CHAPTER I; TREIIB P.&.G II !'lmHB •AGE Life e.t its Highest 38 Ea.eh Highest Need of Life offers to Onr Strength and Beauty ... 39 turn into the First Accepted and The Building of the Temple 40 Beet Rewarded Prayer of Life 7 A Bright Beginning 9 CHAPTER IV. The Ark and the Altar; Obedience The Altar, the Sea., the Light, and the and Se.crifice 10 Bree.d ... 45 The Divine Responsiveness, etc. 10 Accepte.ble Worship 47 God's Offer to the Young ... 11 Lights in the World 48 From the Alte.r to the Throne 12 God's Bounty e.nd our Response 48 The Beginning of e. Reign , . , 13 Completeness in Christie.n Service 49 A Young King's Choice 14 The Manufe.cture of the Temple Fur- The Glory of Solomon 16 niture... 50 An Ancient Me.nufe.ctory ... 53 OHAPTER II. Those Methods of Religious Enterprise CHAPTER V. which go to ensure Success and to The First Worship in the Finished issue in Ree.l Usefulness .. . 22 Temple 55 The Three Elements in Hume.n Pur- Conclusion 55 pose ... 23 Dedice.tion, Permitted and Desired 56 Hume.n Le.hour 24 Bringing in the Ark 57 The Accepte.bleness of the Imperfect 25 God's Glory in the Se.nctuary: Church- God's Co.re for the Country... 26 opening Sermon 58 Lessons from the Labourers 26 The Dedice.tion of the Temple: 1. The A Gree.t Project: the Building of a Bringing-in of the Ark ... 58 Temple 27 " A Wonderful Gree.t House" 29 CHAPTER VI. The Two Himms ... SO The Dedication, and Solomon's Prayer 64: God, the Incomprehensible One 66 CHAPTER m. The Worth of a Wish-the Estimate The Prepe.re.tion for the Building of of Christ 67 the Temple 35 Spirituul Attitude 68 Doginning to build H7 God in the Sauctuury Gel Four Elowoutij of FCLithful Service a7 Divine Justice 70 u INDEX.
TREHR P~GK TRDR PAOB God and the Ne.tion 70 Two Young Men ... 124 God and the Indh-idnal Soul 71 The Legacy of Brilliance, eto. 125 Departure and Return 72 Ignominy, its Souroe and its Avoid noe 126 The Dedioe.tion of the Temple : 2. The Coronation of a King ... 127 The Addreas of Solomon 73 The Recall of an Exile 128 The Dedication of the Temple: 3. The Loss of a Kingdom 129 The Consecration Prnyer 74 "'Will God in very Deed dwell with Men?" 76 CHAPTER XI. The Sevenfold Illustration ... 77 The Disoipline that resulted in Obe- A Pra.yer for the Church of God 81 dience, accompanied with Right and Earnest Endeavour 134 CHAPTER VII. Fighting against Brethren . .. 135 Wrought of God ... 136 The Testimony by Fire, and the Vouch- Fidelity to Conscience 137 se.fed Glory of the Lord .. . 85 Spiritual Admixture 137 The Dirine Approval 87 A Warlike Expedition hindered 138 Sa.cred Overflow ... 88 The Strengthening of a Kingdom 139 Sunshine 89 A Royal Polygamist 140 The Temple, the Temple, and the Temples of the Lord 89 The Divine Promise 90 CHAPTER XII. The Accepts.nee of Solomon's Prayer 91 A Great Festival ... 93 A Model Instance of Divine Goodness A Covenant concerning the Chnroh of and Opportunity prolonged to One God -• 93 who annulled all, and vitiated every Highest Privilege vouchsafed to him, by the One Fact of his own CHAPTER VIII. Infidelity of Hee.rt 144 The Formative Infinenceofthe Church 96 The Peril of Security 145 Wise Work 97 Penalty, Penitence, and Forgiveness 146 Donbtfnl Me.r:rie.ge Alliance 98 Servitude and Service 146 Perfecting the Se.nctnary .. . 99 The Apostasy of Rehoboam 147 Solomon's Bnilding Operations 99 Shishak's Invasion 148 The Snhjects of Solomon ... 101 Two Messages from Jehovah 149 The Consort of a King 102 The First Sacking of Jerusalem 150 The Honse of the Lord perfected 104 Brazen Shields for Golden .. . 151 The First Merchant-ships ... 105 Good Things in Judah 151 The Biography of Rehoboam 151 CHAPTER IX. A Study in the Matter of Fame 110 CHAPTER XIIL "Solomon in ell his Glory" 112 The Unimaginable 113 A Royal and Manly Manifesto in the Gold and Silver ... 113 Rights of Godly Truth . .. 154 Grandeur without Godliness 114 The Folly of Unnature.l Severance, Solomon's Queenly Visitor... 115 etc. 156 The Glory of Solomon 117 Four Reasons for Surrender 157 Jeroboam: Career, Character, Reputa- tion 158 CHAPTER X. Abija.h: the Lessons of bis Life 159 A Notable and very Mournful Instance The Successor of Rehoboam 160 of lacking Wisdom through not A Great War in a Short Reign 161 liBking of God . .. 123 The Career of Jeroboam 164 INDEX. iii
OHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XVIIL Tllnrll PA.OIi T'HKHPJ P.AO• The Quiet of Ten Yee.re 170 The Second Obapter in Jehoshe.phe.t'11 The Hume.n Tl'118t e.nd Pre.yer the.t Career... 217 here.Id Divine Victory 172 Tempore.l Advancement and Spiritual " Rest on every Side " 173 Decline 219 Destructive Godliness 173 Spiritual Unwariness 219 Oonstrnctive Godliness 174 Inquiring of the Lord 220 The Seoret e.nd the Spirit of Troe Spee.king for God... 221 Defence 175 The True Lesson of Human Ignorance 222 Quiet in the Land 176 The False Steps of a Good King 223 An Alarming Inve.sion ... 177 A Council of War: Jehoshaphat and Ahab among the Prophets 224 Micaiah, the Son of lmlah-a.n Old Testament Hero 226 CHAPTER XV. The Battle of Ra.moth-an Ill-fated Expedition 229 The Ilour of Happiness improved 184 Gorl.'s Presence and Departure 185 Spiritual Strength a Sacred Oblige.tion 185 CHAPTER XIX. The Rewe.rd of Christian Work 186 The Third Chapter in Jehoaha.phat's The Secret of Joy in the Service of Career... 232 Christ ... 187 Friendship with Man e.ndFaithfulness A Oonqueror's Welcome 187 to God... 233 Ancient Oovenanters 190 A Royal Mission which is a Heavenly One 234 Ennobling the Earthly, or making Sacred the Secule.r 235 CHAPTER XVI. The Sovereign and the Seer 236 The Disappointing Reio.pee of what A Roye.I Reformer 237 had seemed Tried Worth, Know- ledge, and Proved Goodness 195 Preferable Things ... 196 CHAPTER XX. Divine Observe.tion and Interposition 197 The Last Che.pter in Jehoshaphat's Lessons from Le.et Years .. . 198 Ce.reer . . . 241 A Kin(s (Ase.'s) Mistake .. . 199 The Somce of Safety in the Hour of The King and the Prophet.. , 201 Peril ... 242 The Eyes of the Lord 203 Friendship with God 243 The Career of Asa 203 Before the Battle: Lessons 244 At and after the Battle : Lessons 245 An Ale.rm of We.r-e.n Invasion from the East 246 CHAPTER XVII. The Prayer of Jehoshaphat 247 The First Ohapter of Jehoshaphat's A Victory without a Blow ..• 249 Career... 206 The Biography of Jehoshaphat 251 Spiritual Fortification 207 The Wise Ohoioe and the Happy OHAPTER XXI. Oourse 208 A Strong because Instructed People ... 209 A Reign of Unmitigated Shame 255 Willing Service ... 209 A Life spent in Undoing ... 256 The Accession of Jehoshaphat 210 The Trouble that is Worse than Sorrow 257 An Old Education Act 212 The Chare.cter of J ehoram .. , 258 The Gre11tnees of Jehoshaphat 212 The Letter of Elijah 260 INDEX.