l'll1Cll1I P.AOE THOR PAOB The Strain of Notice to die 49 The Distinguishing Love of God 86 Private and Personal Prayer 50 'l'he Impiety of Itnpl\tience 87 Man's Fair Estimate of his own Life 51 The Need and the Gift of Spiritual Signs for the Help of Faith 51 Power... 87 Figures of Life and Death ... 52 The Comfort of God's Restored Favour 88 Life a Burden 53 N ceded Preparations for Christ 89 Going softly aft.er Sickness 55 Christ, as the Lord's Glory 91 God's Way with Sin 55 The Transitory and the Permanent ,., 91 God, iu Christ, Shepherding 93 CHAPTER XXXIX. Wanted, a Likeness for God 94 Darkuess breeding Doubt ... 94 Carnal Joy the Prelude to Spiritual He who has Power alone can give it 95 Sorrow 58 The Dangers of Prosperity . .. 59 CHAPTER XLI. Perishing Things . .. 60 The Best Blessings 60 God's Strength made Perfect in Weak- Complacency, Rebuke, and Acquies- ness ... 100 cence ... 61 The Futility and Absurdity of False The Home, seen though not shown . .. 62 Systems do not prevent them from Friendship that serves its own Ends 62 keeping their Hold on Men 101 The Sin of Presuming 63 Argument with the Nations 102 Shadows projected from Coming The Blessed Condition of Israel 103 Trouble 64 Wealmess made Strong 103 Our Submissions may be Selfish 64 The Claims of Jehovah 104 Mutual Help 105 Water in the Wilderness 106 CHAPTER XL, The False Refuge and the True 108 Comfort o.fter Trouble 70 His Grace and our Heritage 108 God's Promises Sure 71 God our Strength 109 God the Shepherd of bis People 72 The Triumph of the Truth 109 God in Creation .. . 73 The Pity and the Purpose of Christ The Prophet's Commission . .. 73 and bis Church: - a Missionary Jehovah Incompomble 75 Sermon 110 Idolatry Bidiculons 76 A True Test of Divinity 111 Despondency reproved 77 The Eternal Alpha o.nd Omega 111 Divine Consolations 78 Man's Devices to do without God 112 The Golden Age . . • 79 The Divine Choices a.re Wise Selections 113 The Imperishable 79 The Suprome Promise 113 Present Reward . .. 80 The Supreme Prayer 114 Weakness made Strong 80 Doing Surp1·illing Things in the Spiritual Faintness 81 Strength of God 114 Renewal of Strength 81 The Helplessness of Idols ,,. ... 115 Pardon and Penalty 81 Human Preparation for the Divine CHAPTER XLII. ~"~ ~ The Passing and the A.biding 83 The Servants of God, o.nd the One God : bis Presence, Power, and Gra.oe 83 True Servant ... 120 "The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ" 84 The Duty of Sympathizing with the The Groe.tness of God, and the Little- Joys of Otherij ... 121 ness of Man 84 The Blindness of Israel 122 Tl1P Hopelessness and the Simplicity The Servant of ,Jchovo.h 123,130 of Di vine Service 85 Mission of Jehovah's Servant 123 The De~radation of the Divine 86 A New Song to Jehovah .,, ... 12-A INDKX. iii
TBRM!l PAO&: TB1!1rB PA.GP. Tho Tendemess of God ... 124 The Offspring of Israel ... 162 Christ's Suro Conquest ... 125 Jehovah and the Images 163 Tho Christinn's Conquest 125 'frue and False Bread 16-! Light ancl Right ... 126 The Indispensable Blessing 165 Spiritual Blindness 126 'l'he Irrational and the Religious 165 The Characteristic, of the True The Vo.nity of Irreligion ... 166 Leader 126 Joy in God's Redeeming Power 167 Quietness of Method and Hopefulness Revi,e.l promised in the Power of the of Spirit 127 Spirit ... 168 God and Man: Refusal, Retribution, God's Kingdom entered One by One 169 Restoration 128 God's Witness to his own Rights 1G9 The Unrecognized Path 128 The Ill-feel Soul ... 170 The Hiclden Hmt 129 God's Way of Pleading with Men 170 The Adaptations of Divine Grace 131 Gocl's Bights in the Indiviclual 172 Divine Pereisteucy 132 The Uniqueness of Jehovah 133 The Surprising Life-Guicle 133 CHAPTER XLV. The Honouring of God's Law 135 In what Sense God "creates Evil" ... 177 Ineffective Judgmenta 135 Murmuring against God's Arrange- ments at once Foolish e.nd Wieked 178 OHAPTER XLIII. The Conversion of the Gentiles Gradual, but ultimately Complete 179 Me.n me.de for the Glory of God 141 Cyrus, the Anointed of Jehovah 180 Witnesses for God ancl age.inst him ... 141 The Sovereignty of God ISO Three Deliverances 143 The Conversion of Egypt ... 181 Tho Folly of Self-Justification before God, Israel, end the World 181 God 143 Jehovah: his Natw·e ancl Purposes ... 182 The Love of Jehovah to Israel 144 God in our Paet Life 183 The Great Controversy 145 The Eye of the Soul 183 Memories of Exile 145 The Unfelt Hand on the Human God, in Trouble ... 146 Heart... 184 The Supreme Claim e.nd the Sure An Old Perplexity 185 Stay ... 146 The Argument for Acquiescence 186 Succour in Sorrow 147 Divine Conceo.lment 186 The Goodness of God to Me.n 148 What shall the End be? 187 The Witness of God's Servants 148 Righteousness, Guilt, Mercy 149 Our Great Hope: a Missionary Personal Refotione with God 149 Sermon 188 Safety for the Soul in Times of The Secret of ABBured Success 189 Trouble 150 The Divine Sumaming 189 God the Saviour 151 One Source of Evil e.nd Good 191 God the Redeemer 152 The Sin e.nd Folly of resisting God ... 191 The True End of Life 15:{ The Joy of Mystery in Gou 192 Seeking in Vain ... 193 Wearying of God's Worahip ... 153 Just and Saving ... 193 Forgiveness for God's own Se.ke 154 Salvation by Looking 191 The Lord"s Final Triumph ... 19-1 OHAPTER XLIV. Water e. Symbol of Divine Graoe 159 CHAPTER XLVL The Uttor Folly of e.ll Kinds of Idolatry 160 The Effect of God's Temporal Judg- The Duty of Kings to be God's ments upon Nations on the Religioua Shepherds 161 History of the World 19'7 iv INDEX.