Experience can teach 155 "My Hope" 177 Whe.t is e. Perfect Hee.rt? ... 156 A Great Sorrow 178 The Wine-skin in the Smoke 156 Leaving our Enemies with God 157 PSALM OXX, Divine Quickening our Supreme Need 157 The Supreme Strain of .Affliction 158 The Perversion of Power, eto. 179 The Disappointment of Hume.n Hopes 158 In llfosech and Kede.r 180 The Inspiration of Obedience 159 A Dark Fe.et explained and illumi- Human Teachers and the Bible itself 159 nated ... 181 Dealing with Hindrances to Obedience 160 The Misery made by the Untruthful 181 Heavenly Light on the Earthly Path 160 Sins of the Tongue 182 Confirming our Pledges by keeping The Deceitful Tongue 182 them ... 161 "Coals of Juniper" 183 Soul-life for Snff'ering Bodies 161 Our Uncomfortable Surroundings 183 God's Word the Safety of the Tempted 162 The Misery of the War-spirit to Onr Power over Olll' own Hearts 162 Peace-lovers 184 The Offence of the Insincere 163 The Mischievous Infl.nence of the PSALM OXXL Disobedient 163 God our Guide: e. New Year's Psalm 185 Self-distrust 16! Kept from .All Evil 186 Confidence in God's Jndgments blend- The Sure Keeping of God ... 187 ing with Fears... 165 Looking up 188 The Cry for Spiritual Discernment ... 165 Not Mountains, but God ... 188 Me.king Void God's Word... 165 The Ever-watchful Watchman 189 The Self-willed Treatment of God's Types of Peril by Day e.nd by Night 190 Word... 166 Evil as God sees it 190 High Estimates of God's Word 166 The Safety of Olll' Life 191 God practically applying hie own The Safety of Olll' Days 191 Word ... 167 The Source of Help 192 Freedom in Order to be Righteous ... 167 The Shining Face 168 Rests in God's Righteousness 168 PSALM CXXIL Self-estimates l G9 The House of God and the Church of All-round Righteousness ... 169 Jesus Christ 193 The Plea of the Prayerful ... 170 Jerusalem a Type of the Church 194 The Helpfulness of Meditation 170 Glad to go to the House of the Lord .. , 195 The Cry for More... 171 Joy in God's Service 195 Conditions beyond Self-help 171 Religious Attachment to Places 196 Salni.tion for the Obediently Disposed 172 The Emblem of Spiritual Unity 197 Love-inspired Obedience ... 172 The Mission of the Great Fe11sts l!JS Finding Spoil 172 The Blending of the Civil and Reli- Self-serving and Time-serving 173 gious ... 199 The Slee.dying Influence of God's Peace, Prosperity, and Prayer Hl9 Word.,, 174 The Religious Ve.Jue of the Pe.triotio Joy in God's Response 174 Spirit ... 200 The Frailties of the Sincere 175 Piety blessing National Life 201 The Praise of God's Law 175 Worship .. , ... 201 "Wondrous Things" 175 Liberty .. . 176 PSALM CXXIIL Religion under Two .Aspects 176 "The Whole Duty of Man" 177 Oar Refuge in Trouble 202 The Use of Adversity 177 "Unlo thee lift I up mine Eyes" 203 The Breadth of God's Le.w... 177 Our Uplook to God 208 INDEX, T
'l'HB.HB PAOB THEME PAGB Watching for Divine Favour and The Limited Value of Self-exertion ... 232 Direction 204 Children a Man's Reward ... 232 Contempt a Bore Trial 20! Children a Man's Power 233 The Ultimate Refuge 205 Children a Man's Security... 233 The Divine Builder 234 PSALM oxxrv. Divine Deliverance 206 PSALM CXXVIII. But for the Lord ... 206 Present Recompense 235 The Soul's Birdlike Experiences 207 The Secret of the Happy Home 236 Jehovah for us 208 "Home, Sweet Home I" 237 Jehovah's Effective Resistance 209 Practice.I Fear 237 God's Delivering Ways 209 The Link between Labour aud Reward 238 What God bas done, God can do 210 Family Joys 238 The Help of the Divine Name 210 The Present Blessings of tho Pious ... 239 The Believer's Safeguard ... 211 Length of Life a Recognition of Family Goodness 239 PSALM CXXV. A Sunny Picture of the Life of a Good Man 240 Divine Providence 212 Such as cannot be moved •. , 213 "The Lot of the Righteous" 214 PSALM CXXIX. Stability out of Trust 215 Sin a Failure 2-U The Encircling of Divine Defence 216 The Divine Life ... 242 Delivered in Order to be Righteous... 216 Our Seven Sorrows 2-13 The Claim of the Upright ... 217 The Figure of the Tom Land 243 God is age.inst the Wilful ... 218 Righteousness mo.y involve Judgmeut 2H Tbe Safety of tho&e who trust in God: A New Figure of the Gro.ss 2-U a Lesson from Experienoe 218 Politeness in the Bllrvest-field; or, Right Relo.tions of Employer lllld PSALM OXXVL Employed 245 Buffering and Victory 245 Spiritual Bondage 219 Spiritu11l Farming 220 PSALM CXXX, "Like them the.t dream" 221 Tho History of II Soul 222 Penitence and Hope 246 The Rejoicing Re11per 222 De Profundis 2-17 Turning Co.pti\'ity into Liberty 223 The Assuro.uce of God's Forgi vcucss 248 Signs of Joy 224 "Plenteous Redemption" 2-lB Our Joy in Gotl o. Witness for God... 224 The Cry of the Humbled ... 2-19 The Feo.rs of Conscience 250 A Ple11 for Renewed Joyous Experi- ences ... 225 Forgiveness genera.ting Fonr 250 Our Wl\iting is a We.tching 251 So.d Sowing-times... 225 The l!'inal Object of Hope .. . 251 The Law of Giving in Order to gain 226 Redemption only Complete in S,1ncti- Alternations and Contrasts in the flco.tion 252 Experiences of Life ... 220 A Cry to God for the Forgiveness of Sin 253 PSALM OXXVII. Full Redemption ... 253 The Blessing of God 227 The Builder's Pdalm 228 PSALM OXXXL The Sleep God gives 229 Lowliness of Mind 253 Children as Arrows 230 Tho Soul's Most Blessed Oondition ... 254 The God of the Family Life 231 The Sonae of what is Accepto.ble with Tho True City Watchman ... 231 God 255 INDEX.