INDEX. AFFLICTIONS which are not common to Christ is all, 170 Agonies of a Christian's soul precious, 128 Amen, 323 11 often answers not. 159 -, to live Christ what, 293 Anecdote of two ministers who met to Christian condition, advantages of, to be, dispute, 10 of Agathocles, 58 of a young lady whose diary was discovered after her death, 19 of King Ethelbert, 16 Apparel, 190 Assurance, 55, 260 Attributes of God, 326 time, 11 Church and world, 104 Circe, fable of, 24 Cleansing of soul, long process of, is BELIEVER called from this world at fittest Comfort, where to look for, 233 Cecil, Mr., anecdote of, 254 Characters, natural difference in, 244 -, His absence, 174, 206, 287 His people, willing, 293 His working in us, 171 Current of the times, 132 DEAD in our houses, 82 Deadness after upliftings, 107 Decay in parts, and yet not in grace, 225 Delay in answering prayer, 306 Differences in religion, 255 infiniteness of His sufferings, 195 Difficulty sharpens diligence, 133 Disposition of mind, 243 Distinction between men of the world Divisions, God dishonoured by, 75 Doubtings of a believer, 45 Grace, evidences of, 113 -, life of, described, 342-356 | HABITS, 50 Happiness, unchangeable, how to be ob- of wicked man, 164 Hearing the Word, 274 Duties not performed where work done, Heart ruling the truth, 42 267 EARTH, believer's watch-tower, 157 111, 172, 177, 222, 275, 278, 290 Emptiness of creature, how discovered, Holiness of God, 12 of pnnishment, 194 of the Word, 274 Holy minds, 136; resolutions of, 203 Hope, 35, 176 Humbling for sin, 148 Evans, Rev. J. H., reminiscences of, Humility, 13, 152, 340 IDLENESS, 70 and praise, difference be- Things apparently adverse, and yet not Thoughts show the man, 241 Tigranes, story of, 154 Reflection back upon God of what He Time and eternity connected, 169 does for believers, 46 Rejoicing, 33, 106 others, 11 in the gifts and graces Religion's ways pleasant, 162 Remembrance of sin without sorrow, 253 Trust in God, 285 Truth, what it is, 12 Truths to be believed and lived up to, 36 Union, joint, of Christ and His people, 53 Unlawful, nearness of, to lawful, 194 Urim and Thummim, 218 Using things instead of enjoying them, 20 VERITY, 151 WAITING on God, 147 Waiting spirit, properties of, 308 Walking with and before God, 60 Watchful Christian, 23 Way, the, on being in, 325 Wicked, the, all things a snare to, 201 pression of their wickedness, 211 Will, how acted on by God, 33 of believer melted into God's will, Wise man, who a, 97 Word, 29, 201, 243 and faith run parallel, 297 in and out of season, 124 -, neglect of, 127 , power of, at different periods, 180 15 World, 47, 99, 129 Worldly company, 272 men, lessons to be learned from Wrath, sun going down on, 108 |