[In this index the text cited is judged to be appropriate to the
illustration found under the topical head. The illustration itself will
be found in its alphabetical place in the body of the book.]
A
=Ability, Gage of.= Phil. 4:13--I can do all things through
Christ, &c.
=Accidents.= Psalm 91:16--With long life will I satisfy him, &c.
=Accusation Insufficient.= Josh. 7:23--And they took them out of
the midst of the tent and brought them unto Joshua, &c.
=Acquiescence to Providence.= Heb. 12:13--Be content, &c.;
Phil. 4:11--In every state be content.
=Advancement Rapid.= Eccl. 7:10--Say not thou, what is the cause
that the former days were better than these, &c.
=Advantage, Working to the Best.= 2 Chron. 2:14--Find out every
device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, &c.
=Adversity.= 1 Tim. 6:12--Fight the good fight, &c.
=Affliction.= Lam. 3:31–33--For the Lord will not cast off forever,
&c.
=Affliction, Uses of.= Heb. 12:11--Now no chastening for the
present, &c.
=Age and Oratory.= Job 11:17--Then age shall be clearer than
noonday.
=Age, the New.= Isa. 2:4--Neither shall they learn war any more.
=Agents, Insignificant.= 1 Cor. 1:25--The weakness of God is
stronger than men.
=Agriculture.= Gen. 1:28--Replenish the earth and subdue it.
=Allurement, Fatal.= Prov. 1:10--If sinners entice thee, &c.
=Almsgiving.= Matt. 6:1-4--Take heed that ye do not your alms
before men, &c.
=Altruism.= Isa. 61:3--Trees of righteousness, &c.
=Amity after War.= 2 Sam: 9:1--Is there any left of the house of
Saul that I may show him kindness, &c.
=Ancient Art.= Eccl. 1:10--Is there anything whereof it may be
said, See this is new? it hath been already of old time, which
was before us?
=Anger.= Psalm 106:33--Provoked his spirit ... spake unadvisedly
with his lips.
=Animal Dominion.= Rom. 1:23--And changed the glory of the
uncorruptible God into ... four-footed beasts, &c.
=Answer, A Soft.= Prov. 15:1--A soft answer turneth away wrath,
etc.
=Anticipating Success.= Mark 11:24--Faith is the Victory, &c.
=Anticipation.= 2 Peter 3:13, 14--Nevertheless we, according to his
promise, look for new heavens, &c.
=Antipathies, Instinctive.= Rom. 12:9--Abhor that which is evil.
=Apparel.= 1 Peter 3:4--Whose adorning let it not be ... the
putting on of apparel, but ... the hidden man of the heart.
=Appeal, A Living.= Luke 18:13--God be merciful to me a sinner.
=Appearance.= John 7:24--Judge not according to the appearance, but
judge righteous judgment.
=Appearances Misleading.= 1 Sam. 16:7--Man looketh on the outward
appearances but, &c.
=Apprehension, Lincoln’s.= Lev. 26:36--And upon them that are left,
&c.
=Arguing for Truth.= Jude 3--Earnestly contend for the faith once
delivered, &c.
=Armor.= Eph. 6:10-17--Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord,
etc.
=Art, Devotion to.= 1 Tim. 4:15--Give thyself wholly to them, &c.
=Artifice.= Luke 16:9--Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of
unrighteousness; that when ye fail they may receive you into
everlasting habitations.
=Asking Amiss.= Jas. 4:3--Ye receive not because ye ask amiss.
=Asking, Boldness in.= Eph. 3:12--In whom we have boldness and
access with confidence by the faith of him.
=Aspiration.= Phil. 3:14--I press toward the mark for the prize,
&c.;
Psalm 41:2--Lead me to the rock, &c.
=Assimilation.= John 7:37, 38--If any man thirst, &c.
=Association.= Rom. 12:2--Be ye transformed, &c.
=Associations Mold Men.= Matt. 5:8--Blessed are the pure in heart.
=Atonement.= Psalm 32:1--Blessed is he whose ... sin is covered.
=Atonement Compelled.= Psalm 76:10--Surely the wrath of man shall
praise thee, &c.
=Atrophy.= Prov. 22:6--Train up a child in the way he should go,
&c.
B
=Badges.= Matt. 10:32--Whosoever therefore shall confess me before
men, &c.
=Balance, a Loose.= Eccl. 12:14--For God shall bring every work
into judgment, &c.
=Ballot, a Duty.= Luke 16:8--Children of this world ... wiser than
children of light, &c.
=Baptism Interpreted.= Matt. 28:19--Baptizing them in the name, &c.
=Beauty, Deceived by.= 2 Cor. 11:14--For Satan himself is
transformed into an angel of light.
=Beauty Perverted.= Rom. 7:13--Was, then, that which is good made
death, &c.
=Bible a Handbook.= Psalm 119:105--Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,
&c.
=Bible a Lamp.= Psalm 119:105--Thy word is a lamp, &c.
=Bible, as Bread.= Psalm 119:11--Thy word have I hid in my heart,
&c.
=Bible, Regard for.= Psalm 119:97–102--How I love thy law, &c.
=Bible, Re-enforced.= 1 Peter 1:25--The word of the Lord endureth
forever.
=Bird Notes.= Rom. 8:22--The whole creation groaneth, &c.
=Blessing the Ropes.= Psalm 127:1--Except the Lord build the house,
&c.
=Blessings, Conquering.= Gal. 15:1--Stand fast therefore in the
liberty, &c.
=Blessings Counted.= Psalm 139:18--If I should count them they are
more in number than the sand.
=Blindness a Blessing.= Rom. 1:20--The invisible things ... are
clearly seen.
=Blood, Cry for.= Gen. 4:10--The voice of thy brother’s blood
crieth unto me from the ground.
=Bondage to Sin.= Psalm 59:3--Lie in wait for my soul, &c.
=Books, Poison in.= Eccl. 10:11--The serpent will bite, &c.
=Brevity of Life.= James 4:13--Go to now, ye that say, &c.;
Psalm 90:9, 10--For all our days are passed away, &c.
=Building the Soul’s City.= Rev. 21:10--That great city, the holy
Jerusalem, &c.
=Burdens, Bearing One Another’s.= Gal. 6:2--Bear ye one another’s
burdens.
=Business, Religion in.= Rom. 12:11--Not slothful in business ...
Serving the Lord.
C
=Care-free.= Phil. 4:6--Be careful for nothing, &c.
=Ceremony, Uselessness of.= Matt. 23:23--For ye pay title of mint
and anise and cumin, and have omitted the weightier matters of
the law, &c.
=Chains.= Psalm 23:5--Thou preparest a table before us, &c.
=Character Conditioned by the Physical.= Mark 2:5–9--When Jesus saw
their faith, &c.
=Character More Than Clothing.= Matt. 6:25--Is not the life more
than meat, &c.
=Character Not Purchasable.= Prov. 8:11--For wisdom is better than
rubies, &c.
=Character, Support of.= Gal. 2:20--Christ liveth in me, &c.
=Cheer, Signals of.= Psalm 43:3--Send out thy light, &c.
=Child, Faith of a.= Isa. 11:16--A little child shall lead them.
=Child, Leading of a.= 2 Sam. 12:23--I shall go to him, but he
shall not return to me.
=Child, The.= Matt. 18:2–4--Jesus called a little child ... and
set him in the midst of them, &c.
=Children Safe.= Matt. 18:10--Their angels do always behold the
face, &c.
=Chivalry.= Acts 10:34, 35--Then Peter opened his mouth, &c.
=Choked.= Matt. 13:7--And the thorns grew up and choked them.
=Christ, a Therapeutic.= 1 Cor. 3:18--Changed into the same image.
=Christ Approved.= James 2:2–4--If there come into your assembly a
man with a gold ring, &c.
=Christ, Destroyer of Sin.= Rom. 7:13--The sin ... might become
exceeding sinful, &c.
=Christ, Faith in.= Gal. 2:20--The life which I now live, &c.
=Christ, Goodness of.= John 8:16--Which did you convinceth me of
sin?
=Christ in the Congregation.= Matt. 28:20--Lo, I am with you
always.
=Christ, Intimacy with.= 2 Tim 1:12--For I know whom I have
believed, &c.
=Christ Our Pilot.= Psalm 32:8--I will guide thee with mine eye.
=Christ Still Present.= Heb. 13:8--Jesus Christ, the same
yesterday, to-day and forever.
=Christ the Conqueror.= Rev. 19:16--And he hath on his vesture and
on his thigh a name written, King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
=Christ the Door.= John 10:7--I am the door of the sheep.
=Christ the Lamb.= Rev. 5:12--Worthy is the lamb, &c.
=Christ the Light.= John 8:12. I am the light, &c.
=Christ the Rejected.= Isa. 53:3--He is despised and rejected of
men, &c.
=Christ Unavoidable.= Matt. 27:22--What shall I do then with Jesus,
&c.
=Christ, Union with.= John 15:1-5--I am the true vine, &c.
=Christ’s Face.= Phil. 1:21--For to me to live is Christ, &c.
=Christ’s Love.= Phil. 2:6–8--Because obedient unto death, &c.
=Christian Spirit, The.= Neh. 2:11--So I came to Jerusalem and was
there three days, &c.
=Christian Unity.= 1 John 4:7--Beloved, let us love one another.
=Christianity and Civilization.= Luke 2:30–32--For mine eyes have
seen thy salvation, &c.
=Christianity as a Civilizer.= John 5:36--The very works that I do
bear witness of me.
=Christianity Invincible.= Psalm 7:16--His mischief shall return
upon his own head.
=Christianity, Social.= 1 Cor. 12:12–27--Many members ... one body.
=Christianity Succeeding Barbarism.= Isa. 55:13--Instead of the
thorn, &c.
=Church, Deadness of the.= Rev. 3:1--Thou hast a name that thou
livest, &c.
=Church, Guidance for the.= Psalm 32:8--I will guide thee, &c.;
Psalm 78:52--Guided them ... like a flock, &c.;
Isa. 58:11--The Lord shall guide thee, &c.
=Church, Joining the.= Num. 10:29--Come thou with us and we will do
thee good, &c.
=Church-members, Working.= Rom. 16:9--Salute Urbane, our helper in
Christ, and Stachys my beloved.
=Church, Mission of.= Matt. 5:14--Ye are the light of the world.
=Church, The.= Eph. 5:27--A glorious church, not having spot or
wrinkle.
=Church Union.= John 17:21--That they all may be one.
=Churches, Dead.= Rev. 3:1--Thou hast a name that thou livest, and
art dead.
=Circumstances, Taking Advantage of.= Matt. 7:12--Therefore all
things whatsoever ye would, &c.
=Citizenship in the Kingdom.= Phil. 3:20--Our citizenship
(conversation) is in heaven.
=Civics.= Acts 17:26--And hath made of one blood all nations of
men, &c.
=Claim, God’s.= Prov. 23:33--My son, give me thine heart.
=Cleanliness.= Psalm 24:4--Clean hands and a pure heart.
=Cleansing, Difficulty of.= Psalm 51:7--Purge me with hyssop, &c.
=Clues.= Psalm 37:5--Commit thy way unto the Lord.
=Coincidence and Superstition.= Acts 1:26--And they gave forth
their lots, &c.
=Common Sense.= Prov. 24:26--Every man shall kiss his lips that
giveth a right answer (that answereth right words).
=Compensation.= 2 Cor. 4:18--While we look not at the things that
are seen, &c.;
Isa. 32:2--And a man shall be as a hiding-place, &c.
=Competition.= Phil. 1:27--Striving together for the faith of the
gospel, &c.
=Conceit of Opinion.= Prov. 26:12--Seest thou a man wise in his own
conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
=Condemned, the.= John 15:2--Every branch in me that beareth fruit,
&c.
=Condescension.= Prov. 26:4--Answer not a fool according to his
folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
=Conduct, Past, Unconsidered.= Gal. 3:10--Cursed is every one that
continueth not in all things, &c.
=Confession, Unrepentant.= Matt. 3:8--Bring forth fruit meet for
repentance.
=Confidence.= Isa. 30:15.--In quiet and confidence shall be, &c.;
Luke 12:32--Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good
pleasure to give you the kingdom.
=Confidence, Inspiring.= Matt. 5:42--Give to him that asketh thee,
&c.
=Conformity.= 1 Cor. 9:20--Unto the Jews I became as a Jew, &c.
=Conscience.= Prov. 28:1--The wicked flee, &c.
=Conscience Benumbed.= Rom. 1:26--For which cause God gave them up
unto vile affections, &c.
=Consecration.= 1 Cor. 9:16--Wo is unto me if I preach not, &c.
=Consequences.= Eccl. 10:8--Whoso breaketh an hedge a serpent shall
bite him.
=Consequences, Irreparable.= Isa. 1:18--Tho your sins be as
scarlet, they shall be as white as snow, &c.
=Consequences, Unnoticed.= Eph. 4:30--Grieve not the Holy Spirit
whereby ye are sealed, &c.
=Conversation.= Luke 19:10--Son of man is come to seek, &c.
=Contact.= Matt. 9:21--If I may but touch the hem of his garment,
I shall be whole.
=Control, Divine.= Psalm 37:5--Commit thy way unto the Lord, &c.;
Prov. 16:3--Commit thy works unto the Lord, &c.
=Conversion.= John 3:4--How can a man be born when he is old, &c.;
Isa. 40:31--They that wait upon the Lord, &c.;
2 Cor. 5:17--If any man be in Christ he is a new creature, &c.
=Conversion, Not Unnatural.= John 3:4--How can a man be born when
he is old, &c.
=Conviction, Unyielding.= Exodus 23:2--Thou shalt not follow a
multitude to do evil.
=Convictions, Strong.= Prov. 16:5--Tho hand join in hand, &c.
=Cooperation, Lack of.= Heb. 1:14--Are they not all ministering
spirits, &c.
=Cooperation with God.= 1 Cor. 3:6--I have planted, Apollos
watered; but God gave the increase.
=Cost Reckoned.= John 6:12--Gather up the fragments, &c.
=Countenance, Grace in the.= Eccl. 8:1--A man’s wisdom maketh his
face to shine, &c.
=Courage.= Isa. 50:7--Therefore have I set my face like a flint,
&c.
=Courage of Hope.= Joel 2:25, 26--And I will restore to you the
years, &c.
=Courage versus Etiquette.= John 5:8, 9--Jesus saith unto him,
Rise, take up thy bed and walk.... And the same day was the
Sabbath.
=Cross, Charm of the.= Rom. 1:16--For I am not ashamed of the
Gospel of Christ, &c.
=Cross Imperishable.= Gal. 6:14. God forbid that I should glory,
&c.
=Cross, The.= Gal. 6:14--God forbid that I should glory, &c.
=Crowd and the Exception.= 1 Sam. 9:2--From his shoulders upward
he (Saul) was higher than any of his people.
=Crown, The Christian’s.= 2 Tim. 4:8--Laid up for me a crown, &c.
=Crying Beneficial.= Psalm 42:3--My tears have been my meat, &c.
=Currents of Life.= Ezek. 47:9--Withersoever the rivers come, &c.;
Psalm 46:4--There is a river, &c.
=Cursing Forbidden.= Rom. 12:14--Bless and curse not.
=Cynic Rebuked.= Matt. 7:1--Judge not, &c.
D
=Danger from Below.= Rom. 7:25--So then with the mind I myself
serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
=Danger, Stimulating Exertion.= Matt. 7:13, 14--Enter ye in at the
strait gate, &c.
=Darkness.= Psalm 139:12--Darkness and light are both alike to
thee;
John 3:20--Every one that doeth evil hateth the light;
Rom. 13:12--Let us cast off the works of darkness, &c.
=Darkness Developing Character.= Job 29:3--By his light I walked
through darkness.
=Darkness, Growth in.= Isa. 45:3--Treasures of darkness.
=Dawn of Christian Light.= Mal. 4:2--Arise with healing in his
wings.
=Daybreak.= Exod. 16:7--In the morning then shall ye see the glory
of the Lord.
=Dead tho Alive.= Eph. 2:1--And you hath he quickened, &c.;
1 Tim. 5:6--But she that liveth in pleasure, &c.
=Death as a Shadow.= Amos 5:8--Seek him ... that turned the shadow
of death into the morning.
=Death, Christian Attitude toward.= Rom. 5:12--Death passed upon
all men, &c.
=Death, Spiritual.= Eph. 2:1--And you hath he quickened, &c.
=Death, The Ring of.= Rom. 6:23--The wages of sin is death;
1 Cor. 15:26--The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
=Death, Untimely.= Isa. 28:10--I said in the cutting off of my
days, I shall go to the gates of the grave, &c.
=Deception.= Deut. 25:13--Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers
weights a great and a small.
=Deception Exposed.= Num. 32:23--Be sure your sin will find you
out.
=Deeds, not Appearances.= Matt. 7:21--Not everyone that saith ...
but he that doeth, &c.
=Deeds That Talk.= Matt. 7:21--Not everyone that saith unto me
Lord, Lord, &c.
=Deep-down Things.= 1 Cor. 2:10--The deep things of God.
=Deep Things.= 1 Cor. 2:10--Deep things of God.
=Deformity.= 1 Cor. 14:20--Be not children in understanding;
howbeit, in malice be ye children, &c.
=Degradation.= 2 Tim. 3:13--Evil men ... shall wax worse and worse,
&c.;
Exod. 32:19--He saw the calf and the dancing, and Moses’ anger
waxed hot, &c.
=Delay.= Gen. 19:17--Look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all
the plain; escape to the mountain, etc.
=Delay, The Tragedy of.= Jer. 8:20--The harvest is past, &c.
=Demonstration.= John 7:51--Doth our law judge any man before it
hear him, and know what he doeth.
=Depravity.= Isa. 1:18--Tho your sins be as scarlet, &c.
=Deprivation.= Isa. 59:9--We wait for light, but behold obscurity,
&c.
=Depth of Resources.= Ezek. 34:18--To have drunk of the deep
waters.
=Design in Nature.= Psalm 94:9--He that planted the ear, &c.
=Destiny.= Col. 3:1--Seek those things which are above, &c.
=Devices, Fatal.= Josh. 23:13--They shall be snares and traps unto
you.
=Devil, The Chosen.= Judges 10:14--Go and cry unto the gods which
ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your
tribulation.
=Direction.= Luke 9:51--He stedfastly set his face to go to
Jerusalem.
=Directions.= Psalm 119:105--Thy word is a lamp, &c.
=Directions Contrasted.= Isa. 53:9--He made his grave with the
wicked, &c.
=Disappointment.= Isa. 49:4--I have labored in vain, I have spent
my strength for nought.
=Discipline.= Rev. 3:19--As many as I love ... I chasten.
=Discipline from Change.= Psalm 55:19--Because they have no
changes, &c.
=Discontent, Divine.= Phil. 3:13, 14--Brethren, I count not myself,
&c.
=Disease, Beneficial.= Psalm 119:67--Before I was afflicted I went
astray; but now have I kept thy word.
=Disguised Danger.= Matt. 7:15--False prophets ... in sheep’s
clothing ... inwardly ravening wolves.
=Dishonesty.= Matt. 16:24, 25--Then said Jesus unto his disciples,
&c.
=Divinity.= Acts 17:28--For in him we live and move and have our
being, &c.
=Dominant Elements.= 1 Cor. 12:6--There are diversities of gifts.
=Doubt, Issuing in Peace.= Gen. 45:27--And when he saw the wagons
which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their
father revived.
=Dreams.= Eccl. 3:11--He hath set the world (eternity) in their
hearts, &c.
=Drink, Heritage of.= Exod. 20:5--Visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children, &c.
=Drink, Peril of.= Prov. 20:1--Wine is a mocker, strong drink, &c.
=Duality.= Rom. 7:23--But I see another law in my members, warring
against the law of my mind.
=Duty in Death.= Rev. 2:10--Be thou faithful unto death, &c.
E
=Early Promise.= Gal. 5:7--Ye did run well, &c.
=Early Religion.= Eccl. 12:1--Remember now thy Creator, &c.
=Earnestness.= Rev. 3:16--Neither cold nor hot;
1 Cor. 9:25--They ... for a corruptible crown ... we for an
incorruptible.
=Eating and Character.= Phil. 3:19--Whose god is their belly.
=Economic Motives.= 1 Chron. 22:15--Moreover there were workmen
with thee in abundance, hewers and workers in stone, &c.
=Economy.= Heb. 13:5--Be content with such things as ye have.
=Economy in Work.= Eccl. 12:11--As nails fastened by the master,
&c.
=Economy of Energy.= Hosea 7:9--Strangers have devoured his
strength and he knoweth it not.
=Economy of Natural Resources.= Gen. 8:22--While the earth
remaineth, seed time, and harvest, &c.
=Effacement of Sins.= Ps. 51:1--Blot out my transgressions;
Ps. 51:9--Blot out all my iniquities.
=Egoism.= Gen. 4:9--Am I my brother’s keeper?
=Elect, The.= Rom. 8:29--For whom he did foreknow, he also did
predestinate, &c.
=Elevation.= Deut. 34:1--And Moses went up from the plains of Noah
unto the mountain of Nebo to the top of Pisgah;
Isa. 40:9--Get thee up into the high mountain, Jerusalem that
bringest good tidings, &c.
=Elevation and Vision.= Psalm 121:1--I will lift up mine eyes, &c.
=Emergency.= 1 Sam. 21:8--The king’s business requireth haste.
=Encouragement.= Eccl. 9:10--Whatsoever thy hand findeth, &c.;
2 Tim. 2:1--Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that
is in Christ Jesus.
=Endeavor.= 1 Pet. 3:13--Who is he that will harm you, if ye be
followers of that which is good.
=Endeavor, Constant.= 1 Cor. 9:25--And every man that striveth for
the mastery, &c.
=Endurance.= Matt. 10:22--He that endureth to the end, &c.
=Endurance of Pain.= Heb. 13:6--I will not fear what man shall do
unto me.
=Enemies Converted.= Rom. 12:20--In so doing thou shalt heap coals
of fire on his head.
=Enticement.= Prov. 1:10--If sinners entice thee consent thou not.
=Environment, Destructive.= 1 Cor. 5:6--Your glorying is not good,
&c.
=Environment that Transforms.= Rom. 12:2--And be not conformed to
this world, &c.
=Envy.= 1 Cor. 13:4--Charity envieth not.
=Equalization.= Lev. 27:8--According to his ability shall the
priest value him.
=Ethical Principle.= John 7:17--If any man will do his will, he
shall know of the doctrine, &c.
=Evangelization.= Mark 16:15--And he said unto them, Go ye, &c.
=Evaporation.= Psalm 63:1--O God ... early will I seek thee, &c.
=Evidence, Christian.= Matt. 7:21--Not every one that saith, Lord,
Lord, shall enter, &c.
=Evil Beginnings.= Prov. 16:25--There is a way that seemeth good,
&c.
=Evil Deflected.= 1 Peter 3:13--Who is he that will harm you, &c.
=Evil Disguised.= Matt. 23:27--Ye are like unto whited sepulchers,
&c.
=Evil Self-Destructive.= Psalm 7:16--His mischief shall return upon
his own head.
=Evil, Virulency of.= Rom. 5:12--Wherefore as by one man, &c.
=Example.= Gal. 6:2--Bear ye one another’s burdens, &c.;
Heb. 6:12--Followers of them who through faith, &c.
=Example, Attention to.= Psalm 123:2--Behold, as the eyes of
servants, &c.
=Exclusion from Heaven.= Matt. 25:10--And the door was shut.
=Excuses.= Luke 14:15–24--Began to make excuse, &c.
=Experience.= Matt. 7:35--Cast out the beam in thine own eyes, &c.
=Experience a Hard Teacher.= Matt. 23:3--Whatsoever they bid you
observe, &c.
=Experience the Best Argument.= 2 Tim. 1:12--I know whom I have
believed, &c.
=Experience, Value of.= Matt. 15:14--If the blind lead the blind,
&c.
=Experiment.= Psalm 64:6--They accomplish a diligent search ... and
the heart is deep;
1 Cor. 3:10--I have laid the foundation, another buildeth
thereon;
John 4:37--One soweth, another reapeth.
=Exposure.= Prov. 28:13--He that covereth his sins, &c.
=Extravagance, Censurable.= Job 27:19--The rich man shall lie down,
&c.;
Prov. 22:27--The rich ruleth over the poor, &c.
=Eye, The Searching.= Gen. 16:13--Thou God seest me.
F
=Face, The, Revealing the Gospel.= Eccl. 8:1--A man’s wisdom maketh
his face to shine, &c.
=Facts, Religious.= 2 Tim. 4:3--For the time will come, &c.
=Failure Transformed to Success.= Isa. 45:2--I will go before thee,
&c.
=Faith.= Psalm 30:5--Weeping may endurefor a night, &c.;
Heb. 11:1--Faith ... substance of things hoped for, &c.;
Luke 12:24--Consider the ravens.... God feedeth them, &c.;
Micah, 7:8--When I fall, I shall arise, &c.
=Faith, A Child’s.= Luke 18:17--Whosoever shall not receive the
kingdom as a little child, &c.
=Faith and Power.= Acts 6:8--Full of faith and power, &c.
=Faith and Prayer.= Matt. 7:11--If ye then, being evil, &c.
=Faith and Support.= Matt. 10:9, 10--Provide neither gold nor
silver, &c.
=Faith Better Than Sight.= 1 Cor. 5:7--We walk by faith not by
sight.
=Faith Taught by Nature.= Psalm 147:9--He giveth ... food to the
ravens, &c.;
Matt. 6:30--If God so clothe the grass of the field, &c.
=Faith without Works.= James 2:17--Faith if it have not work, &c.
=Faithfulness.= 1 Cor. 4:2--Moreover it is required in stewards,
that a man be found faithful.
=Faithfulness unto Death.= 2 Tim 4:7--I have kept the faith.
=Falsehood.= Gal. 2:13--Other Jews dissembled likewise with him.
=Falsity, Inner.= Matt. 15:18--Those things ... come forth from
the heart, &c.
=Family Religion.= Prov. 22:6--Train up a child in the way he
should go, &c.
=Fasting.= Matt. 6:16--When ye fast be not as the hypocrites, &c.
=Father Animals, Unparental.= Psalm 27:10--When my father and
mother forsake me, &c.
=Fatherhood.= Luke 15:20--When he was yet a great way off, his
father saw him, &c.
=Father’s Voice.= Luke 15:18--I will arise and go to my father.
=Fear as a Motive.= Eccl. 12:13--Fear God.
=Fear of God.= Eccl. 12:14--Fear God, &c.
=Fear of Man.= Jude 16--Having men’s persons in admiration because
of advantage.
=Fertility.= John 12:24--Except a corn of wheat, &c.
=Fire, Cost of.= 1 Cor. 3:13--The fire shall try every man’s work.
=Fire, Heavenly.= Jer. 23:29--Is not my word like as a fire, &c.
=Fishers of Men.= Matt. 4:19--Follow me ... fishers of men;
Luke 5:10--From henceforth thou shalt catch men.
=Flowers, Meanings of.= Matt. 6:28--Consider the lilies of the
field, &c.
=Focusing the Eye.= Matt. 6:21--For where your treasure is, &c.
=Following Christ.= John 2:5--Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it;
John 15:14--Ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command you.
=Following, Inexact.= Matt. 7:14--Strait is the gate, &c.;
James 2:10--Keep the whole law ... offend in one point, &c.
=Forbearance.= John 8:10, 11--When Jesus had lifted up himself,
&c.;
Rom. 12:17--Recompense to no man evil for evil.
=Forgiveness.= Matt. 6:14, 15--If ye forgive not, &c.
=Forgiveness, Conditions of.= Matt. 3:8--Fruits meet for
repentance.
=Form versus Reality.= 2 Tim. 3:5--Having a form of godliness, but
denying the power thereof.
=Foundations.= 1 Tim. 6:16--If the foundations be destroyed, &c.;
1 Tim. 6:19--A good foundation;
1 Cor. 3:11--Other foundations can no man lay.
=Freedom Chosen.= Gal. 5:1--Stand fast therefore in the liberty
wherewith Christ has made you free.
=Freedom of Soul.= John 8:32--Truth shall make you free.
=Friendliness.= John 15:15--I have called you friends.
=Friends, Choice of.= Prov. 13:20--He that walketh with wise men
shall be wise, &c.
=Fruit and Soil.= Mark 4:5--Fell on stony ground, &c.
=Fruit-bearing.= Luke 6:44--Every tree is known by his own fruit.
=Fruitfulness.= Psalm 1:3--Like a tree planted by the river, &c.
=Future Life.= 1 John 3:2--It doth not yet appear what we shall be;
1 Cor. 13:12--For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then
face to face, &c.
=Future Welfare.= Jer. 31:34--And they shall teach no more, &c.
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=Gain through Loss.= 2 Cor. 4:17--Our light affliction which is but
for a moment, &c.
=Generosity.= Prov. 11:24--There is that scattereth and yet
increaseth, &c.;
Acts 20:35--It is more blessed to give than to receive;
Heb. 13:16--But to do good and to communicate, forget not, &c.
=Generosity, Christian.= Matt. 25:40--Inasmuch as ye have done it,
&c.
=Genius Can Not Be Hidden.= Isa. 58:10--Then shall thy light rise
in obscurity, &c.
=Genius, Discovering.= John 1:41, 42--He first findeth his own
brother, &c.
=Genius versus Tools.= Mark 9:28--Why could not we cast him out,
&c.
=Getting and Giving.= Matt. 10:8--Freely ye have received, freely
give.
=Giants.= 2 Sam. 22:36--Thy gentleness hath made me great.
=Giving Faithful.= Mal. 3:10--Bring tithes into the storehouse, &c.
=Giving through Love.= Luke 7:37, 38--Alabaster box of ointment,
&c.
=Glory of Christ.= 2 Peter 3:18--To him be glory, &c.
=God, Greatness and Smallness.= Isa. 57:15--I dwell in the high and
holy place.
=God, Immanence of.= Psalm 19:1–3--The heavens declare the glory of
God, &c.
=God, Living for.= Rom. 11:36--Of him, through him, and to him all
things.
=God our Strength.= Psalm 50:15--Call upon me in the day of
trouble, &c.;
Job. 5:19--He shall deliver thee in six troubles, &c.
=God Revealed in Nature.= Psalm 19--The heavens declare, &c.
=God Sends Gifts.= James 1:17--Every good and every perfect gift is
from, &c.
=God, Sleepless Care of.= Psalm 4:8--In peace will I both lay me
down and sleep.
=God Surrounding the Soul.= Acts 17:28--In Him we live and move and
have our being.
=God, the Unsleeping.= Psalm 121:4--He that keepeth Israel shall
neither slumber, &c.
=Godlikeness of Man.= Psalm 139:17--How precious also are thy
thoughts unto me, O God.
=God’s Care.= Deut. 33:27--Underneath are the everlasting arms.
=God’s Inscrutability.= Rom. 11:33--O, the depth of the riches, &c.
=Golden Age, the.= 2 Cor. 6:2--Now is the accepted time.
=Good for Evil.= 1 Peter 3:9--Not rendering evil for evil.
=Good in all Men.= Luke 19:10--For the son of man is come, &c.
=Good, Nourishing the.= Psalm 55:13--Instead of briar shall come
up, &c.
=Good Out of Evil.= Gen. 50:20--Ye thought evil ... God meant it
unto good, &c.
=Good Shall Prevail.= 1 Cor. 15:25--He must reign until, &c.
=Good Will.= Isa. 11:6. The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,
&c.
=Goodness from God.= James 1:17--Every good and every perfect gift
is from above, &c.
=Gospel, a Medicated.= Jer. 8:22--Is there no balm in Gilead?
=Grace, not Growth.= Eph. 2:8--By grace ye are saved, &c.
=Gravity.= Eccl. 7:4--The heart of the wise is in the house of
mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
=Greatness Called Forth.= Isa. 43:10--My servant whom I have
chosen.
=Greatness in Men.= Gen. 6:4--The same became mighty men which were
of old men of renown.
=Greatness Serving.= John 13:4, 5--Took a towel and girded himself,
&c.
=Greed.= Matt. 25:40--Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the
least of these, my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
=Grief, Revealed.= Gen. 43:31--And he washed his face, and went out
and refrained himself.
=Growing too Fast.= Isa. 3:4--I will give children to be their
princes, and babes shall rule over them.
=Growth, Cause of.= John 3:5--Jesus answered, Verily, verily, &c.
=Growth, Evil.= 2 Tim. 3:13--Evil men and seducers shall wax worse
and worse, &c.
=Growth, Unconscious.= Matt. 13:31, 32--Another parable put he
forth, &c.
=Guidance, God’s.= Psalm 73:24--Thou shalt guide me, &c.
=Guidance Evilward.= Eph. 6:11--The wiles of the devil.
=Guilt.= Job. 20:27--The heaven shall reveal his iniquity, &c.
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=Habit, the Power of.= Eccl. 2:20--Therefore I went about to cause
my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun.
=Happiness, Dearth of.= Isa. 48:22. No peace ... to the wicked.
=Happiness, Imparting.= Acts 20:35--More blessed to give than to
receive.
=Hardness of Heart.= Ezek. 11:19--I will take the stony heart out
of their flesh.
=Hardship, Missionary.= 2 Tim. 2:3--Endure hardness, &c.
=Hardship Vicariously Borne.= Matt. 8:17--Himself took our
infirmities and bare our sickness.
=Harvest from Early Sowing.= Eccl. 11:1--Cast thy bread upon the
waters, &c.
=Havoc that Spreads.= 1 Cor. 12:26--Whether one member suffer all
the members suffer with it.
=Headwork.= Eccl. 9:10--Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, &c.
=Health, Economics, of.= Isa. 55:2--Eat ye that which is good, &c.
=Heart Interest.= Rom. 10:10--With the heart man believeth unto
righteousness, &c.
=Heart, The.= Rom. 10:10--With the heart man believeth, &c.
=Healing Waters.= Psalm 46:4--A river, the streams whereof shall
make glad, &c.
=Heaven our Home.= Heb. 13:14--For here we have no continuing city.
=Heights, Pressing toward.= Psalm 121:1--I will lift up mine eyes
unto the hills, &c.
=Help for the Helpless.= Matt. 11:28-30--Come unto me, &c.
=Helpfulness.= Rom. 12:13--Distributing to the necessity of saints,
&c.;
Luke 21:1, 2--Casting in two mites.
=Heredity.= Jer. 31:29, 30--The fathers have eaten sour grapes, &c.
=Heroism.= Acts 17:26--And hath made of one blood, &c.
=Higher, the.= Mark 10:29. There is no man that hath left house,
&c.
=Higher Law, the.= Esther 4:16--I will go in unto the king, &c.
=Homage.= Phil. 2:9--That at the name of Jesus every knee should
bow, &c.
=Homage to Christ.= Rev. 4:10--Cast their crowns, &c.
=Home.= Hab. 2:5--He is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, &c.
=Home where the Heart is.= Eph. 1:14--Which is the earnest of our
inheritance, &c.;
Heb. 13:14--For here we have no continuing city, &c.
=Homesickness.= 2 Cor. 5:4--For we that are in this tabernacle do
groan, &c.
=Hope.= Rom. 8:24, 25--We are saved by hope, &c.
=Hope Deferred.= Prov. 13:12--Hope deferred maketh the heart sick.
=Hospitality in Old Times.= Heb. 13:2--Be not forgetful to
entertain strangers, &c.
=House, the Mortal.= 2 Cor. 5:1--For ye know that if our earthly
house of this tabernacle be dissolved, &c.
=Human Nature, Insecurity of.= 2 Sam. 22:47--God the rock of my
salvation.
=Human Nature, Much Alike.= Acts 17:26--Hath made of one blood, &c.
=Humble Work.= 1 Cor. 12:14-21--In the law it is written, &c.
=Humility.= 1 Peter 5:6--Humble yourself therefore under, &c.;
Luke 18:14--He that humbleth himself, &c.;
Luke 23:42--Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom,
&c.;
John 13:–15--Began to wash the disciples’ feet.
=Humor Overdone.= Prov. 17:22--A merry heart doeth good, &c.
=Hymn, A Good.= Matt. 11:28--Come unto me, all ye that labor, &c.
=Hypocrisy.= Numbers 32:23--Your sin will find you out.
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=Ideal, the, Attempted.= Isa. 11:9--Nor hurt nor destroy in all my
holy mountain, &c.
=Identification.= John 10:3--He calleth his own sheep by name, &c.
=Idleness.= Eph. 5:16--Redeeming the time, &c.
=Ignorance.= Hosea 4:6--My people are destroyed, &c.;
Psalm 55:22--Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain
thee.
=Ill-fortune Becoming Good Fortune.= Deut. 28:13--And the Lord
shall make thee the head and not the tail, &c.
=Image of God Reproduced.= 2 Cor. 3:10--Changed into the same
image, &c.
=Imagery of the Mind.= Ezek. 8:12--Every man in the chambers of
his imagery, &c.
=Imagination, Lure of.= James 1:14--Every man is tempted when he is
drawn away of his own lusts, &c.
=Imitation.= 2 Cor. 3:18--Changed into the same image, &c.
=Imitation of God.= Matt. 5:45--That ye may be the children, &c.
=Immigration.= Matt. 25:35–38, 43--For I was an hungered, &c.
=Immortality.= Isa. 26:19--Thy dead men shall live, together with
my dead body shall they arise;
Prov. 16:31--The hoary head is a crown of glory if it be found in
the way of righteousness.
=Immortality, Intimations of.= John 14:3--And if I go and prepare a
place for you, &c.
=Immortality of Influence.= Heb. 11:4--He being dead yet speaketh.
=Immortality, Proof of.= Rom. 2:7--To them who ... seek for ...
immortality, eternal life.
=Imperfections Corrected.= Eph. 2:21--In whom the whole building
fitly framed together, &c.
=Impress.= Prov. 22:6--Train up a child in the way he should go,
&c.
=Improvement.= Psalm 112:2--His seed shall be mighty upon earth;
the generation of the righteous shall be blessed.
=Improving Time.= Eph. 5:16--Redeeming the time.
=Incentives.= Matt. 7:14--Strait is the gate, &c.
=Incitement.= 2 Kings 19:14--And Hezekiah received the letter ...
and spread it before the Lord.
=Inconsistency.= Matt. 23:3--They say, and do not.
=Indecision.= Luke 18:8--When the son of man cometh shall he find
faith, &c.
=Individual, Value of the.= Eccl. 9:10--Whatsoever thy hand findeth
to do, &c.
=Individuality.= John 2:24, 25--Jesus ... knew all men, and needed
not that any should testify of man, for he knew what was in man.
=Individuality in Interpretation.= 2 Pet. 1:20--No prophecy of the
Scripture is of any private interpretation, &c.
=Individuals, God’s Care over.= Matt. 18:12--If a man have a
hundred sheep, &c.
=Industry of Bees.= Prov. 6:6--Go to the ant, thou sluggard, &c.
=Infidelity Repulsive.= Psalm 14:1--The fool hath said in his
heart, &c.
=Influence, Corrupt.= 1 Sam. 8:3--And his sons ... turned aside
after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
=Influence, Posthumous.= Heb. 11:4--He, being dead, yet speaketh.
=Injury to Self.= 1 Pet. 3:13--Who is he that will harm you, &c.
=Inoculation.= Heb. 10:16--I will put my laws into their hearts,
and in their minds will I write them, &c.
=Insensitiveness to Beauty.= Matt. 13:14, 15--And in them is
fulfilled the prophecy, &c.
=Instinct.= Prov. 30:18–19--Three things too wonderful for me, &c.
=Instinct, The Homing.= Isa. 35:10--The ransomed of the Lord shall
return, &c.
=Intelligence, Animal.= Jer. 8:7--Yea, the stork in the heaven
knoweth her appointed times and the turtle and the crane and
the swallow, &c.
=Intelligence Outdoing Ignorance.= 1 Kings 18:21--If the Lord be
God follow him, but if Baal, then follow him.
=Intemperance.= Prov. 23:31--Wine ... when it giveth its color in
the cup, &c.;
Prov. 23:21--For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to
poverty.
=Intimacy with Christ.= John 15:4--Abide in me, &c.
=Investment, Safe.= Matt. 6:19--Lay not up for yourselves treasures
upon earth, &c.
=Invisible, Potency of the.= Rom. 1:20--The invisible things of him
from the creation, &c.
=Invisible, The, Made Visible.= Rom. 1:20--The invisible things of
him from the creation, &c.
=Irrational Laws.= Prov. 22:22--Neither oppress the afflicted in
the gate.
=Irrigation.= Isa. 32:2--As rivers of water in a dry place.
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=Jesus, Second Coming of.= Matt. 24:42--Watch therefore for ye know
not, &c.
=Journey to Heaven.= Heb. 11:16--But now they desire a better
country, that is, a heavenly.
=Joy.= Phil. 4:4--Again I say, rejoice.
=Joy and Sorrow.= 2 Cor. 6:10--As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing.
=Judging, Care in.= John 7:24--Judge not according to appearances,
&c.
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=Knowledge through Experience.= 2 Cor. 4:13--We having the same
spirit of faith, &c.;
Luke 5:30--But their scribes and Pharisees murmured, &c.
=Knowledge, Unity of.= Colos. 1:17--By him all things consist
(stand together).
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=Labor, Opportunity for.= John 4:35--Fields ... White already to
harvest.
=Laughter.= Eccl. 3:4--A time to weep and a time to laugh.
=Laughter, Value of.= Prov. 17:22--A merry heart doeth good like a
medicine;
Gen. 21:6--God hath made me to laugh.
=Law and Grace.= Rom. 8:3--For what the law could not do, &c.
=Lawlessness.= Matt. 26:52--All they that take the sword shall
perish with the sword.
=Leadership, Faithful.= Phil. 3:17--Walk so as ye have us for an
ensample.
=Lethargy.= 2 Pet. 1:5--Giving all diligence, add to faith virtue,
&c.
=Leveling.= Luke 1:52--He hath put down the mighty from their
seats, and exalted them of low degree.
=Liberty, Spiritual.= Rom. 8:21--Because the creature itself, &c.
=Life, a Voyage.= Psalm 107:30--So he bringeth them unto their
desired haven.
=Life, Feeding the.= 1 Cor. 3:21--All things are yours.
=Life from Death.= Job 38:22--Treasures of the snow, &c.
=Life Learned from Death.= 1 John 3:14--We know that we have passed
from death unto life, because, &c.
=Life, Origin of.= Gen. 1:2--And the spirit of God moved upon the
face of the waters.
=Life Purpose.= Matt. 5:48--Be ye therefore perfect, &c.;
Rev. 13:10--The patience and faith of the saints.
=Life, Self-propagating.= Matt. 13:33--Another parable spake he
unto them, &c.
=Life, Spending.= Matt. 6:20--Lay up for yourselves treasures in
heaven.
=Life, Value of.= Eccl. 12:8--Vanity of Vanities, &c.
=Life What We make It.= Prov. 23:7--For as he thinketh in his
heart, &c.
=Light.= John 3:20--For every one that doeth evil hateth the light,
neither cometh to the light lest his deeds should be reproved;
Matt. 5:16--Let your light so shine before men, &c.;
Matt. 5:6--Let your light so shine, &c.
=Light after Night.= Psalm 30:5--Weeping may endure for a night,
but joy cometh in the morning.
=Light and activity.= Dan. 12:3--They that be wise shall shine, &c.
=Light as a Cure.= 1 John 1:7--If we walk in the light, &c.
=Light, Christian.= Matt. 5:14--Ye are the light, &c.
=Light Developing Beauty.= Psalm 36:9--In thy light shall we see
light.
=Light of the World.= John 8:12--I am the light of the world.
=Light Preventing Crime.= John 3:20--Neither cometh to the light
lest, &c.
=Light, Source of.= 1 John 1:5--God is light, and in him is no
darkness at all.
=Light that Cheers.= Matt. 5:16--Let your light so shine, &c.
=Limitation of the Senses.= 1 Cor. 2:9--Eye hath not seen, nor ear
heard ... the things which God hath prepared for them that love
him.
=Little Things.= Song of Sol. 2:15--Little foxes, &c.;
Luke 19:10--Faithful in that which is least, &c.
=Lives that Shine.= Prov. 4:18--But the path of the just, &c.
=Locusts as Food.= Matt. 3:4--His meat was locusts, &c.
=Longevity, Recipes for.= Exod. 20:12--That thy days may be long,
&c.;
Prov. 3:1, 2--Length of days, and long life, &c.
=Looking up.= Psalm 121:1--I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills,
&c.
=Loss, Gain in.= Phil. 3:8--I count all things but loss for the
excellency, &c.
=Lost Chords.= Psalm 143:5--I remember the days of old.
=Lost, Finding the.= Luke 15:20--But when he was yet a great way
off, &c.
=Lost, Seeking the.= Luke 19:10--To seek and to save that which was
lost, &c.;
Luke 15:4--What man of you having a hundred sheep, &c.
=Love.= 1 Peter 2:17--Love the brotherhood.
=Love a Finality.= 1 Cor. 13:13--But now abideth faith, hope,
charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity.
=Love Driving Out Fear.= 1 John 4:18--Fear hath torment, &c.
=Love in Man.= 1 John 4:7--Love is of God.
=Love Indestructible.= 1 Cor. 13:8--Charity (love) never faileth.
=Love of Christ.= Heb. 2:14--Forasmuch then as the children are
partakers, &c.
=Love, Practical.= Mark 12:30--Thou shalt love ... with all thy
heart, &c.
=Love, Preservative.= 2 Cor. 2:14--Now thanks be unto God which
always causeth us to triumph in Christ and maketh manifest the
savor of his knowledge by us in every place.
=Love’s Acceptable Offering.= Gen. 4:3–5--And in process of time it
came to pass, &c.
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=Magnanimity.= Prov. 24:17--Rejoice not when thine enemy faileth,
and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth.
=Make-believe.= Rom. 6:11--Likewise reckon ye yourselves to be dead
indeed unto sin.
=Man as a Temple.= 1 Cor. 3:16--Ye are the temple of God.
=Man, Value of a.= Gen. 19:1--And there came two angels to Sodom,
&c.
=Manhood.= Jer. 5:1--Run ye to and fro through the streets of
Jerusalem and see now.... If ye can find a man, &c.
=Manhood Recognized.= Matt. 10:6-15, 24--Lost sheep, &c.
=Manliness.= 1 Cor. 16:13--Quit you like men, be strong.
=Man’s Size.= Ps. 8:4--What is man that thou art mindful of him?
&c.
=Margins of Life.= 2 Peter 1:5--Giving all diligence, add to your
faith virtue, &c.
=Marking Time.= Exodus 14:15--Speak unto the children of Israel
that they may go forward.
=Marks, Covering.= Prov. 28:13--He that covereth his sins shall not
prosper, &c.
=Master Mind, The.= Phil. 2:5--Let this mind be in you which was
also in Christ Jesus.
=Mastery of Nature.= Ps. 8:6–8--Thou madest him to have dominion,
&c.
=Mean, The Golden.= 1 Cor. 10:13--Who will not suffer you to be
tempted above what ye are able, &c.
=Measure for Measure.= Matt. 7:10--With what measure ye mete, &c.
=Measurement.= 2 Chron. 16:9--For the eyes of the Lord run to and
fro throughout the whole earth, &c.
=Mediation.= Eph. 4:32--Even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven
you.
=Memory.= Ps. 119:52--I remember thy judgments of old, O Lord; and
have comforted myself.
=Mercy, Limitation of.= Isa. 55:6--Seek ye the Lord, &c.
=Message, A Welcome.= Gen. 8:11--The dove came to him, &c.
=Methods in Religion.= John 10:16--And other sheep I have which are
not of this fold, &c.
=Ministry, Difficulties of the.= Acts 2:23–37--Him being delivered,
&c.
=Mind-healing.= Ps. 19:7–10--The law of the Lord is perfect, &c.
=Miracles, Evidential Value of.= Ps. 107:35--He turneth dry ground
into water springs.
=Misery Exciting Sympathy.= Acts 17:16--His spirit was stirred in
him, &c.
=Misfortune, Superiority To.= Acts 20:24--But none of these move
me, &c.
=Mission Fruit.= Acts 4:13--And they took knowledge of them that
they had been with Jesus.
=Missionary Martyrdom.= Acts 20:29--Neither count I my life dear
unto myself.
=Missionary Results.= Mark 4:9--He that hath ears ... let him hear.
=Models.= Eph. 4:13--Unto a perfect man, unto the measure, &c.
=Modernity.= Isaiah 41:1--Keep silence before me, O islands, and
let the people renew their strength, &c.
=Modesty.= Luke 14:10, 11--But when thou art bidden, &c.
=Mortality Resisted.= Hosea 7:9--Gray hairs are here and there upon
him, yet he knoweth it not.
=Motherhood in Animals.= Deut. 32:11--As an eagle stirreth up her
nest, &c.
=Mother Love in Birds.= Deut. 32:11--As the eagle ... fluttereth
over her young.
=Motive, Mercenary.= Matt. 6:16--They have their reward.
=Music of Nature.= Ps. 19--Night unto night showeth knowledge;
Job 38:7--Morning stars sang together, &c.
=Music Reflects the Soul.= Ps. 137:4--How shall we sing the Lord’s
song in a strange land?
=Mutation.= 1 Cor. 7:31--... For the fashion of this world passeth
away.
=Mutualism.= Rom. 1:14--I am debtor, &c.
=Myself.= Ps. 8:4--What is man that thou art mindful of him? &c.
=Mystery in Nature.= Job 11:7--Canst thou by searching find out
God?
=Mystery No Bar to Belief.= John 20:29--Blessed are they that have
not seen and yet have believed.
=Mystery, Value of.= Ps. 2:4--If thou seek her and silver, and
searchest for as for hid treasure.
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=Names, Enduring.= Acts 4:12--None other name under heaven, &c.;
Phil. 2:9--Name that is above every name.
=Nature, Dual in Man.= Rom. 7:21--When I would do good evil is
present.
=Negative Teaching.= Gal. 5:14--For all the law is fulfilled, &c.
=Neglect of Opportunity.= Eph. 5:16--Redeeming the time, &c.
=Nervousness.= 1 Pet. 5:7--Casting all our care on him, &c.
=New and Old.= Eccl. 1:9--No new thing under the sun.
=New, Appetency for the.= Col. 3:9, 10--Seeing that ye have put off
the old man with his deeds and have put on the new man.
=New Birth.= 2 Cor. 5:17--If any man be in Christ ... all things
are become new.
=New Faiths.= 2 Cor. 5:17--All things are become new.
=Night, God’s Presence in the.= Ps. 4:8--I will both lay me down in
peace and sleep for thou Lord, &c.
=Note, A False.= Job. 19:4--I have erred, &c.
=Notoriety.= Matt. 6:2--That they may have glory of men, &c.
=Nourishment from beneath.= Ps. 1:3--Like a tree planted by the
rivers of water, &c.
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=Oases.= Isa. 41:18--I will make ... dry land ... springs of water,
&c.
=Obedience.= Eph. 6:1--Children obey your parents in the Lord; for
this is right.
=Obedience in Spirit.= 2 Cor. 3:6--The letter killeth, &c.
=Obligation to the Church.= Phil. 2:12--Work out your own
salvation, &c.
=Offerings Extravagant.= Ps. 4:5--Offer the sacrifices of
righteousness;
Ps. 116:17--I will offer sacrifices of thanksgiving;
Exod. 30:9--Offer no strong incense.
=Old Age Incurable.= Ps. 103:5--Thy youth is renewed like the
eagle’s;
Ps. 90:10--The days of our years are threescore and ten, &c.
=Old, Encouragement to the.= Joel 2:28--Your old men shall dream
dreams.
=Old-year Memories.= (=Past, Forgetting the=).
Phil. 3:13--Forgetting those things that are behind.
=Omniscience.= Luke 8:17--For nothing is sacred that shall not be
made manifest.
=One, Winning.= Zach. 4:10.--Who hath dispersed the day of small
things.
=Opportunity.= Eph. 5:16--Redeeming the time.
=Optimism.= Ps. 103:2--Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not
all his benefits.
=Organizing for Work.= Eph. 4:16--The whole body fitly joined
together.
=Ostentation.= Matt. 6:2--Do not sound a trumpet before thee, &c.
=Others, Consideration for.= Phil. 2:4--Look ... every man also on
things of others.
=Overplus of Duty.= Matt. 5:41--And whosoever shall compel thee,
&c.
P
=Pain, the Angel of.= 2 Cor. 12:9--Glory in my infirmities.
=Painstaking.= Isa. 28:16--Therefore thus saith the Lord God, &c.
=Palliatives versus Prevention.= Prov. 22:15--Foolishness is bound
in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive
it from him.
=Panic Through Fear.= Ps. 53:5--There were they in great fear,
where no fear was.
=Parenthood in Savages.= Ps. 27:10--When my father and my mother
forsake me, &c.
=Partiality.= Prov. 3:5--Lean not unto thine own understanding.
=Passion, Growth of.= Col. 3:5--Mortify therefore your members,
&c.;
Matt. 17:20--And Jesus said unto them, &c.
=Patience.= Ps. 37:6--He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the
light, &c.
=Patriotism.= 2 Tim. 4:2--Reprove, rebuke, exhort with all
long-suffering and doctrine.
=Patriotism, Disinterested.= 1 Sam. 12:23--Moreover as for me, God
forbid that I should sin, &c.
=Pattern, The Divine.= Heb. 12:2--Looking into Jesus.
=Peace.= Is. 9:6--... His name shall be called the Prince of Peace.
=Pedigree.= Heb. 1:12--Thou art the same and thy years shall not
fail.
=Perishableness.= Heb. 1:11, 12--And thy years shall not fail.
=Permanent, The.= 1 Cor. 3:13--Fire shall try every man’s work, &c.
=Permanency.= Matt. 24:25--Heaven and earth shall pass away, &c.
=Perseverance.= Gal. 6:9--Let us not be weary in well-doing, for in
due season we shall reap if we faint not;
John 8:29--The Father hath not left me alone;
Matt. 18:20--Where two or three, &c.
=Persistence.= Gal. 6:9--And let us not be weary in well-doing, &c.
=Persistence in Missionaries.= Gal. 6:9--Let us not be weary in
well-doing, &c.
=Personal Element, The.= Matt. 17:18, 19--Why could not we cast him
out?
=Personal Evangelism.= Jas. 5:20--He that converteth the sinner ...
shall snatch a soul from death.
=Philanthropy.= Mark 2:17--I came not to call the righteous, but
sinners to repentance.
=Picturesque.= Matt. 13:35--I will open my mouth in parables.
=Pilgrim, The.= Jer. 9:2--A lodging place for wayfaring men.
=Place, Filling One’s.= 1 Cor. 12:12–22--For the body is one, &c.
=Play Necessary.= Zach. 8:5--The streets ... shall be full of boys
and girls playing, &c.
=Point of View.= 1 Cor. 3:13--Every man’s work shall be made
manifest.
=Politeness.= Prov. 22:6--Train up a child, &c.
=Post-mortem consequences.= I Tim. 5:24, 25--Some men’s sins are
open-beforehand, going before to judgment, and some men they
follow after, &c.
=Poverty.= Ps. 107:41--Yet setteth he the poor on high.
=Poverty, Christian.= 2 Cor. 6:10--As poor yet making many rich,
&c.
=Power in Self-repression.= Exod. 34:7--Keeping mercy for
thousands, &c.;
Num. 14:18--The Lord is long suffering, &c.
=Power through Union with God.= Eph. 4:6--Strong in the Lord, &c.
=Practical, the.= 1 Cor. 4:12--And labor, working with our own
hands.
=Practise.= Hebs. 5:14--By reason of use have their senses
exercised to discern both good and evil;
2 Peter 1:10--Give diligence to make your calling and election
sure.
=Praise.= Ps. 34:1--His praise shall be continually in my mouth,
&c.
=Praise-spirit, The.= Job 13:15--Tho he slay me, &c.
=Prayer.= Jude 20--Prayer in the Holy Ghost.
=Prayer and Effort.= Jas. 2:26--Faith without works is dead.
=Prayer for Others.= Jer. 31:13--I will turn their mourning into
joy.
=Prayer in Secret.= Matt. 6:6--But thou when thou prayest, &c.
=Prayer, The Call to.= Matt. 6:7--Use not vain repetitions as the
heathen do.
=Prayers, Views of.= Matt. 6:6--But thou when thou prayest, &c.
=Preaching the Word.= 2 Tim. 4:2--Preach the word.
=Precaution.= Joshua 11:15--He left nothing undone of all that the
Lord commanded Moses.
=Preparation.= Prov. 16:1--The preparations of the heart.
=Presence of God.= Ps. 24:3, 4--He that hath clean hands and a
pure, &c.
=Presences Unrecognized.= Heb. 1:14--Are they not all ministering
spirits.
=Pride.= Prov. 16:18–29:23--Pride goeth before destruction, &c.
=Pride in One’s Task.= Ps. 40:8--I delight to do thy will, O my
God.
=Principle.= Daniel 3:18--But if not, &c.
=Prison Literature.= 1 Pet. 3:19--By which also he went and
preached to the spirits in prison.
=Privilege.= Acts 10:34--God is no respecter of persons.
=Prodigal, The.= Luke 15:20--Ran and fell on his neck and kissed
him, &c.;
Ps. 27:10--When my father and mother forsake, &c.
=Profession versus Character.= Matt. 7:21--Not every one that saith
Lord, Lord, &c.
=Professionalism.= Judges 16:20--I will go out as at other times
before ... and he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.
=Progress, Modern.= Eccl. 7:10--Say thou not, what is the cause
that the former days were better than these, &c.
=Promised Land, The.= Exod. 13:5--He sware unto thy fathers to give
thee a land flowing with milk and honey.
=Promises.= 2 Peter 1:4--Grace and peace be multiplied, &c.;
Luke 6:38--Give and it shall be given unto you, &c.
=Promises, Implied.= Luke 6:38--Give and it shall be given unto
you, &c.
=Proof.= 1 Peter. 3:15--Always ready ... to give a reason for this
hope that is in you.
=Proof by Experience.= 1 Kings 3:16–28--Then came there two women,
&c.
=Proper Nutrition.= Isa. 55:1--Every one that thirsteth, &c.
=Prophecy.= Eccl. 8:7--For he knoweth not that which shall be: for
who can tell him when it shall be.
=Protection.= Jonah 4:6--And the Lord prepared a gourd and made it
to come up over Jonah, &c.;
Josh. 6:12–16--And Joshua rose early, &c.;
Eph. 6:16--Above all, taking the shield of faith.
=Protection, Unseen.= 2 Kings 6:17--Open his eyes that he may see.
=Provocation, Silence Under.= Ps. 39:1--I will keep my mouth with a
bridle.
=Pruning to Destroy.= Matt. 5:30--If thy right hand offend thee,
&c.
=Punctiliousness.= Matt. 23:24--Strain out a gnat, &c.;
Esther 4:11--Whosoever whether man or woman shall come unto the
king ... who is not called, there is one law of his to put him
to death, &c.
=Punishment, Profitable.= Ps. 119:71--It is good for me that I have
been afflicted: that I might learn thy statutes.
=Purity.= Ps. 51:7--Wash me ... whiter than snow.;
James 1:27--Unspotted from the world.
=Purity of Associations.= Ps. 51:6, 7--Behold thou desirest truth,
&c.
Q
=Quibbling.= James 2:10--Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and
yet offend in one point, &c.
=Quickening.= Eph. 2:1--And you hath he quickened, &c.
=Quietness.= 1 Thess. 4:11--Study to be quiet;
1 Peter 3:4--Ornament of a meek and quiet spirit.
=Quietness in Danger.= Isa. 30:13--In quietness and confidence, &c.
R
=Race Loyalty.= 1 Cor. 9:27--But I keep under my body, &c.
=Reasonable Religion.= 1 Pet. 3:15--A season of the hope that is in
you.
=Reasons.= Matt. 5:37--Let your communications be, &c.
=Reclamation.= Is. 35:1--The wilderness and the solitary place
shall be glad for them;
Jas. 5:20--Converteth a sinner from error, &c.
=Recognition by One’s Work.= Rev. 20:13--Any they were judged
every man according to their works.
=Record, Keeping the.= Eccl. 12:14--God shall bring every work into
judgment.
=Reflection, Imperfect.= Matt. 6:23--If the light in thee be
darkness.
=Reformation.= Rom. 12:2--Be ye transformed, &c.
=Reformers, Erratic.= Jude 12--Carried about of winds, trees whose
fruit withereth;
Eph. 4:14--Carried about with every wind of doctrine.
=Refreshing Springs.= Psalm 45:1--My heart is inditing (bubbleth
up) a good matter.
=Rejection of Christ.= Matt. 19:22--But when the young man heard,
&c.
=Religion, Allaying Fear.= Psalm 121:1--I will lift up mine eyes
unto the hills, &c.
=Religion, Family.= Gen. 18:19--For I know him that he will command
his children, &c.
=Religion versus Business.= Matt. 6:25--Is not the life more than
meat, &c.
=Reminders, Unpleasant.= Isa. 1:18--Tho your sins be as scarlet,
&c.;
Gal. 6:17--I bear on my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
=Renewal.= Ezek. 47:9--Everything shall live whither the river
cometh, &c.
=Renewal, Spiritual.= Acts 2:1-4--Day of Pentecost, &c.
=Renovation.= Psalm 51:2--Cleanse me from my sins;
Psalm 19:12--Cleanse thou me from secret faults.
=Renunciation, Complete.= Matt. 6:24--Ye cannot serve God and
mammon.
=Repair of Character.= Isaiah 40:31--Shall renew their strength,
&c.
=Repayment.= Joel 3:7--And will return your recompense upon your
own head, &c.
=Repeated Effort.= Josh. 6:15--They compassed the city seven times.
=Repentance, Practical.= Matt. 3:8--Bring forth therefore fruits
worth repentance, &c.
=Reputation.= Prov. 22:1--A good name is to be chosen, &c.
=Rescue.= Gen. 19:15–22--And when the morning arose, &c.
=Reservation.= Luke 18:29--There is no man that hath left house or
parents, &c.
=Resignation.= Mark 7:37--He hath done all things well;
Psalm 127:2--It is vain for you to rise up early, &c.
=Resolution.= Psalm 56:4--I will not fear, &c.
=Resources, Making the Best of.= Eccl. 9:10--Whatsoever thy hand
findeth, &c.
=Resourcefulness.= Mark 2:4--And when they could not come nigh unto
him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was, &c.
=Responsibility.= Matt. 27:24--I am innocent of the blood of this
just person; see ye to it.
=Restitution.= Ex. 22:3--For he should make full restitution.
=Restoration in Nature.= Psalm 119:64--The earth, O Lord, is full
of thy mercy.
=Restoring God’s Image.= Gen. 2:27--God created man in his own
image, &c.
=Restraint.= Jer. 14:10--Thus saith the Lord unto his people, &c.;
Psalm 119:101--I have refrained my feet, &c.;
Prov. 1:15--My son, walk not thou, &c.;
Amos. 2:14--The strong shall not strengthen his, &c.
=Resurrection.= Heb. 11:4--He being dead yet speaketh, &c.
=Retardation.= Luke 2:52--And Jesus increased in wisdom and
stature, and in favor with God and man.
=Retribution in the Individual.= Rom. 2:6--Who will render to every
man according to his deeds;
Ezek. 18:4--The soul that sinneth, it shall die.
=Reverence for Parents.= Exod 20:12--Honor thy father and thy
mother, &c.
=Revivals.= Matt. 14:23--He went up into a mountain apart to pray.
=Rewards, Spiritual.= Matt. 6:19--Lay not up for yourselves
treasures upon earth, &c.
=Riches, Imaginary.= Prov. 4:7--Wisdom is the principal thing, &c.
=Riches, Unrealized.= Eph. 1:18--Riches of his glory, &c.
=Right, Triumphs of.= Gal. 6:9--Be not weary in well-doing, &c.
=Right versus Expediency.= Daniel 3--We are not careful to answer
thee in this matter.
S
=Sabbath-breaking Rebuked.= Exod. 20:8--Remember the Sabbath day,
&c.
=Sabbath, Observing the.= Mark 2:27--Sabbath was made for man, &c.;
Exod. 20:8--Remember the Sabbath day, &c.;
Exod. 20:8--Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
=Sacrifice.= Isa. 53:5--But he was wounded, &c.;
John 15:13--Greater love hath no man than this, &c.
=Sacrifice, Filial.= Rev. 7:14--These are they that come out of
great tribulations, &c.
=Sacrifice of Our Best.= Rom. 5:6--While we were yet without
strength, &c.
=Sacrifice, Vicarious.= Rom. 5:9--We shall be saved from wrath
through him.
=Safety from Water-brooks.= Psalm 42:1--As the hart panteth for the
water brooks, &c.
=Saved as by Fire.= 1 Cor. 3:15--He himself shall be saved, yet so
as by fire.
=Scars of War Healed.= Isa. 55:13--Instead of the thorn, &c.;
Isa. 2:4--Neither shall they learn war any more.
=Science, Devotion to.= Psalm 8:3, 4--When I consider thy heavens,
&c.
=Scruples, Minute.= Mark 7:8--For laying aside the commandments of
God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and
cups, &c.
=Secret Things.= Deut 29:29--Secret things belong unto the Lord,
&c.
=Secrets.= Deut. 29:29--Secret things belong unto the Lord, &c.
=Seeing, The Art of.= Mark 8:18--Having eyes, see ye not, &c.
=Seeking and Finding.= Matt. 7:21--Not everyone that saith unto me,
&c.
=Self-confidence.= Gal. 1:10--For do I now please men?
=Self-consciousness.= Luke 2:49--Wist ye not that I must be about
my Father’s business?
=Self-control.= Prov. 16:32--He that is slow to anger, &c.
=Self-depreciation.= Rom. 12:3--Not to think of himself more highly
than he ought to think.
=Self-effacement.= Rom. 12:3--Not to think of himself more highly
than he ought to think.
=Self-flattery.= Prov. 27:2--Let another man praise thee, &c.
=Self, Forgetting.= Matt. 16:25--Whosoever will save his life, &c.
=Self-help.= Eccl. 11:6--Thou knowest not whether shall prosper,
&c.
=Self-hidden.= Judges 7:16--Empty pitchers and lamps within the
pitchers, &c.
=Self-limitations.= Isa. 54:2--Enlarge the place of thy tent, &c.
=Self-measurement.= Rom. 12:3--Not to think more highly of himself
than he ought, &c.
=Self-sacrifice.= John 15:13--Greater love hath no man than this;
1 Tim. 2:5, 6--Christ Jesus, who gave himself a ransom for all.
=Selfishness.= Acts 20:35--It is more blessed to give than to
receive.
=Selfishness Rebuked.= Phil. 2:4--Look not every man on his own
things, &c.
=Sensitiveness.= Psalm 19:4--Their line is gone out through all the
earth, &c.;
1 Sam. 25:3--But the man was churlish, &c.
=Sentiment Useless.= Jas. 2:16--And one of you say ... be ye
warned, &c.
=Separation.= Isaiah 59:2--Your sins have separated between you and
your God, &c.
=Serenity in Life.= 1 Peter 5:7--Casting all your care upon him,
&c.
=Service.= Luke 2:49--Wist ye not, &c.;
Matt. 20:28--The Son of man came not to be ministered unto but
to minister;
Gal. 5:13--By love serve one another.
=Service and Sacrifice.= 1 John 3:16--We ought to lay down our
lives, &c.
=Shame.= Jas. 1:23–24--A man beholding his natural face in the
glass, &c.
=Shams.= Matt. 23:14--Ye devour widows’ houses and for pretense
make long prayers, &c.;
Matt. 23:27--Whited sepulchers;
Matt. 10:26--There is nothing hid ... that shall not be made
known.
=Shepherd, the Good.= John 10:1–16--Good shepherd.
=Signals.= 1 Kings 19:12--And after the fire a still small voice.
=Sin, Fascination of.= Prov. 16:25--There is a way that seemeth
right, &c.
=Sin, Original.= James 1:15--When lust hath conceived it bringeth
forth sin, &c.
=Sin, Sense of.= Rom. 7:13--That sin ... might become exceedingly
sinful.
=Sin Without Atonement.= Joel 2:25--And I will restore to you the
years, &c.
=Sins, Pet.= James 1:15--Sin when it is finished, &c.
=Sins of Youth.= Psalm 25:7--Remember not, the sins of my youth.
=Size not Power.= Psalm 8:4–6--What is man that thou art mindful
of him, &c.
=Skill with Tenderness.= John 11:35--Jesus wept.
=Slave, for the Gospel’s Sake.= Eph. 6:20--An ambassador in bonds.
=Slaves of Pleasure.= 2 Tim. 3:4--Lovers of pleasure more than
lovers of God.
=Small Evils Hardest to Bear.= Job 14:19--The waters wear the
stones.
=Snobbery Rebuked.= Roman 12:3--For I say through the grace given
unto me, &c.
=Social Christianity.= Jer. 23:29--Is not my word like as a fire,
&c.
=Social Interdependence.= 1 Cor. 12:26--And whether one member
suffer, &c.
=Social Progress.= Malachi 3:16--Then they that feared the Lord
spoke often one to another, &c.
=Solidarity.= Rom. 14:7--None of us liveth to himself, &c.
=Solidity of Old Truths.= 1 Thes. 5:21--Hold fast to that which is
good, &c.
=Solitude, Lesson of.= Psalm 139:18--When I am awake I am still
with thee.
=Solitude, Training in.= Job. 35:10--Giveth songs in the night.
=Song and Suffering.= Acts 16:25--And at midnight Paul and Silas
prayed and sang praises unto God, and the prisoners heard them.
=Song in the Night.= Job. 35:10--Giveth songs in the night.
=Song, the Gospel in.= Eph. 5:19--Speaking to yourselves, &c.
=Sorrow for a Lost Cause.= Joel 2:25--And I will restore to you the
years, &c.
=Soul, Your.= Matt. 18:3--Except ye be converted and become as
little children, &c.
=Sowing and Reaping.= Gal. 6:7--Whatsoever a man soweth, &c.
=Spirit, Fruit of.= Eph. 5:9--Fruit of the Spirit, &c.
=Spirits, Watching.= Heb. 12:1--Wherefore seeing we also are
compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, &c.
=Spiritual Declension.= Isaiah 63:11--Then he remembered the days
of old, &c.
=Spiritual Nobility.= Isaiah 53:2--There is no beauty that we
should desire him;
Heb. 13: 2--Some have entertained angels unawares.
=Stagnancy.= Rev. 3:1--Thou hast a name that thou livest, and art
dead.
=Steadiness of Providence.= Isaiah 42:4--He shall not fail nor be
discouraged till he hath set judgment in the earth, &c.;
Isa. 59:9--As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my
ways, &c.
=Stedfastness.= Eph. 6:13--Having done all to stand.
=Straight Character.= Matt. 7:14--Straight is the gate and narrow
is the way, &c.
=Strain, Nervous.= Esther 8:6--For how can I endure to see the evil
that shall come upon our people? &c.
=Strength, Secret Source of.= Gal. 1:15, 16--I conferred not with
flesh and blood, &c.;
Psalm 25:14--The secret of the Lord is with, &c.
=Substances, Penetrating.= Psalm 18:35--Thy gentleness hath made me
great.
=Substitution.= Matt. 8:17--Himself took our infirmities and bare
our sickness.
=Subtlety.= Gen. 3:1--Now the serpent was more subtle, &c.
=Success.= Jer. 17:11--He that getteth riches but not by right,
shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall
be a fool.
=Success too Dear.= Matt. 16:26--What shall a man give in exchange
for his soul?
=Suffering, Fellowship with Christ’s.= Phil. 3:10--That I may know
him ... and the fellowship of his suffering, &c.
=Suffering Transformed.= Rom. 8:18--The sufferings of this present
time are not worthy to be compared, &c.
=Suffering, Universal.= Rom. 8:22--The whole creation groaneth, &c.
=Suicide Prevented.= Acts 16:28--Do thyself no harm.
=Sunday Recorded.= Exod. 20:8–10--Six days shalt thou labor, &c.
=Sunlight and Starlight.= Isa. 60:19--The sun shall be no more thy
light by day, &c.
=Sunshine.= Dan. 12:3--They that be wise shall shine, &c.
=Surface Lives.= John 4:10-15--Woman of Samaria.
=Synchronism.= Phil. 3:16--Let us walk by the same rule, let us
mind the same thing.
=System in Labor.= 1 Cor. 14:40--Let all things be done ... in
order.
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=Tact.= 1 Cor. 9:22--All things to all men, &c.
=Talents, Buried.= Matt. 25:14–30--For the kingdom of Heaven, &c.
=Talents Differ.= 1 Cor. 12:4--Diversities of gifts.
=Teacher’s Function, The.= James 1:23, 24--Like unto a man
beholding his natural face in a glass, &c.
=Temperance.= 1 Cor. 9:25--And every man that striveth for the
mastery is temperate in all things, &c.
=Temptation.= Matt. 6:13--Lead us not into temptation;
Rom. 12:21--Overcome evil with good.
=Temptation, Plausibility of.= James 1:13--Let no man say, &c.;
Matt. 6:13--And lead us not into temptation, &c.
=Temptation Resisted.= Matt. 4:8--All the kingdoms of the world,
&c.
=Tenderness.= Matt. 12:19, 20--He shall not strive, &c.
=Tension, Moral.= Acts 27:23--God, whose I am and whom I serve.
=Testimony, A Sheep’s.= John 10:4--For they know his voice, &c.
=Testimony of Work.= Acts 9:39--Showing the coats and garments
which Dorcas made, &c.
=Tests.= 1 Cor. 3:13--Every man’s work shall be made manifest, &c.;
1 Cor. 3:13--The fire shall try every man’s work, &c.;
Phil. 1:10--Sincere and without offense, &c.
=Thanks, the Solace of.= 1 Tim. 4:4--If it be received with
thanksgiving.
=Theology as a Discipline.= Job, 11:7--Canst thou by searching find
out God, &c.
=Thoroughness.= Eccl. 9:10--Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do do it
with thy might, &c.
=Time, the Present.= James 4:13, 14--Go to now, ye that say, &c.
=Timeliness of God.= Isaiah 65:24--Before they call I will answer,
&c.
=Timidity.= Prov. 29:25--The fear of man bringeth a snare, &c.
=To-day.= Heb. 3:15--To-day if ye will hear his voice.
=To-morrow, Uncertainty of.= James 4:14--Whereas ye know not what
shall be on the morrow.
=Tongue, the.= James 3:8--But the tongue can no man tame.
=Toughness.= 2 Tim. 2:4--Thou, therefore, endure hardness, &c.
=Tradition.= Col. 2:8--Beware lest any man spoil you through
philosophy and vain deceit, after the traditions of men, &c.
=Tradition, Unmeaning.= Matt. 15:1–3--Then came to Jesus scribes
and Pharisees, &c.
=Training.= 1 Cor. 9:27--I keep under my body, &c.
=Transformation.= Rom. 13:12--Let us therefore cast off the works
of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light;
Eph. 5:8--Ye were once darkness but now are ye light in the Lord.
=Transformation by renewing.= Prov. 4:23--Keep thy heart with all
diligence, &c.
=Transiency of the Earth.= Rev. 21:1--And I saw a new heaven and a
new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed
away; and there was no more sea.
=Transient, The.= 2 Peter 3:11--Seeing then that all these things
shall be dissolved, &c.
=Transmission.= Exod. 20:5, 6--Thou shalt not bow down, &c.
=Traps for Girls.= 1 Peter 5:8--The devil, as a roaring lion,
walketh about, &c.
=Tree and Fruit.= Matt. 7:17--Every good tree bringeth forth good
fruit, &c.
=Tribulation the Path of Glory.= Acts 14:22--We must through much
tribulation enter into the Kingdom of God.
=Triumph by Selection.= Eph. 4:22--That ye put off ... the old man
which is corrupt, &c.
=Triumph in Death.= Act. 20:24--But none of these things move me,
&c.
=Trouble.= Heb. 12:11--Nevertheless, afterward.
=Truth, Girdle of.= Eph. 6:14--Having your loins girt, &c.
=Truthfulness Rewarded.= Matt. 6:33--Seek ye first the kingdom of
God, &c.
U
=Unbelief.= Matt. 16:18--On this rock will I build my church, &c.
=Unconscious Greatness.= Rom. 12:3--Not to think more highly of
himself, &c.
=Unemployed, Problem of the.= Matt. 20:6, 7--And about the eleventh
hour he went out, &c.
=Unexpected, The.= Prov. 16:9--A man’s heart deviseth his way, but,
&c.
=Union with Christ.= Gal. 2:20--I live, yet not I, &c.
=Unity.= Eph. 2:14--Who hath made both one;
Rom. 7:18–25--When I would do good evil is present, &c.
=Unity Fundamental in Nature.= Col. 1:16, 17--For by him were all
things created.
=Unknown Saints.= Matt. 20:16--The Last shall be first, &c.
=Unseen, Response from the.= 2 Cor. 4:18--For the things which are
seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
=Unseen Results.= Gal. 6:9--Not ... weary in well doing, &c.
=Unselfishness.= 1 Thess. 5:18--In everything give thanks, &c.
=Uprightness.= Psalm 25:21--Let ... uprightness preserve me.
=Upward Look, The.= Psalm 5:3--I will look up;
Psalm 121:1--I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, &c.
=Utilizing Seaweed.= John 6:12--Gather up the fragments, &c.
=Utterance.= Luke 12:2--Nothing covered that shall not be revealed,
&c.
V
=Vanity in Death.= Psalm 39:11--His beauty to consume away like a
moth, &c.
=Verbiage.= Matt. 6:7--They think they shall be heard for their
much speaking.
=Vicarious Sacrifice.= John 3:16--Gave his only begotten son, &c.
=Victory.= Eph. 4:8--He led captivity captive, &c.
=View, The Near and Far.= Mark 6:49--But when they saw him walking
on the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit and cried out,
&c.
=Vigilance.= Matt. 24:43, 44--Take ye heed, watch and pray.
=Vision of Jesus.= 1 Cor. 9:1--Have I not seen Jesus, &c.
=Vision Restored.= John 14:9--He that hath seen me hath seen the
Father.
=Voice of God.= Deut. 4:31--Be obedient unto his voice, &c.
=Vulgarity in the Rich.= Psalm 49:6--They that trust in their
wealth and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches,
&c.
W
=Walking for Inspiration.= Gen. 24:63--And Isaac went out to
meditate in the field at the eventide, &c.
=Walking with God.= Gen. 5:24--Enoch walked with God.
=War, The Horrors of.= Isa. 2:4--Neither shall they learn war any
more.
=Warmth, Lost.= Heb. 10:25--Not forsaking the assembling of
ourselves together.
=Waste.= Eccl. 1:7--All the rivers run into the sea, &c.
=Waste by Drink.= Prov. 23:31, 32--Look not thou upon the wine, &c.
=Wastes, Moral.= Matt. 5:13--If the salt have lost its savor, &c.
=Watchfulness against Enemies.= 2 Tim. 4:5--Watch thou in all
things.
=Water of Life.= John 4:14--In him, a well of water, &c.
=Way, the Right.= Prov. 14:12--There is a way that seemeth good
unto a man, &c.
=Wayward, Seeking the.= Ezek. 34:12--So will I seek out my sheep,
&c.;
Luke 15:4–6--The ninety and nine, &c.
=Weakness, Consideration for.= Phil. 2:4--Look not every man on his
own things, &c.
=Wealth.= Mark 10:25--Easier for a camel, &c.
=Will of God.= Psalm 40:8--I delight to do thy will, O my God.
=Will, The.= Rev. 3:20--I stand at the food and knock, &c.
=Wisdom of the Ignorant.= Matt. 21:16--Out of the mouths of babes,
&c.
=Woman’s Sphere.= Titus 2:5--Keepers at home.
=Word in Season.= Prov. 15:23--A word spoken in due season, how
good is it.
=Word of God Freed.= 2 Tim. 2:9--But the word of God is not bound.
=Word, The, a Hammer.= Jer. 23:28, 29--And a hammer to break the
rock in pieces.
=Work.= Mark 1:17--Come ye after me, and I will make you to become
fishers of men;
Prov. 22:29--A man diligent in his business, &c.;
Prov. 12:4--A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, &c.
=Work Proving Religion.= 1 Cor. 3:13--The fire shall try every
man’s work, &c.
=Work versus Worker.= Micah 6:8--He hath showed thee, &c.
=Working Together.= Rom. 8:28--All things work together for good,
&c.
=Working with God.= 1 Cor. 3:9--Laborers together with God.
=Wounds that Speak.= Luke 24:39--Behold my hands and my feet, that
it is myself, &c.
=Wrong Retroactive.= Rom. 2:1--Wherein thou judgest another, thou
condemnest thyself.
Y
=Years, The Unreturning.= Psalm 90:9--We spend our years as a tale
that is told, &c.
=Youth, Useful.= 1 Tim. 4:12--Let no man despise thy youth.