The message of to-morrow

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Preface

Whoever lights a taper in the darkness helps to cheer the world. The kinds of illumination are legion, yet there is always room for one more light, and he who has it must let it shine, or answer for the stumbling of a brother.

This is no attempt at throwing down the Golden Apples to stop a runner in his course, but rather a clearing of the way by which he may run the better.

It is with this humble hope of helpfulness, and at the earnest request of many who have heard them, that these discourses are sent forth.

That they may be even more helpful in this form than when preached recently in the Westminster Presbyterian Church, is the earnest prayer of the author.

New York, August 12, 1901.

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The Message of To-morrow. The Lost Pleiad — Nathanael's vision — Menyana — The Only Undiscovered Country — Prophecy not Closed — Who the Prophets Are— Life's Plan— The Temple at Sogd— Man Reads His Own Prophecy First — Testimony — The Christian Power — The Acting Christ — The Parthenon — Divine Architecture — Christian Purpose — Christ's Right — Christian Conscience — The Final Fact. St. John 1:50 11

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The New Century and Its Mission. Fulfillments — Preparations — Commerce — Gifts of Money — The English Language — The Holy Spirit Rules — Universal Principle — Oneness — Witnessing for Christ. Acts 1:8 34

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The Program of Life. The New Year — The Broken Hearted— The Captives—" If I Were God "—Who are the Blind and How — How our Ancestors Trip us — Acceptable Time — An Echo Dome. St. Luke 4 : 18, 19 46

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Labourers Together With God. A Saviour for Every Time of Need — Conformity to God's Plan — The Labourer's Law — How God Works Through Men — God's Building — Statue of Gen. R. E. Lee — " Complete in Him." 1 Corinthians 3:9. . . 60 v

The Power of the Gospel. The Power of News — The Gospel — Pardon — The Tragedies of Life — Sin a Power — Saving Life — God's Reward for the Cost of Salvation — " Second Hand Building Material " — God's Temple — Belief that Wins — Certainty. Romans i : 16 71

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The Rights of a Man Before the Face of the Most High. Before the Judge in Court — Man's Right to Live — Man's Right of Choice — The Appeal to Justice — " If Ever God Weeps " — Justice not Beyond Prison and Scaffold — The Meaning of Mercy — The Spanish Army — Aguinaldo. Lamentations 3:35 86

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The Secret of Happiness, or How to Keep Young. The Power of Youth— Making the Most of Life- How God is Pleased — What Life Does — Heart Cheer — Human Tests — Like the Feudal Castle — Learning to Walk — Keeping Ourselves Before our Eyes— The Mirror— The X Ray— The Settling of Accounts — Well Done. Ecclesiastes 11 : 9. . 100

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The Power of an Endless Life. Eternity — Power — How Life is Revealed — Why We are Discouraged —St. Gothard's Tunnel— What Widens Life— What Makes us Old — Life's Rewards — Paid as We Go — After Their Kind. Hebrews 7:16. . . 11 1

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The Peace of God. Paul the Peace Warrior — How Spain found Peace — According to God's Nature —

Passeth Understanding — A King in a Hovel — Military Guard — Walled Cities — Testing the Compass — The Captain's Face — The Careworn Mother. Philippians 4:7. 126

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What All Should Do About the Gospel. The Lost Penny — Attention — The Stutterer and Long Distance Talk — Never Disappointed — The Gospel Undervalued — The Kaiser and his Subject — The How of Things — The Great Cause. St. John 3 : 2. 138

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Life's Venture. The Carpenter as a Fisherman — Christ Launching out — Inventions — The Churches' Part — God's Answer to the Soul's Need — Queen Victoria — Faith as the Mustard Seed. St. Luke 3:4 153

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The Christ Power. The New Vision— Our Defense— The King and the Seer — The Power that Must Work — Spiritual Gravity — Columbus and the " One Thing " — Certainty — The New Condition — The Fool and His Error — Does God Delight to Punish — The Look Above the Clouds. St. John 9 : 15. 167

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The Crossbearer. Atlas — How the Cross of Christ was Heavy — How Christ Suffers — Growing Pains — Man Tries to Avoid Suffering. . . .180

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God's Revelation of Good and Three Ways of Gaining It. Goodness not Manufactured — Three Kinds — Doing Justly — The Consumptive and his Cure —

Loving Mercy — Sacrificing the Brain — The President and the Pardon — Walking Humbly with God — The Alps — Sinai— Calvary. Micah 6:8. . 192

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God's Care. The Unwelcome Sparrow — Sale of the Sparrow Legal — A Storm at Manila — God Cares for a President — The Watchmaker and the Jewel —"One of Them"— Our Father. Matthew 10: 29 203

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A Bargain with God. Fleeing from Justice — The Bargain — Fortuna — Sovereign and Subject — God is in This Place — Knowledge — Linked with Divine Life —Do not Let Me Go Astray— The Pledge, a Gift- When Religion Helps. Genesis 28:20, 21. . 213

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The Man of Faith. What Faith Does — Westminster Abbey — The Musical Instrument — Above Conditions — Fear — Danger — Obedience — Ruskin — The Future — Worship Blesses the World — The Decree of Destiny. Hebrews 11 : 1 225

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God so Loved the World. The Perfect Message — What It Is to All — Love so Great — What Salvation Cost God — How God Suffers — Helen Keller — God's Sympathy — Everlasting Life — The Image of God — What God Sees in Us— The Fable of the Monk- Like the Ship. St. John 3 : 16. . . . 237

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The Great Ransom. Christ Came Willingly — Christ Touched by Suffering — The Southern Soldier — A Johnstown Flood Victim — The Young Missionary

— The Doctor and the Leper — The Royal Physician —A King in a Hospital — Held for $25,000 Ransom — Sold Twice — Ransom Sufficient. Matthew 20 : 28. 252

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What Must I Do to be Saved? Conditions — Asleep — On the Railroad Track — The Great Need — The Prisoner — The Drunkard in the Meeting — At Niagara — The Prisoner at Toulon — " For the Baker's Sake " — Kindness Sows Its Own Seed. Acts 16 : 30 266

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Prayer and Providence — Do They Conflict? The Praying Soldier — Two Sides — The Love Side of God — The Tests — The Victory — The Sickly Mother — The World Managed by Prayer — The Praying Church Member — More than Conquerors. Daniel 6 : 10 280