
- I. Without our guarding our hearts, no noble life is possible.
- II. There is no effectual guarding unless God guards.
- III. There is no keeping by God without faith.
- THE CORDS OF SIN
- I. Our evil deeds become evil habits.
- II. Our evil deeds imprison us for good.
- III. Our evil deeds work their own punishment.
- IV. The cords can be loosened.
- WISDOM'S GIFT
- I. The quest which always finds.
- II. The finding that is always blessed.
- III. The blessedness that always lasts.
- WISDOM AND CHRIST
- I. The Self-revelation of Wisdom.
- II. The higher revelation of the divine Word.
- III. The call of the personal Word to each of us.
- THE TWO-FOLD ASPECT OF THE DIVINE WORKING
- THE MANY-SIDED CONTRAST OF WISDOM AND FOLLY
- THE POOR RICH AND THE RICH POOR
- I. Our universal poverty.
- II. The poor rich man.
- So, lastly, my text brings before us--
- III. The rich poor man.
- THE TILLAGE OF THE POOR
- I. It teaches, first, the responsibility of small gifts.
- SIN THE MOCKER
- I. Sin mocks us by its broken promises.
- II. Sin mocks fools by making them its slaves.
- III. Sin mocks fools by unforeseen consequences.
- HOLLOW LAUGHTER, SOLID JOY
- I. The respective objects of earthly and heavenly joy.
- II. The Christian's joy is full, the world's partial.
- III. The heavenly joys are perpetual, the earthly joys transient.
- SATISFIED FROM SELF
- I. Goodness comes from godliness.
- II. Godliness brings satisfaction.
- III. Godly goodness brings inward satisfaction.
- WHAT I THINK OF MYSELF AND WHAT GOD THINKS OF ME
- I. Our strange power of blinding ourselves.
- II. The divine estimate.
- Lastly, a word about--
- III. The practical issues of these thoughts.
- A BUNDLE OF PROVERBS
- TWO FORTRESSES
- I. Consider then, first, the two fortresses.
- II. Consider next how to get into the true Refuge.
- A STRING OF PEARLS
- THE SLUGGARD IN HARVEST
- BREAD AND GRAVEL
- II. The bitterness of what is sweet and wrong.
- III. The abiding sweetness of true bread.
- A CONDENSED GUIDE FOR LIFE
- THE AFTERWARDS AND OUR HOPE
- I. The certainty of the hereafter.
- THE PORTRAIT OF A DRUNKYARD
- THE CRIME OF NEGLIGENCE
- I. The crime of negligence.
- II. The excuse of negligence.
- III. The condemnation of negligence.
- IV. The judgment of negligence.
- THE SLUGGARD'S GARDEN
- I. Note first who the slothful man is.
- II. What comes of sloth.
- III. How sloth excuses itself.
- IV. How sloth ends.
- AN UNWALLED CITY
- I. The city defenceless, or human nature as it is.
- II. The defended city, or human nature as it may be in Christ.
- THE WEIGHT OF SAND
- PORTRAIT OF A MATRON
- ECCLESIASTES; OR, THE PREACHER
- WHAT PASSES AND WHAT ABIDES
- So let me ask you to look, in the first place, at--
- I. The sad and superficial teaching of the Preacher.
- II. The joyous and profounder teaching of the Apostle.
- And now let me, as briefly as I can, throw together--
- III. The plain, practical lessons that come from both these texts.
- THE PAST AND THE FUTURE
- TWO VIEWS OF LIFE
- I. Note first the Preacher's gloomy half-truth.
- II. The higher truth which completes the Preacher's.
- You are now living in 'a time to plant.'
- ETERNITY IN THE HEART
- I. Consider that eternity is set in every human heart.
- LESSONS FOR WORSHIP AND FOR WORK
- NAKED OR CLOTHED?
- I. What we must leave.
- II. What we must take.
- III. What we may take.
- FINIS CORONAT OPUS
- I. Then our life has an end.
- II. The end will, in many respects, not be better than the beginning.
- III. Yet the end may be better.
- MISUSED RESPITE
- I. Note the delay in executing sentence.
- II. The reasons for this delay.
- III. The abuse of this delay.
- IV. The end of the delay.
- FENCES AND SERPENTS
- THE WAY TO THE CITY
- I. We consider, first, the toil that tires.
- III. Lastly, note the plain path which the foolish miss.
- A NEW YEARS SERMON TO THE YOUNG
- THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER