| › Chapter 1. The Soul - Among the mysteries there is none profounder than the human soul. Everything about it savors of the unknown. The inexplorable and unexplainable meet u ...read |
| › Chapter 2. The Way Of Salvation - One of the marvellous facts in the spiritual life is the possibility of communication with the invisible God. The eternal world can be heard from. A c ...read |
| › Chapter 3. Christian Service - There are many kinds of employment, or services on earth. There are numbers of them which, while perfectly proper, legitimate and honorable, will do n ...read |
| › Chapter 4. Christian Pay - The fact of service suggests the thought of remuneration. A certain equivalent is given in the world for labor and called pay. When a man undertakes t ...read |
| › Chapter 5. The Uses Of Temptation -
One of the features of a probationary state is the fact of temptation. It may come directly from an evil spirit, or from a pleasing object. It maybe ...read |
| › Chapter 6. The Compensating Experience -
With certain Christian people the expression, I have "a satisfying portion," seems to excite wonder and disapproval. To some it savors of boasting, ...read |
| › Chapter 7. The Rod Of Moses - We read in the Bible that God was about to induct Moses into a great work for which he had been preparing him for years. The self-distrustful man had ...read |
| › Chapter 8. The Limp Of Jacob - Jacob, in the face of a great trouble looming up in the near future, had met God on the side of the brook Peniel. The prayer of that night in its leng ...read |
| › Chapter 9. The Ruin Of Absalom - It is sad enough to see any man make shipwreck of his soul, but when the ruined individual is young, handsome and gifted, the sorrow felt over the eve ...read |
| › Chapter 10. The Rejection Of Saul - It is a very dreadful thought that a time can come and does come in this life when God casts off a man. But hell is also a fearful fact, and yet it is ...read |
| › Chapter 11. Doctrines Of Devils - The devil has some remarkable ways of prosecuting his work of spiritual ruin and death. A favorite method, because a most successful one, is seen in h ...read |
| › Chapter 12. A Portrait Of Sin - There are many descriptions of sin in the Bible. They are given in order to arouse the torpid mind, awaken the conscience, and save the soul from damn ...read |
| › Chapter 13. Soul Saving - When Andrew found Christ, immediately he sought his brother, and, as the Scriptures say, "brought him to Jesus." From this simple statement we draw se ...read |
| › Chapter 14. The Character Of Jesus -
In this chapter we do not refer to the divine nature of Christ, for on that side of His wonderful personality He was very God, and hence infinitely ...read |
| › Chapter 15. The Drawing Power Of Christ - The Saviour said while on earth, that if He should be lifted up, He would draw all men unto Him. The reference was to His crucifixion, and its effect ...read |
| › Chapter 16. "These Sayings Of Mine" - Great discoveries of papyri have recently been made in the sands and ruins of Egypt. The scholars tell us that much information will be gathered from ...read |
| › Chapter 17. The Candle Of The Lord - In the Bible is the statement that "the spirit of a man is the candle of the Lord." There is nothing said idly and unmeaningly in the Scripture, and s ...read |
| › Chapter 18. The Power Of A Good Life - Much is being said and written these days in regard to spiritual power. The popular conception is that it is a distinct gift in itself to be sought af ...read |
| › Chapter 19. "Thou Shalt Not Steal" - The words forming the heading of this chapter are instantly recognized by the reader as one of the ten commandments. It is a law written not only on t ...read |
| › Chapter 20. "God Was With Him" - It would be hard, both in the Bible and in history, to find an individual who was as bitterly wronged and fearfully tried as Joseph. Envied and hated ...read |
| › Chapter 21. The Friend Of God - The sentence above is scriptural, and was spoken of Abraham. Such was his character and life that James says "he was called the friend of God." One co ...read |
| › Chapter 22. The Weapons Of Gideon - Some of the most valiant servants of God at first showed great timidity and self-distrust in entering upon their life work. With lives of marvellous v ...read |
| › Chapter 23. The Place Of Safety - When we remember the immortality of the soul, its coming destiny of happiness or woe, and especially the fearful assaults made upon it now for its ove ...read |
| › Chapter 24. Faithfulness - Faithfulness in any department of life is felt to be admirable, commendable and to be emulated. It is the path to promotion, and a sure way in most in ...read |
| › Chapter 25. The Standing Blessing - Sin is properly represented as a fall. The sinful life is not a succession of falls, for the man has not gotten up anywhere to fall from. The whole na ...read |
| › Chapter 26. A Soldier Of The Cross - The apostle had illustrated the Christian life by the Grecian race and wrestling match, and now describes it again under a military figure. It is a fo ...read |
| › Chapter 27. Departed Blessings - In the Old Testament occurs a sentence which has ever impressed the writer with a peculiarly pathetic power. The words of the sentence were uttered by ...read |
| › Chapter 28. "Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled" - The words of the title of this chapter were among the last the Saviour uttered to His disciples. Impressive and precious as all last words are, they w ...read |
