OHAPTER XVII. TBBHB FAOa TIIBIIB P£08 Political Commotion regarded as Divine Nattonal RepontCLnce mCLy come too late Judgment 825 to aver~ National Ruin 292 Temptation to trust in Diviners 326 The Rock of our Strength .. . 292 The Withholding of God's Gifts mo.king Damascus and Israel 293 Man's Woe 326 The Prophet on Heathen Worship 295 Men's Minds a Sphere in which God's Forgetfulnoss of God, and its Conse- Judgmenta may work 827 quences 296 The Cry of Distress after the Troe God 327 Bounds from afar .. . 297 God both Smiter and Healer 328 The Gloomy Evening 297 The God-fearing Man a Blessing Reduction 298 wherever he is found S28 The Function of Adversity 299 All Nations belonging nnto God 329 The Sin and Doom of Ungodlineaa 299 The Overthrow of the Enemies of God 300 CHAPTER XX. The Mission of Syria 300 The Lord's Remnant 301 Foolish Trust rebuked by a Strange Eyes turned to God only 302 Sign ... 331 God our Rock 302 The Prophet as a Sign 332 Tho Mission of Disappointment; or, Unpleasant Service 332 Disappointment UBed as a Divine The Insufficiency of the Stronger 333 J udgment 803 Di vine Revelation in Actions as well as Words 334 The Bitter Experience of all who trust OHAPTER XVIII. in Man 335 The Contrast of Divine Calm with A Grave Question with Many Appli- Human Bustle, Hurry, and Excite- cations 335 ment ... 805 Homage of Ethiopia to Jehovah 306 CHAPTER XXL The Patience of Power 308 Man's Energy put in Place of Trust in The Sadness of a Nation's Overthrow 339 God ... 309 &If-hearted Turning to God of no avail 3-!0 God can wait 310 The Grievousness of WIll' 340, 350 God can work 311 Fall of Babylon ... 340 The Watchman ... 342 The Tribes of Arabia 342 CHAPTER XIX. A Momentous Question 343 Egypt's Punishment, a Proof both of The Effect of God's Judgments on the God's Long-suffering and of his In- Good and on the Guilty ... 343 exorable J ustioe 817 Tribulation 3H Smiting nnd Healing closely oonnected Taunt, Retort, and Overture 345 in God's Counsels 317 Our Ills and their Remedies 346 Unity in Religion joins together the Nations working out God's Providences 347 Bitterest Foes .. . 818 Sympathy of Bodies with Distress of Coming Judgment upon Egypt 318 Mind ... 347 The Drying up of the Nile 819 The Work of the Iconoclast 848 The Folly of Statesmen 319 God's People threshed and winnowed 3-18 Mingled Judgment and Meroy 320 The Watchman's Response... 3-!9 God's Presence a Trouble .. 321 The Security of the Divine Word 350 A Picture of Penalty 322 Leaders that mislead 823 OHAPTER XXII. Smiting nnd Bea.ling 323 Isaiah weeping for the Daughter of The Crown of Privilege 82.J: his People o. Type of Christ io.lllent- Lights in whioh God regards us 825 ing over Jerusalem 355 INDEX.
n~ N~ Tll>:1111 HOii Shebn& and Eli&kim: a llforn.l Lesson 856 Prophecy of Judgment 888 Shebna and Elie.kim: an Allcg-ory ,.. 857 Songs f1•oru afnr ... ... 891 Messiah's Burden and MossiRh's The Charge and the Calamity ••• 891 Death 357 The Voice of the Cha.stened 892 Judgment upon Jerusalem... SSS Five Fruits of Tmnsgression 893 Denunciation of Shebnl\ 360 Common Durden-bearing ; .. 894 Instalment of E\iakim 360 The Future for HaugMy Folk 395 Oaptivit)·, and yet Sl\fety 362 The Necessary Conneotion of Suffering "The Sorrow of the World" 362 with Sin 396 Chri6tian Patriotism SG3 The Distress of-Pampered Appotit.es 896 Haman Reckoning and Di"ine Intor- The llliBSiou of Remnants ... 897 rnption 364 llfan's Duty in 'l'in1ee of Refining • 897 Authority and Influence 365 The Durden of Eo.rth's Tro.nsgressione 808 Ill-iimed Joy 365 The Lord's Kingdom is the Doing of The Moral Influence of Pestilence 366 the Lord's Will- .. , , .• 398 " A Time to weep " 366 Man's Trust in his Wee.pons 867 God's Call to Penitence 367 Iniquity that cannot be purged in this The Plara of 'l'hankegiving in the Re- Life SGS ligious Life 402 Man's Ple.ns for himself frustrLLted by Hymn of Praise to Jehovah 403 God's Plan for him 369 Song of the Redeemed 404 God's violent Providences . .. 369 Christ's Conquest of Death,.,,, .. 405 The Influence of an Individual on Rejoicing in God ... 405 Public Policy .. . 370 Divine Provision fo:t the Human Soul 406 The Symbol of Authority 370 Spiritunl Veils ... 407 The Sure Nail as a Type 370 The Evening of Expectation 407 The Supreme Victory .. , 408' CHAPTER XXIIL Persoonl Rights in Gcid 40f The True Reading of the Divine · The Fall of Tyre a Warning against Dealings ,. , 409 Pride in the Glories of Civilization God our Shadow ... 410 and Art 374 J ehovah's Feast after Reconcilfo.tion 411 The Pursuit of Wee.Ith Culpable or Triumph over Death 411 Praiseworthy according to the Object Waiting on God •.·• 412 • bad in Yiew 375· The Fall of Tyre ... 375 "The Ha.rvest of the River" 378 OHAPTEB •XXVI. ABpe.~ts of Divine Jndgment 378 Thanksgiving the Employment of the· Gain and Devotion 379 Sainte in Bliss . .. : ·417 The MiBSion of Tyre, the -Oommercie.l 380 The Doctrine of the Resurrecti<in . .. 417 The Dependence of One Nation upon The Vision of Future Glory·• 418 Another 381 The Re8Urrection of Israel.,. 421 God's Constant Work of bumbling Seeking God in the Night ... 422 Pride ... 382 Prayer in Trouble... 423 No Esce.pe from God's Judb"ID.cnts ... 382 The Righteousness of God's Rule 428 Commerce the Handmaid of Religion 383 Athirst for God 424 Guilty Insensibility ,., ·42-l CHAPTER XXIV. The Argument from the Past 4~5- God's Final Judgment upon the Earth 387 Contrasted Issues ... 426: A Sorer Punishment reserved for the The Duty of Retirement 426 • Authors and Instigators of Evil The Bulwark of Salvation 427 than for Others . . . 387 Perfect Peace out of Trust... 428: INDEX, vii
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