The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary of the Books of the Bible: Volume 29 (of 32) The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary of the Epistles of St. Paul the Apostle: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and I-II Thessalonians (part 5 of 5)
2. The spread of the Gospel is beset with difficulties.--"That the word of the Lord may have free course" (ver. 1). The pioneers of the Gospel in Thessalonica had to contend with the malignant hatred of the unbelieving Jews, with the seductive theories of the Grecian philosophy, and with the jealous opposition of the Roman power. All hindrances to the Gospel have a common root in the depravity of the human heart--hence the difficulties occasioned by the inconsistencies of half-hearted professors, the paralysing influence of scepticism, and the violence of external persecution. The chief difficulty is spiritual, and the weapon to contend against it must be spiritual--the weapon of all-prayer. Savonarola once said, "If there be no enemy, no fight; if no fight, no victory; if no victory, no crown." We are to pray that the Gospel "may have free course"--may run, not simply creep, or loiter haltingly on the way, but speed along as a swift-footed messenger. "Take courage from thy cause: thou fightest for thy God, and against His enemy. Is thy enemy too potent? fear not. Art thou besieged? faint not. Art thou routed? fly not. Call aid, and thou shalt be strengthened; petition, and thou shalt be relieved; pray, and thou shalt be recruited."
3. The glory of the Gospel is to change men's hearts and ennoble men's lives.--"And be glorified, even as it is with you" (ver. 1). You Thessalonians, notwithstanding your imperfect views and defective conduct, are samples of what the Gospel can do in changing the heart and giving a lofty purpose to the life. Pray that its triumph may be more complete in you, and that its uplifting influence may be realised by others. "That which Plato was unable to effect," says Pascal, "even in the case of a few select and learned persons, a secret power, by the help only of a few words, is now wrought upon thousands of uneducated men."
+III. That prayer for ministers should be offered that their lives may be preserved from the violence of cruel and unbelieving enemies.+--"And that ye may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith" (ver. 2). Not all have faith, even among those who profess to have it, and it is certainly true of all those who scout and reject the Gospel. The unbelieving are perverse and wicked, and it is from this class that the minister is met by the most unreasonable and malicious opposition. Perhaps the most dangerous foes with which a minister has to contend are those who make some profession of religion, but in heart and practice deny it. "Men will write for religion, fight for it, die for it--anything but live for it." The minister, girded with the prayers of his people, is screened from the plots and attacks of the wicked.
+Lessons.+--1. The success of the Gospel is a signal demonstration of its Divine authorship. 2. Ministers of the Gospel have need of sympathy and help in their work. 3. The grandest spiritual results are brought about by prayer.
GERM NOTES ON THE VERSES.
Ver. 1. The Ministerial Request.
+I. The request presented.+--1. That the power of religion may be eminently experienced in our own souls. 2. That we may be preserved from the official dangers to which we are exposed. 3. That we may be able ministers of the New Testament. 4. That prudence and fidelity may distinguish our labours.
+II. The grounds on which it rests.+--1. It rests on the mutual connection which subsists between ministers and people. 2. On the law of love. 3. On its advantage to yourselves. 4. On the prevalency of fervent prayer. 5. On its connection with the salvation of souls.--Sketches.
Ver. 2. Unbelief--
+I. Abandons the guide of reason.+
+II. Leads to a vicious life and causes trouble to others.+
+III. We should pray to be delivered from its evil results.+
MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.--Verses 3, 4.
The Faithfulness of God.
From the want of faith in man, referred to in the preceding verse, the writer, as if to show the contrast, naturally glides into the subject of the Divine faithfulness. Unbelief may abound, but God can be relied on; man may be fickle and unreasonable, but the fidelity of God is inviolate.
+I. The faithfulness of God is a fact established by abundant testimonies.+--"But the Lord is faithful" (ver. 3). He is faithful to His own nature. He cannot deny Himself. He is faithful to His purpose, to His Word, to every promise, and every threatening too. The whole history of God's dealings with the Jewish people is a suggestive and impressive commentary on His inflexible faithfulness. The fact that the Church of God exists to-day, notwithstanding defection within and persecution without, is an unanswerable testimony to His fidelity. "You may be faint and weary, but my God cannot. I may fluctuate and alter as to my frames and feelings; but my Redeemer is unchangeably the same. I might utterly fail and come to nothing, if left to myself. But I cannot be so left to myself. He is rich to relieve and succour me in all my wants. He is faithful to perform and perfect all His promises" (Ambrose Serle).
+II. The faithfulness of God is practically manifested in establishing His people in all good and in keeping them safe from all evil.+--"Who shall stablish you and keep you from evil" (ver. 3). The people of God do not perpetuate themselves. He perpetuates. His faithful guardianship gives persistency to His people, so that in every age and in the darkest times there has been a bright succession of living witnesses of His unchanging character. He preserves them, not because of any inherent grace or self-deserving, but because He is faithful. "Janet," said a Scottish minister to a Christian woman of great faith, whom he was visiting, "suppose, after all, God were to let you drop into hell!" "Even as He will," was her reply; "but if He does, He will lose mair than I'll do." A single flaw in the Divine fidelity would shatter the faith of the universe.
+III. The faithfulness of God inspires confidence in the fidelity of the obedient.+--"And we have confidence in the Lord touching you that ye both do, and will do the things which we command you" (ver. 4). Because God is faithful, we know that you can be kept faithful, if you are willing and seeking to be so kept. Moreover, you will assuredly be kept faithful, while you observe in the future, as you have done in the past, "the things which we command you," and in commanding which we have the Divine authority. Consider these things, let them sink into your hearts; then act accordingly. Let obedience follow conviction, and we have no fear about the result. Von Moltke, the great German strategist and general, chose for his motto, "Erst wagen, dann wagen,"--"First weigh, then venture"; and it was to this he owed his great victories and successes. Slow, cautious, careful in planning, but bold, daring, even seemingly reckless in execution, the moment his resolve was made. Vows thus ripen into deeds, decision must go on to performance. The final perseverance of the saint depends on the Divine perseverance; his faithfulness on the Divine faithfulness. If we had no living Saviour to pilot our ship, no promise on which to rely, we might have cause to fear. The Divine faithfulness is unquestionable; our faithfulness is maintained only by obedience.
+Lessons.+--1. The faithfulness of God is the guarantee of the believer's safety. 2. The faithfulness of God should encourage the exercise of implicit faith in Him. 3. The faithfulness of God demands undeviating obedience to His laws.
GERM NOTES ON THE VERSES.
Ver. 3. The Divine Faithfulness--
+I. An incontrovertible fact.+
+II. A guarantee of personal establishment in the truth.+
+III. An invulnerable protection from evil and all its works.+
Ver. 4. Christian Obedience--
+I. Is a voluntary and constant activity.+
+II. Is based on well-understood and authoritative precepts.+
+III. Is the pathway of blessing.+
+IV. Inspires confidence in others.+
MAIN HOMILETICS OF VERSE 5.
Divine Love and Patience.
Again, the apostle is on his knees. How beautifully the habitual devoutness of the apostle's spirit comes out in the side-lights thrown from passages in his writings like this verse! He lives and breathes in the electric atmosphere of prayer. All the time he is reasoning, expounding, warning, and persuading he is also praying. Prayer is a powerful aid to the preacher. It keeps his soul in sympathy with the realm of spiritual realities, gives him clearer insight into truth, and intensifies his experience of the Divine. We learn from this verse:--
+I. That Divine love and patience are conspicuous elements in man's redemption.+--"The love of God and the patient waiting for Christ"--the patience of Christ (R.V.). The love of God devised and the patience of Christ carried out the great plan of human salvation. The Gospel is a grand revelation of the Divine love and patience in Christ Jesus; and the history of the Gospel in its world-wide progress is a many-sided illustration of these two conspicuous virtues in the Divine character and operations. After the last French war, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Paris was imprisoned. His cell had a window shaped like a cross, and with a pencil he wrote upon the arms of the cross that they denoted the height, length, breadth, and depth of God's love. That man knew something of the love of God. The patience of Christ in suffering for mankind was sustained and sublimated by the love of God, and was an object-lesson to the world, teaching, in a way that appealed to the most callous, the power and universality of that love.
+II. That Divine love and patience are the distinguished privilege of human experience.+--"Direct your hearts into the love of God and patience of Christ." The love we are to enjoy is no mere human passion, fickle and evanescent; the patience, no mere grim stoical endurance. We are admitted into the sacred adoption of the Divine mysteries; we share in their spiritual ecstasy and unruffled calm, the very love and patience of God! The Divine in us becomes more growingly evident to ourselves and to others. Love gives staying-power to and teaches us how to suffer without murmuring, to endure without retaliating. "Sire," said Beza in his reply to the king of Navarre, "it belongs to God's Church rather to suffer blows than to strike them; but let it be your pleasure to remember that the Church is an anvil which has worn out many a hammer." With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes satin.
+III. That Divine love and patience are more fully enjoyed by the soul that prays.+--"And the Lord direct your hearts." The prayerful apostle had realised the blessedness of a personal participation in the love and patience of God. But for the love of God he would never have ventured upon his evangelistic mission, and but for the patience of Christ he would not have continued in it. Now he prays that the hearts of the Thessalonians may enjoy the same grace or be set in the direct way of attaining it. It is of vital consequence that the current of the heart's outgoings should be set in the right direction. This brief petition shows what we ought to ask for ourselves. The best way to secure a larger degree of love and patience is to ardently pray for them.
"What grace, O Lord, and beauty shone Around Thy steps below! What patient love was seen in all Thy life and death of woe!
"Oh! give us hearts to love like Thee-- Like Thee, O Lord, to grieve Far more for others' sins, than all The wrongs that we receive."
+Lessons.+--1. The Christian life is a sublime participation in the nature of God. 2. Love and patience reveal the God-like character. 3. Prayer is at its best when engaged with the loftiest themes.
GERM NOTES ON THE VERSE.
Ver. 5. Waiting for the Second Advent.
+I. The love of God a preparation for the Redeemer's coming.+--1. The love of God is the love of goodness. 2. The love of God is the love of man expanded and purified. The love of man expanded into the love of Him, of whom all that we have seen of gentle and lovely, of true and tender, of honourable and bright in human character, are but the shadows and the broken, imperfect lights.
+II. Patient waiting another preparation for the Redeemer's coming.+--1. The Christian attitude of soul is an attitude of expectation.--Every gift of noble origin is breathed upon by hope's perfect breath.
2. It is patient waiting.--Every one who has ardently longed for any spiritual blessing knows the temptation to impatience in expecting it.--F. W. Robertson.
MAIN HOMILETICS ON THE PARAGRAPH.--Verses 6, 7.
Christian Consistency.
The apostle commended with a warm-hearted eulogy whatever was good in the Thessalonians, but he was not less faithful in administering rebuke when it was needed. A number of the converts, not sufficiently pondering the words of the writer, were carried away with the delusion that the second advent of Christ would take place immediately, and they abandoned all interest in the practical duties of life--an error that has been often repeated since, with similar results. Fearing the mischief would spread, and seeing that all pervious warnings were disregarded, the apostle in these verses treats the mistaken enthusiasts with unsparing condemnation. Disorder must be crushed, and consistency preserved.
+I. Christian consistency is in harmony with the highest teaching.+--"After the tradition which he [or they] received of us" (ver. 6). The rules of Christian consistency were clearly laid down in the traditions or doctrines taught by the apostles and were enforced with all the weight and sanction of Divine authority. To violate these rules is to "walk disorderly"--to break the ranks, to fall out of line. The value of the individual soldier is the degree in which he keeps in order and acts in perfect harmony and precision with the rest of the regiment. A breach of military rule creates disaster. Let the believer keep the Divine law, and the law will keep him.
"The heavens themselves, the planets and this centre, Observe degree, priority, and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office and custom, in all line of order."--Shakespeare.
+II. Christian consistency is enforced by apostolic example.+--"For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you" (ver. 7). The apostles illustrated what they taught, by a rigid observance of the rules they imposed on others. Precept was enforced by practice. While the preachers laboured among the Thessalonians, the influence of their upright examples kept the Church in order. Much depends upon the conduct of a leader in Church or State. It is said of a certain military commander on taking charge of an army that had been somewhat lax in discipline: "The presence of a master-mind was quickly visible in the changed condition of the camp. Perfect order now reigned. He was a rigid disciplinarian, and yet as gentle and kind as a woman. He was the easiest man in our army to get along with pleasantly, so long as one did his duty, but as inexorable as fate in exacting its performance. He was as courteous to the humblest private who sought an interview for any purpose as to the highest officer under his command."
+III. Christian consistency is to be maintained by separation from the lawless.+--"Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly" (ver. 6). If all efforts to recover the recalcitrant fail, then the Church has the highest authority for separating completely from the society and fellowship of such. Continued communion with them would not only seem to condone their offence, but destroy discipline, and put an end to all moral consistency. Such a separation from the unruly would be more marked in the early Church, when there was only one Christian community, and when the brethren were noted for their affectionate attachment to each other.
+Lessons.+--Christian consistency--1. Is defined by the highest law. 2. Avoids association with evil. 3. Is a reproof and pattern to the unbelieving.
GERM NOTES ON THE VERSES.
Vers. 6, 7. The Disorderly in Church Life--
+I. Violate the rules that give compactness and strength to all Church organisation.+
+II. Ignore the highest examples of moral consistency.+
+III. Should be faithfully warned and counselled.+
+IV. If incorrigible, should be excluded from the privileges of Christian fellowship.+
MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.--Verses 8, 9.
Self-denying Labour.
Pioneer work involves hard toil and much patience and self-denial. The character and surroundings of the people whose highest good is sought must be studied. The apostle took his measure of the Thessalonian converts, and, perhaps foreseeing the extravagances to which they would yield, he and his co-labourers determined to set them an example of unselfish industry, even to the extent of surrendering their just rights.
+I. Here we see self-denying labour carried on amidst weariness and suffering.+--"Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day" (ver. 8). Work is a pleasurable exercise to the strong and healthy, but it becomes a hardship when carried to excess. The devoted missionaries worked when they were weary--worked when they should have been resting. After a hard day's toil in teaching and visiting, they laboured far on into the night, so as to maintain themselves independent of help from their converts. Much as we hear of the dignity of labour, the toiler, whether by hand or brain, in the weariness and pain that overtake him, feels that some portion of the original curse still clings to his handiwork. The best work is often accomplished in the midst of acute suffering. The unique histories of England were written by J. R. Green while the shadow of death was consciously hovering over his desk; and the exquisite Christian lyrics of H. F. Lyte were penned while he felt that every moment his heart was throbbing "funeral marches to the grave."
+II. Here we see self-denying labour declining the maintenance that might be legitimately claimed.+--"That we might not be chargeable to any of you: not because we have not power" (vers. 8, 9)--right, authority. While the apostle forbears to urge their just right to ministerial support by the people, he gives them clearly to understand it is their right. Their self-denial in this instance was for a special purpose, and was only intended to be temporary, and not to establish a universal rule. In other places, St. Paul insists upon the duty of the Church to maintain its ministers (1 Cor. ix. 4-14; Gal. vi. 6). All honour to the self-denying zeal and suffering toil of the unaided Christian worker; but what shall we say of the parsimony and injustice of the people who allow such a state of things to continue?
+III. Here we see self-denying labour set forth as an example and reproof to those who are most benefited by it.+--"To make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us" (ver. 9). Here the purpose of their disinterested conduct is plainly stated--to set an example of industry to the idlers. St. Paul acted in a similar manner towards the Corinthians, but with a different design. In the latter case he wished to manifest a better spirit than that of the false teachers who were greedy of filthy lucre (2 Cor. xi. 8-13). The earnest evangelist is ever anxious to clear his work from the taint of self-seeking. Let the heart of man be changed and sanctified, and it will inspire and regulate the practical exercise of every Christian virtue. How little does the world appreciate its greatest benefactors! And yet no unselfish act is without its recompense. The actor is not unblessed. To exchange, as Christ did, the temple for Nazareth, the Father's house for the carpenter's shop, the joy of preaching for irksome toil, is a great advance in spiritual obedience and nobility of character.
+Lessons.+--1. The essence of the Christian spirit is unselfishness. 2. The earnest Christian pioneer labours ungrudgingly for the good of others. 3. The self-denial of the preacher does not exonerate the people from the duty of his legitimate maintenance.
GERM NOTES ON THE VERSES.
Ver. 8. Industry the Secret of Success.--When Sir Isaac Newton was asked by what means he had been able to make that successful progress in the sciences which struck mankind with wonder, he modestly replied, that it was not so much owing to any superior strength of genius as to a habit of patient thinking, laborious attention, and close application.
Ver. 9. Ministerial Maintenance.
+I. It is a claim based on scriptural and apostolic authority.+
+II. The temporary waiving of the right is a noble example of self-denial and unselfish devotion.+
+III. No personal waiving of the right releases the Church from its obligation.+
MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.--Verses 10-12.
Christianity and Work.
Christianity is the Gospel of work. Its clarion-call thrills along the nerves of human life and summons the world to labour. It gives to work meaning, purpose, dignity, and exalts drudgery into a blessedness. While full of sympathy for the feeble and maimed, it has no pity for the indolent. Its Founder and first apostles were giants in labour, and their example animates the world to-day with a spirit of noblest activity. It is not the drone, but the worker, who blesses the world. "Be no longer a chaos," writes Carlyle, "but a world, or even a worldkin. Produce! produce! were it but the pitifullest, infinitesimal fraction of a product, produce it in God's name! 'Tis the utmost thou hast in thee; out with it, then. Up, up! whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might."
+I. Christianity recognises the duty of every man to work for his own support.+--"For even when we were with you, this we commanded, that if any would not work, neither should he eat" (ver. 10). The necessity of food involves the necessity of work. As every one must eat, so every one must work. The wife of a certain chieftain, who had fallen upon idle habits, one day lifted the dish-cover at dinner and revealed a pair of spurs, a sign that he must ride and hunt for his next meal. It is said that in the Californian bee-pastures, on the sun-days of summer, one may readily infer the time of day from the comparative energy of bee-movements alone; drowsy and moderate in the cool of the morning, increasing in energy with the ascending sun, and at high noon thrilling and quivering in wild ecstasy, then gradually declining again to the stillness of night. Is not this a picture of our life? Work is necessary for sustenance, for health, for moral development; and rest is all the sweeter after genuine toil.
+II. Christianity is intolerant of an ignoble indolence.+--"For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies" (ver. 11). The disorderly are the idle tattlers, who make a pretence of work by busying themselves with all kinds of things but their own duty. They are triflers, wasting their own time and other people's; and they do serious mischief. In certain foreign parts, where insects abound in such swarms as to be a pest to the people and destructive enemies to young growing plants, an electric apparatus has been constructed to destroy the brood wholesale. The appliance consists of a strong electric light attracting the moths and insects, a suction-fan drawing them into a shaft as they approach the light, and a small mill in the shaft where the victims are ground up and mixed with flour, thus converting them into poultry-food. Cannot some genius contrive a means of putting an end--short of grinding them into chicken-food: let us be merciful, even to our enemies!--to those social pests who go buzzing about our homes and Churches, worrying with their idle gossip and stinging with their spiteful venom the innocent and inoffensive? If these busybodies would devote, in doing their duty, the energy they waste, they would be able to produce quite a respectable amount of honest work. But they find it easier to sponge on the generosity and simplicity of others. They are parasites; and all parasites are the paupers of nature. Parasitism is a crime--a breach of the law of evolution.
+III. Christianity enforces the necessity of a steady and independent industry.+--"We command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread" (ver. 12). The apostle, having the authority of Christ for what he counsels, commands; and as a man addressing his fellow-men, he exhorts and persuades. The law of Christianity is both stern and gentle: unbending in principle, and flexible only in manifold persuasions to translate the principle into actual living practice. It rouses man from yielding to a sinful listlessness and helps him to develop a robust Christian manhood. When an Indian candidate for the ministry was asked the question, "What is original sin?" he frankly replied, "He did not know what other people's might be, but he rather thought that his was laziness." Idleness is the prolific source of many evils: work is at once a remedy and a safeguard. A clergyman once said, "A Christian should never plead spirituality for being a sloven; if he be but a shoe-cleaner, he should be the best in the parish." We are honouring Christianity most when we are doing our best to observe the precepts, "Working with quietness and eating our own bread." An American preacher once said, "You sit here and sing yourselves away to everlasting bliss; but I tell you that you are wanted a great deal more out in Illinois than you are in heaven."
+Lessons.+--1. Christianity encourages and honours honest toil. 2. Fearlessly denounces unprincipled idlers. 3. Is an inspiration to the highest kind of work.
GERM NOTES ON THE VERSES.
Ver. 10. Industry the True Charity.--When the palace and church buildings of Caprarola were completed, Borromeo, the great patron of idle almsgiving, came to see it, and complained that so much money had not been given to the poor instead. "I have let them have it all little by little," said Alexandro Farnese; "but I have made them earn it by the sweat of their brow."
Ver. 11. Idleness and Death.--Ælian mentions a witticism of Alcibiades when some one was vaunting to him about the contempt the Lacedæmonians had for death. "It is no wonder," said he, "since it relieves them from the heavy burden of an idle and stupid life."
Ver. 12. The Way to Value Quietness.--"How dull and quiet everything is. There isn't a leaf stirring," said a young sparrow perched on the bough of a willow tree. "How delicious a puff of wind would be!" "We shall have one before long," croaked an old raven; "more than you want, I fancy." Before many hours a tempest swept over the country, and in the morning the fields were strewn with its ravages. "What a comfort the storm is over," said the sparrow, as he trimmed his wet fathers. "Ah!" croaked the raven, "you've altered your mind since last night. Take my word for it, there's nothing like a storm to teach you to value a calm."--G. Eliot.
MAIN HOMILETICS OF VERSE 13.
A Call to do the Best Work.
The apostle has shown the necessity and duty of work--that honest industry is a law of Christianity. Now he inculcates unwearied diligence in accomplishing the best work, designated by the comprehensive and suggestive phrase "well-doing." Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. No man has done his best till he has done all he can. A man's highest work is the outcome of his best endeavours. Observe:--
+I. Doing the best work is well-doing.+--"Be not weary in well-doing." We may define to ourselves this duty of well-doing by seeking answers to two questions:--
1. How can I get the most good?--The ancient philosophers discussed the question of the supreme good with amazing subtlety of logic; but they started their investigations with the erroneous assumption that the supreme good must be a human product. The question is not how to get good, but the most good--the highest, the best. We get the most good by bringing the soul into complete submission to the highest law of its being--voluntary and full surrender to the will of God. Call it getting saved, getting converted; call it what you like, so long as you get the thing itself--the love of God in the soul through faith in the Lord Jesus.
2. How can I do the most good?--These two questions are closely linked together, and are mutually interpretative of each other--the one being the qualification and motive for the other. It may be asserted we get the most good by doing the most good. The rose cannot diffuse the fragrance it does not possess, however much like a rose it may look. The question here, again, is not how I can do good, but the most, the highest, and best. We do the most good by beginning with the duty that lies nearest to us and doing it at once. The earnest worker never lacks opportunity: there is the home, the Church, the perishing multitude, ever within easy reach. "He that winneth souls is wise" (Prov. xi. 30). The highest plaudit of heaven is, "Well done, good and faithful servant" (Matt. xxv. 21).
+II. The best work is not done without encountering difficulties.+--"Be not weary." The exhortation implies there are difficulties. These arise:--
1. From vague and imperfect views of duty.--We have no sympathy with the rhapsody of the mystic who said, "Man is never so holy and exalted as when he does not know where he is going." We must know clearly what we would be at, what is within the compass of our power and opportunity, where our efforts must necessarily end, and room left for the play of other influences. We must be practical and methodical. Clearness is power. Confusion of ideas creates difficulties.
2. From unrealised ideals.--We have formed lofty conceptions of what is to be done, and what we must do. We have elaborated extensive organisations, and worked them with unflagging zeal. But the result has been disappointing. Because we have not accomplished all we wished, we are discouraged; our success has not been commensurate with our ambition, and we are tempted to slacken our endeavours. "Be not weary." We are not the best judges of what constitutes success. If it does not come in the form we expected, we must not hastily conclude our work is vain.
3. From the loss of spiritual power.--We have neglected prayer and the cultivation of personal piety. We have been so absorbed in the external details of our work as to overlook the duty of keeping up spiritual communion with the Highest. We begin to frame excuses--a sure sign of moral decadence. "We have no talents." Then we should seek them. We have more talents than we suspect, and resolute working will develop them. "Our adversaries are numerous and fierce." If we keep at our work, they will not trouble us long.
+III. The best work demands incessant diligence.+--"But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing." The best state of preparedness for the coming of the Lord is to be busily employed in the duty of the hour. Every moment has its duty. Opportunity has hair in front; behind she is bald. If you seize her by the forelock, you may hold her; but if suffered to escape, not Jupiter himself can catch her again. Arnauld, the Port Royalist, when hunted from place to place, wished his friend Nicolle to assist him in a new work, when the latter observed, "We are old; is it not time to rest?" "Rest!" returned Arnauld. "Have we not all eternity to rest in?" A man's work does not ennoble him, but he ennobles it.
+Lessons.+--The text is a spiritual motto to be adopted--1. By ministers and Sabbath-school teachers. 2. By parents seeking the spiritual good of their children. 3. By all discouraged Christian workers.
GERM NOTES ON THE VERSE.
Weary in Well-doing.
+I. The text by implication brings before us a state of mind to which believers are liable.+--"Weary in well-doing." 1. From a lamentable want of fitness for spiritual duties and employments. 2. From the opposition of the world. 3. From the hostile agency of spiritual wickedness. 4. From the dimness of our conceptions of the things which should especially influence us. 5. From failing to lay hold on the Divine strength.
+II. The text an exhortation suited to those in the state referred to.+--"Be not weary." 1. Because you are engaged in well-doing. 2. Because the time is short. 3. Because your associates are glorious. 4. Because the issue is certain. 5. Because sufficient strength is provided.--Stewart.
MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.--Verses 14, 15.
Treatment of the Refractory.
After all the warnings of the apostle against erroneous views and his exhortations to Christian diligence, he foresees there may be some refractory members of the Church who still persist in their extravagances, reject all counsel, and defy all rule and order. In these verses he gives explicit directions how to deal with such. The inveterately lazy are often something worse than lazy and are not easily reclaimed. When disobedience settles into a habit, stringent measures are necessary to arouse the victim to a sense of duty; and the efforts of restoration must be both resolute and kind.
+I. It should be made evident that his conduct is an obstinate defiance of authority.+--"And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man" (ver. 14). Not only note that his disorderly behaviour is a scandal to Christianity and an example to be avoided, but let it be brought home to him, by direct and faithful dealing, that it is a grave breach of the highest law. We can make nothing of a Fool till he is first convinced of his folly. The first step in the process of reformation is conviction of the need of reformation. It is said of Thoreau, the author, that "he was by nature of the opposition; there was a constitutional 'No' in him that could not be tortured into 'Yes.'" There are many like him, even in the Christian Church. It may seem a difficult, almost an impossible task, to convince the refractory of his error; but it is the first thing to be done, and persevered in. When the hearers of Austin resented his reproofs, he used to say, "Change your conduct, and I will change my conversation."
+II. With the view of bringing him to repentance he is to be excluded from Christian fellowship.+--"And have no company with him, that he may be ashamed" (ver. 14). The refractory practically excludes himself from every circle that loves order, harmony, and peace; for who can bear the rasping chatter of an irresponsible gossip who is constantly raking up and turning over everybody's faults but his own? But the Church must take action unitedly in dealing with the contumacious. He must be deliberately and pointedly shunned, and, when compelled to be in his company, the members must show, by the reserve of their bearing towards him, how deeply he is grieving the hearts of the brethren and sinning against God. In the days when there was only one Church, and exclusion from it was regarded as the greatest calamity and disgrace, the fear of utter excommunication could not fail to have some effect upon those thus threatened with it. Few people can bear the test of being left severely alone. It gives them the opportunity for reflection, remorse, and reform.
+III. Efforts should be made in the spirit of Christian brotherhood to effect his recovery.+--"Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother" (ver. 15). Though shunned and threatened with exclusion from Church fellowship, he is not to be passed by with contemptuous silence. He is not a heretic or a blasphemer, nor is he guilty of any monstrous crime. He is sinning against the good order of society and the peace of the Church. He is still a brother, troublesome and unreasonable though he be; and while there is the least hope of his restoration, he should be faithfully admonished. He is not to be accused and slandered to outsiders; this will only aggravate his riotousness and make him more defiant. He must be seen privately and spoken to faithfully, but with the utmost tenderness. The Christian spirit teaches us to be discreet in all things, and especially in administering reproof. Virtue ceases to be virtuous when it lacks discretion, the queen of ethics. "To be plain," writes Felltham, "argues honesty; but to be pleasing argues discretion. Sores are not to be anguished with rustic pressure, but gently stroked with a ladied hand. Physicians fire not their eyes at patients, but minister to their diseases. Let reproof be so as the offender may see affection, without arrogancy."
+Lessons.+--1. It is an important part of Church discipline to control the unruly. 2. It is in the power of one discontented person to work much mischief. 3. Church discipline must be administered with fidelity and Christian tenderness.
GERM NOTES ON THE VERSES.
Vers. 14, 15. The Disobedient--
+I. Should be specially noted.+
+II. Should not be admitted to intimate friendship without repentance.+
+III. Should be kindly but faithfully admonished.+
Ver. 14. Obedience should be prompt.--When a large passenger steamer was sinking, the question whether scores of her passengers and crew would be saved or drowned was settled within fifteen minutes. And millions have decided the momentous question of their eternal salvation or perdition in even less time than that. It seems to have been short work with Simon Peter when Jesus bade him quit the nets and follow Him. Peter obeyed at once. Prompt obedience honours God. It puts the soul immediately within the Almighty's hold; and when Jesus has His omnipotent grasp of love upon me, none shall be able to pluck me out of His hands (John x. 28). Prompt obedience saves.--Cuyler.
MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.--Verses 16-18.
Apostolic Courtesy.
The epistle is coming to a close, and the Christian courtesy of the apostle comes out in the spirit in which he expresses his farewell. If he has spoken out plainly and even severely, it has not been in vindictiveness and anger. All that he has said and written is in the interests of peace. His sharpest reproofs and most faithful admonitions have been suffused with an undercurrent of loving-kindness; and his concluding words drop with the gentleness of refreshing dew.
+I. Apostolic courtesy supplicates the blessing of the Divine peace and presence.+--"Now the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all" (ver. 16). Prayer was the life-breath of the apostle, as we have frequently pointed out in the study of these epistles. Considering the dissensions that disturbed the harmony of the Thessalonian Church, this epistle appropriately closes with a prayer for peace. First, and most important of all, peace with God and the individual conscience; then mutual peace and concord one with another--peace, such as keeps the mind in an even and heavenly frame, as a sentinel that guards a door, lest foes should get in and make havoc where God hath commanded peace. Where God's presence is manifested, there is peace; hence the apostle adds, "The Lord be with you all." Peace is a Divine gift, and a Divine experience in man; it is the peace of "the Lord of peace" that we share.
+II. Apostolic courtesy is expressed in an emphatic Christian salutation.+--"The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write" (ver. 17). This epistle was written by an amanuensis, probably Silas or Timothy, at the dictation of Paul; and the apostle wrote his own signature, adding the salutation and benediction. This act not only stamped the genuineness of the epistle but indicated in a most unmistakable manner the anxiety of the apostle to thoroughly identify himself with all that was expressed in the epistle, and to assure the Thessalonians of his personal interest in and love towards them. Christianity is the soul of courtesy. Bolingbroke once said, "Supposing Christianity to be a mere human invention, it is the most amiable and successful invention that ever was imposed on mankind." When the courtiers of Henry IV. of France expressed their surprise that he returned the salutation of a poor man, who bowed down before him at the entrance of a village, the king replied, "Would you have your king exceeded in politeness by one of the lowest of his subjects?" As he is the best Christian who is most humble, so is he that truest gentleman that is most courteous.
+III. Apostolic courtesy is indicated in the solemn invocation of the abiding grace of God.+--"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen" (ver. 18). A farewell full of pathos, full of solemnity, full of peace, full of admiration and love for the people--all good wishes condensed into a single phrase. Even an apostle can desire for the Church, or any of its members, no richer benediction than that comprehended in "the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ."
+Lessons.+--1. Peace is a prime essential in Church prosperity. 2. The Christian spirit is the essence of true courtesy. 3. We can invoke no higher blessing on others than to be kept in the enjoyment of Divine grace.
GERM NOTES ON THE VERSES.
Ver. 16. The Omnipresent God--
+I. In history.+--Shaping the course and destiny of nations.
+II. In providence.+--1. Guarding. 2. Guiding His people.
+III. In grace.+--1. Manifesting His goodness in Christ. 2. Giving inclination and power to do His will. 3. Demanding and bestowing personal holiness. 4. Ensuring constant peace.
Peace in Danger.--During the great earthquake in London, when thousands were running about and crying in terror, when buildings were falling and the ground rocking like the ocean in a storm, Wesley gathered a few of his followers in one of their little chapels, and calmly read to them the forty-sixth Psalm, "God is our refuge and strength."
Vers. 17, 18. Christian Courtesy--
+I. Takes pains to make itself evident.+--"So I write."
+II. Is a hearty expression of personal regard.+--"The salutation of Paul with mine own hand."
+III. Invokes the blessing of Divine grace on all+ (ver. 18).
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Transcriber's Notes
- Page 551, Occasion, first paragraph, change "two principal" to "two principals." Second paragraph, add "ch. ii. 2" reference. Style, second paragraph, add left double quote before "they are."
- Page 552, Outline, in the second row of the table, change an em-dash to an ampersand because the material described by the second row is interrupted by the material described by the third row. Final row, add period after "benediction."
- Page 553, notes on chapter i., verse 5, apply RC to "Divine"; add "Acts v. 39" reference. Verse 6, add "John vii. 18" and "Rom. xii. 19" references. Verse 8, apply RC to "Divine." Verse 9, add "ver. 6" reference.
- Page 554, notes on chapter i., verse 12, add comma to "So Christ." Lesson "Features," point I, apply RC to "Gospel." Point II, add comma to "abounds there." Point III, apply RC to "Gospel"; remove commas from "Thessalonica, and" and "Christians, and"; apply RC to "Gospel."
- Page 555, same lesson, point IV, remove comma from "them, and." Application ("Lessons"), point 2, apply RC to "Divine." Germ note, each of points 1 1 and II 2, apply RC to "Word."
- Page 556, lesson "Recompense," point I, add "John xv. 20" reference. Point II, remove comma from "bottle, but." Point III, apply RC to "Divinely." Point III 1, apply RC to "Divinely"; add comma to "Thessalonians the." Point III 2, apply RC to "Divinely."
- The break between pages 556 and 557 is in a unit that style indicates should not be broken: "persecutor.--|Seeing." The whole unit was moved to the earlier page.
- Page 557, same lesson, application ("Lessons"), each of points 1 and 2, apply RC to "Divine." Germ note, point I, apply RC to "Gospel." Point IV, apply RC to "Divine." Lesson "Judgment," introduction, apply RC to "Divine" and "Word." Point I 1, apply RC to "Divine."
- Page 558, same lesson, point I 1, apply RC to "Divine." Point I 2, add "Ps. civ. 3" reference. Point II, apply RC to "Word"; add "1 Tim. i. 11" reference; apply RC to "Gospel" (twice). Point III 1, add "John xvii. 22" reference.
- Page 559, same lesson, point III 1, add "Ps. xc. 17" reference. Point III 2, remove comma from "testimony, and"; apply RC to "Word" and "Gospel"; add comma to "So none." Application ("Lessons"), point 2, apply RC to "Divine." "Divine Retribution" note, point V, apply RC to "Divine." Lesson "Prayer," introduction, apply RC to "Divine." Point I, apply RC to "Divine" (thrice).
- Page 560, same lesson, point I, add "Tit. ii. 12" reference. Point II, apply RC to "Divine." Point III, apply RC to "Divinely," "Divine Word," and "Divine" (twice). Point IV, apply RC to "Divine"; add "Phil. ii. 9" reference; remove comma from "nature, and." Point V, apply RC to "Divine" (twice); add "1 Tim. i. 14" reference. Point VI, change "Michael Angelo" to "Michelangelo."
- Page 561, "Genuine Religion" note, each of points II 1 and II 2, apply RC to "Divine." "Christ Glorified" note, apply RC to "He lives." Notes on chapter ii., verse 1, tag the word "Parousia" as Greek, such that it sets in Italic, rather than Roman, type.
- Page 562, notes on chapter ii., verse 3, change "#xcellence" to "excellence." Verse 8, apply RC to "Gospel." Verse 9, apply RC to "Gospel." Verse 10, add "John xviii. 38" reference. Verse 13, change "i. 3" to "ch. i. 3." Lesson "Antichrist," introduction, remove comma from "significance, and."
- Page 563, same lesson, point I 1, apply RC to "Divine" and "Divinity." Point II 1, remove right double quotes after "Church of God"; change "apostle" to "apostles"; change the period after "Churches" to a colon introducing a list of references. Point II 2, apply RC to "Gospel."
- Page 564, same lesson, point III, apply RC to "Divinely."
- Page 565, lesson "Salvation," introduction, apply RC to "Divine"; remove comma from "wicked, and"; apply RC to "Divine." Point I, apply RC to "Divine." Point I 1, apply RC to "Divine" (twice).
- Page 566, same lesson, point I 1, apply RC to "Divine." Point I 2, apply RC to "Divine," "Gospel" (thrice), and "Divine" (twice). Point II, apply RC to "Divine." Point III, apply RC to "Divine" (twice). Point IV, apply RC to "Divine."
- Page 567, "Holy Ghost" note, point I, apply RC to "Divine." Point III, apply RC to "Gospel." "Sainthood" note, point I, apply RC to "Gospel." Lesson "Steadfastness," introduction, apply RC to "Gospel" and "Divine."
- Page 568, same lesson, point II, apply RC to "Divine."
- Page 569, same lesson, application ("Lessons"), point 2, apply RC to "Word." Lesson "Prayer," introduction, apply RC to "Gospel" (twice); remove comma from "argues, but." Point I, remove the commas from "friends, and," "consolation, and," and "bowels, and." Each of points III and III 1, apply RC to "Divine."
- Page 570, same lesson, point III 2, apply RC to "Divine." "Prayer" note, point II 1, apply RC to "Divine." "Good Hope" note, point I 3, apply RC to "Gospel." Point III 3, change "self dependence" to "self-dependence."
- Page 571, notes on chapter iii., verse 6, change "esprit de corps do not" to "esprit de corps does not." Verse 16, add em-dash before poem.
- Page 572, lesson "Prayer," introduction, remove comma from "affection, and"; apply RC to "Gospel." Point II, apply RC to "Gospel." Point II 1, apply RC to "Gospel," "Divine," and "Gospel" (twice). Point II 2, apply RC to "Gospel" (four times). Point II 3, apply RC to "Gospel" (twice).
- Page 573, same lesson, point III, apply RC to "Gospel." Application ("Lessons"), point 1, apply RC to "Gospel" and "Divine." Point 2, apply RC to "Gospel." Lesson "Faithfulness," introduction, apply RC to "Divine." Point I, apply RC to "Word."
- Page 574, same lesson, point II, apply RC to "Divine." Point III, apply RC to "Divine"; tag Von Moltke's motto as German so it sets in Italic, rather than Roman, type; apply RC to "Divine" (thrice). Lesson "Divine Love," introduction, add comma to "Again the"; apply RC to "Divine." Point I, apply RC to "Divine," "Gospel," "Divine," "Gospel," and "Divine"; add comma to "war the."
- Page 575, same lesson, point II, apply RC to "Divine" (thrice). Point III, apply RC to "Divine"; remove comma from "grace, or."
- Page 576, lesson "Consistency," introduction, add comma to "crushed and." Point I, remove comma from "apostles, and"; apply RC to "Divine" (twice).
- Page 578, lesson "Work," introduction, apply RC to "Gospel."
- Page 579, "Industry" note, change "#er. 10" to "Ver. 10" and "Caprarolo" to "Caprarola."
- Page 580, lesson "Call," point I 2, remove comma from "us, and"; add "Prov. xi. 30" and "Matt. xxv. 21" references.
- Page 581, same lesson, point II 3, apply RC to "Highest." Germ note, point I 5, apply RC to "Divine." Lesson "Treatment," introduction, remove comma from "lazy, and."
- Page 582, same lesson, point III, change "to oe anguished" to "to be anguished."
- Page 583, "Obedience" note, add "John x. 28" reference. Lesson "Courtesy," point I, apply RC to "Divine" (thrice). Point II, apply RC to "epistle, but."
- Page 584, same lesson, Application ("Lessons"), point 3, apply RC to "Divine." "Peace" note, change "forty-sixth psalm" to "Psalm." "Christian Courtesy" note, point III, apply RC to "Divine."
+INDEX.+
[H. = Homily; N. = Note; I. = Illustration]
Abraham, all nations blessed in, N. Gal. Abraham's faith, imitators of, H. Gal. Abrahamic gospel, H. Gal. Abuse of Christian Liberty, H. Gal. Abuse of public worship, H. 1 Thess. Access to Father, privilege of, H. Eph. Access to God, H. Eph. Access to God revealing Trinity in unity, H. Eph. Active faith, righteousness attained by, N. Gal. Adopting love of God, H. Eph. Adoption, H. Gal. Adoption and its claims, I. Gal. Adoption of children by Jesus Christ, H. Eph. Adoption of sons, Christ's mission for, in fullness of time, H. Gal. Advent, second, of Christ, H. 1 Thess. Affection and meekness, power of, N. Gal. Affections, religious, are attended with change of nature, H. Eph. Affliction, necessity and perils of, H. 1 Thess. Aim high, H. Phil. Alarm, false, H. 2 Thess. All and in all, Christ, H. Col. All are one in Christ, H. Gal. All concluded under sin, N. Gal. All, knowledge of Christ intended for, N. Eph. All nations blessed in Abraham, N. Gal. Alone, bearing our burdens, H. Gal. Ambassador, Gospel, H. Eph. Angels, evil, H. Eph. Anger and meekness, H. Eph. Anger sinful, H. Eph. Antichrist portrayed, H. 2 Thess. Antidote to contention, humility an, N. Phil. Anxiety, ministerial, N. Gal. Anxiety, ministerial, H. Col. Anxiety, prayer and expression of, H. 2 Thess. Anxieties of ministerial life, H. Phil. Anxious care, H. Phil. 362 Apathy one of our trials, N. Gal. Apostle, erring, H. Gal. Apostle, religious life of, H. Gal. Apostle's view of his ministry, H. Eph. Apostleship, Divine call to, H. Gal. Apostleship, practical proof of, H. Gal. Apostolic assurance of supernatural character of Gospel, N. Gal. Apostolic benediction, H. Eph. Apostolic courtesy, H. 2 Thess. Apostolic credentials, H. Gal. Apostolic estimate of Christian character, H. Col. Apostolic exposure of false teachers, H. Gal. Apostolic greeting, H. Phil. Apostolic greeting, phases of, H. 1 Thess. Apostolic greeting, phases of, H. 2 Thess. Apostolic introduction to Epistle, H. 1 Thess. Apostolic praise of order and stability, H. Col. Apostolic prayer, comprehensive, H. Col. Apostolic prayer, comprehensive, H. 1 Thess. Apostolic preaching, H. Col. Apostolic preaching characterised by transparent truth, H. 1 Thess. Apostolic preaching, perversion of, H. Gal. Apostolic salutation, H. Eph. Apostolic salutation, H. Col. Apostolical care for Church, H. Eph. Apprehension of spiritual blessings, H. Eph. Armour, Christian's, N. Eph. Ascension and its results, H. Eph. Asceticism, H. Col. Aspirations of soul, higher, H. Col. Association, H. Gal. Assurance of Christian inheritance, H. Eph. Atheism, practical, H. Eph. Attainment of resurrection, H. Phil. Attainment, spiritual, H. Phil. Attitude of Church towards second coming of Christ, H. 1 Thess. Attractiveness of worth, I. Gal. Author and End of creation, Christ, H. Col. Authority, best, to be obeyed, I. Gal. Authority, ministerial, Divine blessing highest sanction of, N. Gal. Authority of messenger of God, H. Gal. Awakening, slumbering souls and their, H. Eph.
Bad and good examples, H. Phil. Bad companions, I. Gal. Bad manners, reform of, H. Gal. Baptism, H. Gal. Baptism, teaching of, H. Gal Baptism, true, H. Col. Bear one another's burdens, H. Gal. Bear one another's burdens, N. Gal. Believer complete in Christ, H. Col. Believer crucified with Christ, and Christ living in believer, H. Gal. Believer exalted together with Jesus Christ, H. Eph. Believer's life in Christ, features of, H. Phil. Believer's perfection, Divine fulness of Christ's pledge of, H. Col. Believer's portion in both worlds, H. Phil. Believer's salvation, grounds of confidence in, H. Phil. Believers, benefit conferred by Spirit on, H. Eph. Believers, characteristics of, H. Eph. Believers, children of promise, H. Gal. Believers, duty of, in evil day, H. Eph. Believers, enemies of, H. Eph. Believers, Paul as example to, H. Phil. Believers, steadfastness of, a source of true ministerial satisfaction, H. 1 Thess. Believing soul, manner in which Gospel comes to, H. 1 Thess. Benediction, apostolic, H. Eph. Benediction, concluding, H. Gal. Benediction, suggestive, H. Eph. Beneficence, opportunity of, H. Gal. Benefit conferred by Spirit on believers, H. Eph. Benevolence, practical Christian, H. Phil. Best authority to be obeyed, I. Gal. Best work, call to do, H. 2 Thess. Bible sword of Spirit, H. Eph. Biblical account of sin, N. Gal. Blameless life, lustre of, H. Phil. Blessedness, man's final condition of, H. Col. Blessing, Divine, highest sanction of ministerial authority, N. Gal. Blessing of redemption, great, H. Col. Blessings of reconciliation, personal, H. Col. Blessings, spiritual, H. Eph. Boasting, empty, H. Gal. Body, human, resurrection of, H. Phil. Body of Christ, Church the, H. Col. Body of Christ, members of, H. Eph. Body, one, and one spirit, H. Eph. Body, resurrection of, H. 1 Thess. Boldness a duty in a minister, H. Eph. Boldness, Christian, H. Phil. Bond of unity, peace the, H. Eph. Bonds, Paul's, ministry of, H. Phil. Bondage and liberty, H. Gal. Bondage, freedom from, N. Gal. Bondage, spiritual, ignorance of God a, N. Gal. Bondwoman and her son, cast out, N. Gal. Book, names in, H. Phil. Bravery, Christian, exhortation to, H. Phil. Bravery, moral, picture of, H. Eph. Bread, wheat is better than, H. Col. Brethren, false, and their treatment, H. Gal. Bride, Christ and His, H. Eph. Brotherhood, Christian, H. Gal. Brotherhood of man, Christian, H. Eph. Brotherly love in action, H. Eph. Brotherly love, a proof of true sanctification, H. 1 Thess. Brotherly reproof, N. Gal. Burden, every man has his own, H. Gal. Burden or a glory, cross, H. Gal. Burdens, bear one another's, H. Gal. Burdens, bear one another's, N. Gal. Burdens, our twofold, N. Gal. Burden-bearing, H. Gal. Burden-bearing, mutual sympathy in, H. Gal. Business, mind your own, H. 1 Thess.
Call, Divine, to apostleship, H. Gal. Call, Gospel and, to preach it, H. Gal. Call of Gospel to sinners, H. Eph. Call to Christian fortitude, H. Eph. Call to do best work, H. 2 Thess. Calling of Gentiles, H. Eph. Care, anxious, H. Phil. Care, cure of, H. Phil. Causes of ministerial thanksgiving, H. Col. Censure, Church, N. Gal. Ceremonial and zeal in religion, H. Col. Ceremonial in religion transitory and unsatisfying, H. Col. Change effected by Gospel, H. 1 Thess. Change great, effected in man by Gospel, H. Eph. Change of life, religion, H. Col. Change of nature, religious affections are attended with, H. Eph. Character and privileges of children of God, H. Gal. Character Christian, essentials of, H. Col. Character, love perfection of, N. Gal. Characteristics of believers, H. Eph. Charge, a father's, H. Eph. Charity, industry the true, I. 2 Thess. Charity, nature, properties, and acts of, H. Eph. Children, adoption of, by Jesus Christ, H. Eph. Children and parents, duties of, H. Eph. Children and parents, duties of, H. Col. Children of darkness and of light, H. Eph. Children of God, H. Gal. Children of God, character and privileges of, H. Gal. Children of promise, believers, H. Gal. Children of wrath, H. Eph. Christ a revelation because equal to Father, H. Col. Christ all, and in all, H. Col. Christ, all are one in, H Gal. Christ and creation, N. Eph. Christ and His bride, H. Eph. Christ, Author and End of creation, H. Col. Christ, believer complete in, H. Col. Christ, believer's life in, features of, H. Phil. Christ, Church complete in, H. Eph. Christ, the body of, H. Col. Christ, coming of, H. 1 Thess. Christ, contrasted humiliation and exaltation of, H. Eph. Christ, crucified, H. Gal. Christ, death and life with, H. Col. Christ, dignity and dominion of, H. Eph. Christ, Divine fulness of, pledge of believer's perfection, H. Col. Christ, enthusiasm for, H. Phil. Christ, exaltation of, H. Phil. Christ, excellent knowledge of, H. Phil. Christ, Firstborn from dead, H. Col. Christ, fulness of, H. Col. Christ, gift of, H. Gal. Christ, gifts of, to His church, H. Eph. Christ, glorified in His people, N. 2 Thess. Christ, glorying in cross of, H. Gal. Christ, God known in, N. Eph. Christ, great Peacemaker, H. Eph. Christ, growth into, in love and truth, H. Eph. Christ, Head of Church, H. Eph. Christ, heroic devotion to, H. Phil. Christ, hidden treasures of wisdom in, H. Col. Christ, humiliation of, a pattern of supreme unselfishness, H. Phil. Christ, in practical life, H. Col. Christ in you the hope of glory, H. Col. Christ, indwelling Word of, H. Col. Christ, knowledge of, intended for all, N. Eph. Christ, Law preparing for, H. Gal. Christ, life in, present condition and future glory of, H. Col. Christ, life of, only true idea of self-devotion, H. Phil. Christ living in believer, and believer crucified with Christ, H. Gal. Christ, love of, H. Eph. Christ, loving, in sincerity, H. Eph. Christ, members of body of, H. Eph. Christ, name of, doing all in, H. Col. Christ, obedient to Law, H. Gal. Christ, odium of cross of, H. Gal. Christ, our Life, H. Col. Christ, our Pattern, H. Phil. Christ, our Sacrifice, H. Gal. Christ, poor representative of, I. Gal. Christ, redemption through, H. Eph. Christ, relation of, to God and all created things, H. Col. Christ, relation to moral creation, H. Col. Christ, riches of, N. Eph. Christ, risen with, H. Col. Christ, sacrifice of, H. Eph. Christ, second advent of, H. 1 Thess. Christ, coming of, attitude of Church towards, H. 1 Thess. Christ, servant of, H. Gal. Christ, the Christian's life, H. Phil. Christ, the Inheritance of saints, N. Eph. Christ, the only gain, H. Phil. Christ the Reconciler, H. Col. Christ the Redeemer, H. Phil. Christ, true knowledge of, external religionism incomparable with, H. Phil. Christ, unsearchable riches of, N. Eph. Christ, worthy of universal homage, H. Phil. Christ's crucifixion, H. Phil. Christ's love for the Church, H. Eph. Christ's mission for adoption of sons in fulness of time, H. Gal. Christ's resurrection, power of, H. Phil. Christ's sacrifice of Himself explained, and man's duty to offer spiritual sacrifice inferred and recommended, H. Eph. Christ's sufferings, fellowship of, H. Phil. Christ's truth in relation to our daily conversation, H. Col. Christian benevolence, practical, H. Phil. Christian boldness, H. Phil. Christian bravery, exhortation to. H. Phil. Christian brotherhood, H. Gal. Christian brotherhood of men, H. Eph. Christian character, apostolic estimate of, H. Col. Christian character, essentials of, H. Col. Christian character, love perfection of, H. Col. Christian character, malice incompatible with, H. Eph. Christian Church a family, H. Eph. Christian circumcision, H. Col. Christian citizenship, H. Phil. Christian conduct, rule of, N. Eph. Christian consistency, H. Gal. Christian consistency, H. Phil. Christian consistency, H. 2 Thess. Christian contentment, H. Phil. Christian conversation, H. Col. Christian courtesy, H. Phil. Christian courtesy, H. 2 Thess. Christian, dead to law, H. Gal. Christian duty, suggestive summary of law of, H. Col. Christian duty to poor, N. Gal. Christian equity, H. Phil. Christian ethics, Paul's doctrine of, H. Eph. Christian ethics, science of, H. Phil. Christian excellence, eulogy of, H. Phil. Christian experience, highest type of, H. Phil. Christian fidelity, H. 2 Thess. Christian forgiveness, H. Eph. Christian forgiveness. H. Col. Christian fortitude, call to, H. Eph. Christian generosity, H. Gal. Christian generosity, H. Phil. Christian greeting, H. Phil. Christian greetings and counsels, H. Col. Christian holiness, H. 1 Thess. Christian humility, H. Col. Christian humility, illustrated in character of Paul, H. Eph. Christian inheritance, assurance of. H. Eph. Christian joy, H. Phil. Christian law of marriage, H. Eph. Christian law of prayer, H. Eph. Christian liberty, H. Gal. Christian liberty, love the highest law of, H. Gal. Christian life a Divine creation, H. Eph. Christian life a race, H. Gal. Christian life, dignity of, H. Eph. Christian life, liberality a fruit of, H. Phil. Christian life, Lord's Supper sample of, H. Col. Christian life, perpetual thanksgiving of, H. 1 Thess. Christian life, poetry of, H. Col. Christian life, suggestive features of, H. Col. Christian love, prayer for, H. Phil. Christian manhood, true, H. Eph. Christian maturity, H. Eph. Christian minister, devoted, H. Phil. Christian ministry, H. Col. Christian ministry, efficacy of, H. Gal. Christian ministry, pre-eminent honour and sublime theme of, H. Col. Christian ministry, real and counterfeit in, H. Phil. Christian ministry, solemn and responsible trust, H. Col. Christian mirth versus drunken mirth, H. Eph. Christian mission, projected, H. Phil. Christian obedience, H. 2 Thess. Christian perseverance, hope a stimulus to, H. Col. Christian prayer, witness of Christian citizenship, H. Eph. Christian precepts, group of, H. 1 Thess. Christian principles applied to common life, H. Eph. Christian principles, tendency of, to produce contentment, H. Phil. Christian rectitude, H. Phil. Christian reformation, H. Gal. Christian religion, truth and dignity of, H. Eph. Christian salutation, N. Gal. Christian servitude, N. Eph. Christian sobriety inculcated, H. Eph. Christian spirit a new spirit, H. Eph. Christian steadfastness, H. 2 Thess. Christian steadfastness, glad tidings of, H. 1 Thess. Christian sympathy, practical, H. Gal. Christian temper, the same mind which was in Christ, H. Phil. Christian, true glory of, H. Gal. Christian truth, the girdle of, H. Eph. Christian unity, H. Col. Christian unity, an occasion of joy, H. Phil. Christian waiting for his Deliverer, H. 1 Thess. Christian warfare, H. Eph. Christian warrior equipped, H. Eph. Christian wisdom, H. Eph. Christian work, disappointed hopes in, H. Gal. Christian zeal, H. Gal. Christian's armour, N. Eph. Christian's estimate of living and dying, H. Phil. Christian's imitation, duty and object of, H. Eph. Christian's life, Christ the, H. Phil. Christian's power, source of, H. Phil. Christian's truest test and excellence, H. Eph. Christians, doubtful, H. Gal. Christians, examples to world, H. Phil. Christians of different denominations, temper to be cultivated by, toward each other, H. Phil. Christianity and persecution, H. Gal. Christianity and poverty, H. Gal. Christianity and work, H. 2 Thess. Christianity, harmony of, in its personal influence, H. Eph. Christianity, hearty, H. Col. Christianity, inviolability of, H. Gal. Christianity, mercantile virtues without, H. Phil. Christianity, nullified by legalism, H. Gal. Christianity, superior to external rites, H. Gal. Christly character, H. Gal. Christmas of soul, N. Gal. Church a Divine edifice, H. Eph. Church a witness, N. Gal. Church, apostolical care for, H. Eph. Church, attitude of, towards second coming of Christ, H. 1 Thess. Church, censure, N. Gal. Church, Christ Head of, H. Eph. Church, Christ's love for the, H. Eph. Church, Christian, a family, H. Eph. Church, complete in Christ, H. Eph. Church concord, H. 1 Thess. Church, Divine ideal of the, H. Eph. Church edification, public reading of Holy Scriptures important means of, H. Col. Church, future glory of the, H. Eph. Church, generous, H. Phil. Church, gifts of Christ to His, H. Eph. Church, growth of, H. Eph. Church, how a, lives and grows, H. Col. Church, joy of suffering for, H. Col. Church, prosperous, congratulatory features of, H. 2 Thess. Church quarrels, N. Gal. Church, sevenfold unity of, reflected in Trinity of Divine persons, H. Eph. Church, the body of Christ, H. Col. Church, the habitation of God, N. Eph. Church, the temple of God, N. Eph. Church, troubles of, judgment on, H. Gal. Church, unity and concord in, H. Phil. Church, unity and concord of, H. Eph. Church, universal, Jerusalem type of, H. Gal. Church, welfare of, ministerial anxiety for, N. Phil. Church-life, disorderly in, H. 2 Thess. Church-life, side-lights on, in early times, H. Col. Church-life, true, N. Eph. Circumcision, Christian, H. Col. Circumcision, spiritual, H. Phil. Circumcision, true, H. Col. Citizenship, Christian, H. Phil. Citizenship, Christian prayer witness of Christian, H. Eph. City, great, solitude of, H. 1 Thess. Cities, large, dissipation of, H. Eph. Claims, imperative, of Divine commission, H. Gal. Clearer discernment in Divine things desired, H. Eph. Closing words, H. 1 Thess. College life, H. Eph. Colossians, Epistle to--Colossæ and its people, N. Col. Colossians, Epistle to--outline of Epistle, N. Col. Colossians, Epistle to--style of Epistle, N. Col. Colossians, Paul's prayer for, H. Col. Comfort, religious, elements of, H. Eph. Comforting one another, duty of, H. 1 Thess. Coming of Christ, H. 1 Thess. Commencement of Gospel at Philippi, H. Phil. Commission, Divine, imperative claims of, H. Gal. Commission, exalted, ministerial, H. Eph. Common life, Christian principles applied to, H. Eph. Communion of saints, H. Eph. Companions, bad, I. Gal. Complete man, sanctification of, H. 1 Thess. Completeness of moral character, prayer for, H. 2 Thess. Completing of soul, H. Col. Comprehensive and sublime prayer, H. Eph. Comprehensive apostolic prayer, H. Col. Comprehensive apostolic prayer, H. 1 Thess. Comprehensiveness of Gospel, N. Eph. Concluding benediction, H. Gal. Concord and unity in Church, H. Phil. Concord, Church, H. 1 Thess. Condition of man's final blessedness, H. Col. Conduct, Christian, rule of, N. Eph. Conduct of life, wise, H. Eph. Confidence in believer's salvation, grounds of, H. Phil. Confirmatory proofs of Divine call, H. Gal. Conflict and suffering, H. Phil. Conflict between Law and faith, H. Gal. Congratulatory features of prosperous Church, H. 2 Thess. Conscientiousness, reason for, I. 1 Thess. Conscientiousness, respect for, I. 1 Thess. Consecrated life, development of events in, H. Phil. Consistency, Christian, H. Gal. Consistency, Christian, H. Phil. Consistency, Christian, H. 2 Thess. Constant joy, I. Gal. Contention, humility an antidote to, N. Phil. Contentment, Christian, H. Phil. Contentment, true, tendency of Christian principles to produce, H. Phil. Conversation, Christian, H. Col. Conversation, daily, Christ's truth in relation to our, H. Col. Conversion and its evidences, H. 1 Thess. Conversion and vocation of Paul, H. Gal. Conversion, condition of Ephesians before, H. Eph. Conversion, power of God in, N. Eph. Conversion, test of suffering, H. 1 Thess. Converts, joy of minister in his, H. 1 Thess. Converts, new, dealing with, H. 1 Thess. Co-operation of Divine and human in man's salvation, H. Phil. Correct estimate of gospel truth, H. 1 Thess. Counsels and greetings, Christian, H. Col. Counterfeit and real in Christian ministry, H. Phil. Counterfeits, godly zeal and its, H. Gal. Courage under suffering, N. Eph. Courtesy, apostolic, H. 2 Thess. Courtesy, Christian, H. Phil. Covenant of promise, Divine, H. Gal. Covenants, Divine and human, H. Gal. Covetousness which is idolatry, H. Col. Cowardly retreat, I. Gal. Created things, all, relation of Christ to God and, H. Col. Creation, Christ and, N. Eph. Creation, Divine, Christian life a, H. Eph. Creation, new spiritual, N. Eph. Creature, new, N. Gal. Credentials, apostolic, H. Gal. Cross a burden or a glory, H. Gal. Cross, enemies of, H. Phil. Cross, of Christ, glorying in, H. Gal. Cross, odium of, H. Gal. Cross, triumph of, H. Col. Crucifixion, Christ's, H. Phil. Crucifying flesh, H. Gal. Culture, Divine, H. Phil. Cure of care, H. Phil Cure of vice and vain-glory, H. Gal. Curse and sentence of Law, N. Gal.
Daily conversation, Christ's truth in relation to our, H. Col. Danger of grieving Him, office of Holy Spirit and, H. Eph. Danger, peace in, I. 2 Thess. Darkness, children of, and of light, H. Eph. Darkness, light in, N. Eph. Darkness to light, from, H. Col. Darkness, works of, N. Eph. Day, happy, and its sequel, H. Phil. Day of judgment, H. 2 Thess. Day of Lord, H. 1 Thess. Dead, Christ Firstborn from, H. Col. Dead, resurrection of, an object to aim at, H. Phil. Dead, sorrow for, H. 1. Thess. Dead, to Law by Law, H. Gal. Dealing with new converts, H. 1 Thess. Death a peacemaker, N. Eph. Death and life with Christ, H. Col. Death and spiritual life, H. Col. Death, Christian's life and, H. Phil. Death, idleness and, I. 2 Thess. Death, state of sin a state of, H. Eph. Death to life, transition from, H. Col. Deceived, be not, H. Gal. Deceived sowers to flesh, H. Gal. Deceivers and deceived, case of, considered, H. Eph. Deceptive glamour of error, H. Gal. Defence, fearless, of fundamental truth, H. Gal. Defender of faith, astute, H. Gal. Definiteness in prayer, H. Phil. Deity, incarnate, H. Phil. Deliverer, Christian waiting for his, H. 1 Thess. Delusions, strong, H. 2 Thess. Denominations, temper to be cultivated by Christians of different towards each other, H. Phil. Departed, faithful, sleep of. H. 1 Thess. Dependence, mutual, law of, H. Eph. Despise not prophesyings, H. 1 Thess. Despiser, word to, H. 1 Thess. Destiny, glorious, of human body, N. Phil. Destructive subtlety of sin, H. 2 Thess. Development of events in consecrated life, H. Phil. Devil, wiles of, H. Eph. Devoted Christian minister, H. Phil. Devotion, true, H. Col. Devout doxology, H. Eph. Difference between Law and Gospel, H. Gal. Difference, sowing to flesh and to Spirit, H. Gal. Difficult and important mission, H. 1 Thess. Dignified and touching farewell, H. Gal. Dignity and dominion of Christ. H. Eph. Dignity of Christian life, H. Eph. Dignity of sonship with God, H. Gal. Dilemma of turn-coats, H. Gal. Disagreement, feminine, H. Phil. Disappointed hopes in Christian work, H. Gal. Discernment, clearer, in Divine things desired, H. Eph. Discrimination, spiritual, H. Phil. Disintegrating force of error, N. Gal. Disobedience, folly of, H. Gal. Disobedient, H. 2 Thess. Disorderly in Church-life, H. 2 Thess. Dissipation of large cities, H. Eph. Distinctive features of true sanctification, H. 1 Thess. Disturber of faith, H. Gal. Divine act, salvation a, H. 2 Thess. Divine and human covenants, H. Gal. Divine and human, co-operation of, in man's salvation, H. Phil. Divine blessing highest sanction of ministerial authority, N. Gal. Divine call, confirmatory proofs of, H. Gal. Divine call to apostleship, H. Gal. Divine commission, imperative claims of, H. Gal. Divine covenant of promise, H. Gal. Divine creation, Christian life a, H. Eph. Divine culture, H. Phil. Divine edifice, Church a, H. Eph. Divine faithfulness, H. 2 Thess. Divine fulness of Christ pledge of believer's perfection, H. Col. Divine grace, frustrating, N. Gal. Divine grace, glory of, H. Eph. Divine grace, salvation an act of, H. Eph. Divine ideal of the Church, H. Eph. Divine Judge, H. 2 Thess. Divine life, positiveness of, H. Gal. Divine love and patience, H. 2 Thess. Divine peace, rule of, H. Col. Divine, Trinity of, sevenfold unity of Church reflected in, H. Eph. Divine promise, Law not contrary to, H. Gal. Divine retribution, H. 2 Thess. Divine strength, H. Col. Divine things, clearer discernment in, desired, H. Eph. Divinity and truth of Christian religion, H. Eph. Doctrine of Christian ethics, Paul's, H. Eph. Doctrine of predestination, N. Eph. Doing all for God, H. Col. Doing all in name of Christ, H. Col. Doing good, on, H. Gal. Dominion and dignity of Christ, H. Eph. Double harvest, H. Gal. Doubtful Christians, H. Gal. Doxology, devout, H. Eph. Drunken mirth versus Christian mirth, H. Eph. Drunkenness, vice of, H. Eph. Duty and object of Christian imitation, H. Eph. Duty, Christian, suggestive summary of law of, H. Col. Duty of believers in evil day, H. Eph. Duty of comforting one another, H. 1 Thess. Duty of thanksgiving, H. Eph. Duties of children and parents, H. Eph. Duties of children and parents, H. Col. Duties of servants and masters, H. Eph. Duties of servants and masters, H. Col. Duties of wives and husbands, H. Eph. Duties of wives and husbands, H. Col. Dying and living, Christian's estimate of, H. Phil.
Early Christians, faith of, H. Eph. Early Church, glimpses of life in, H. Phil. Early times, side-lights on Church-life in, H. Col. Earnest of inheritance, Holy Spirit an, H. Eph. Earth, heaven and, family in, H. Eph. Edification, Church, public reading of Holy Scriptures important means of, H. Col. Edifice, Divine, Church a, H. Eph. Effective preaching, secret of, H. Col. Effects, evidences and, of revival, H. 1 Thess. Effects of Gospel upon those who receive it, H. Phil. Effectual mediator, I. Gal. Efficacy of Christian ministry, H. Gal. Efficacy of prayer, H. Col. Efficacy of Word of God, and way of receiving it, H. 1 Thess. Ejaculatory prayer, and self-recollectedness, H. 1. Thess. Election, mystery of, N. Eph. Election of God, H. 1 Thess. Elements, essential, of success in preaching, H. 1 Thess. Elements of religious comfort, H. Eph. Empty boasting, H. Gal. Enchanted ground, pilgrims on, H. 1 Thess. End of creation, Christ Author and, H. Col. Enemies of believers, H. Eph. Enemies of cross, H. Phil. Enemies of man, invisible, H. Eph. Enjoyment, spiritual, H. Eph. Enlarged Gospel, H. Eph. Enlightenment, spiritual, N. Eph. Enmity of heart, power of Gospel to dissolve, N. Eph. Enthusiasm for Christ, H. Phil. Ephesians before conversion, conditions of, H. Eph. Ephesians, Epistle to--analysis of Epistle, N. Eph. Ephesians, Epistle to--genuineness of Epistle, N. Eph. Ephesians, Epistle to--practical design of Epistle, N. Eph. Ephesians, Epistle to--to whom sent, N. Eph. Ephesians, Paul's prayer for, H. Eph. Equal to Father, Christ a revelation because, H. Col. Equity, Christian, H. Phil. Erring apostle, H. Gal. Erring, restoration of, H. Gal. Error, deceptive glamour of, H. Gal. Error, disintegrating force of, N. Gal. Error, safeguards against, H. Phil. Errors respecting forgiveness of sin, H. Eph. Essential elements of success in preaching, H. 1 Thess. Essentials of Christian character, H. Col. Estimate of Gospel truth, correct, H. 1 Thess. Eternal praise should be offered unto God, H. Phil. Ethics, Christian, Paul's doctrine of, H. Eph. Ethics, science of, H. Phil. Eulogy of Christian excellence, H. Phil. Evangelical consistency, H. Phil. Every man has his own burden, H. Gal. Evidence, truth its own, H. Gal. Evidences and effects of revival, H. 1 Thess. Evidences of conversion, H. 1 Thess. Evidences of sonship, H. Gal. Evil angels, H. Eph. Evil day, duty of believers in, H. Eph. Evils, worst of, H. Eph. Exaltation, contrasted humiliation and, of Christ, H. Eph. Exaltation of Christ, H. Phil. Exaltation of labour, Paul's, H. Eph. Exalted ministerial commission, H. Eph. Example, power of, N. Gal. Example, power of, H. 1 Thess. Examples, good and bad, H. Phil. Excellence, Christian, eulogy of, H. Phil. Excellence, Christian's truest test and, H. Eph. Excellency of knowledge of Christ, H. Phil. Excellent knowledge of Christ, H. Phil. Excitement, sensual and spiritual, H. Eph. Exhortations, earnest, to higher sanctity, H. 1 Thess. Experience, Christian, highest type of, H. Phil. Exposure, apostolic, of false teachers, H. Gal. External religionism incomparable with true knowledge of Christ, H. Phil. External rites, Christianity superior to, H. Gal. Extremity, joy of good man in, H. Phil.
Faith, active, righteousness attained by, N. Gal. Faith and Law, conflict between, H. Gal. Faith, astute defender of, H. Gal. Faith, disturber of, H. Gal. Faith, justification by, H. Eph. Faith, justification, not by works, N. Gal. Faith, justification, not by works, H. Gal. Faith, justification, not by works, I. Gal. Faith, life of, H. Gal. Faith of early Christians, H. Eph. Faith of man and faithfulness of God, H. 1 Thess. Faith, reasonableness of, H. Gal. Faith, righteousness through, H. Gal. Faith, salvation by, H. Eph. Faith, working by love, religion is, H. Gal. Faithful departed, sleep of, H. 1 Thess. Faithful minister, N. Eph. Faithful reproof, N. Gal. Faithfulness of God, H. 2 Thess. Faithfulness of God and faith of man, H. 1 Thess. False alarm, H. 2 Thess. False and true in religion, H. Phil. False and true zeal, H. Gal. False brethren and their treatment, H. Gal. False methods of salvation, H. Gal. False philosophy, marks of, H. Col. False philosophy, seductive peril of, H. Col. False teachers, apostolic exposure of, H. Gal. False teachers, emphatic warnings against, H. Phil. False teaching, perils of, H. Gal. Falsehood, sin of, H. Eph. Family, Christian Church a, H. Eph. Family, in heaven and earth, H. Eph. Family, one, H. Eph. Farewell, dignified and touching, H. Gal. Farewell, words of, H. Col. Fate of unbelievers, H. Gal. Father, access to, privilege of, H. Eph. Father, Christ a revelation because equal to, H. Col. Father, God our, H. Phil. Father, God the, H. Eph. Father's charge, a, H. Eph. Fearless defence of fundamental truth, H. Gal. Features, congratulatory, of prosperous Church, H. 2 Thess. Features, distinctive, of true sanctification, H. 1 Thess. Features of believer's life in Christ, H. Phil. Features of Christian life, suggestive, H. Col. Feeling, past, N. Eph. Fellowship in Gospel, H. Phil. Fellowship in wickedness, and its condemnation, H. Eph. Fellowship of Christ's sufferings, H. Phil. Fellowship of mystery, H. Eph. Feminine disagreement, H. Phil. Fidelity, Christian, H. 2 Thess. Fidelity, in ministry, H. Gal. Fidelity to truth, N. Gal. Fidelity unswerving, in accomplishing its lofty mission, Christian ministry demands, H. Col. Final blessedness, condition of man's, H. Col. Firstborn from dead, Christ, H. Col. Flesh and spirit, H. Gal. Flesh, crucifying, H. Gal. Flesh, deceived sowers to, H. Gal. Flesh, works of, H. Gal. Folly of disobedience, H. Gal. Foolish talking and jesting, against, H. Eph. Force of error, disintegrating, N. Gal. Forgiveness, Christian, H. Eph. Forgiveness, Christian, H. Col. Forgiveness of sin, errors respecting, H. Eph. Forlorn state of Gentile world, H. Eph. Formalism tested and found wanting, H. Phil. Fortitude, Christian, call to, H. Eph. Free grace, working out salvation harmonises with, H. Phil. Freedom from bondage, N. Gal. Fruit of Christian life, liberality, H. Phil. Fruit of Spirit, H. Gal. Fruits of righteousness, H. Phil. Frustrating Divine grace, N. Gal. Fulness of Christ, H. Col. Fulness Divine, pledge of believer's perfection, H. Col. Fulness of time, H. Gal. Fundamental truth, fearless defence of, H. Gal. Fury of old religion against new, H. 1 Thess. Future glory of the Church, H. Eph. Future present condition and, of life in Christ, H. Col. Future life, H. Eph.
Gain, Christ the only, H. Phil. Galatians, Epistle to--authorship of Epistle, N. Gal. Galatians, Epistle to--character of Galatians, N. Gal. Galatians, Epistle to--purpose and analysis, N. Gal. Galatians, Epistle to--time of writing, N. Gal. Generosity, Christian, H. Gal. Generosity, Christian, H. Phil. Generous Church, H. Phil. Gentile life--a warning, H. Eph. Gentile world, forlorn state of, H. Eph. Gentiles, calling of, H. Eph. Gentleness, grace of, H. Gal. Genuine religion illustrated, H. 2 Thess. Germ of spurious ministry, H. Phil. Gift of Christ, H. Gal. Gifts of Christ to His church, H. Eph. Girdle of truth, H. Eph. Glad tidings of Christian steadfastness, H. 1 Thess. Glamour of error, deceptive, H. Gal. Glimpses of life in early Church, H. Phil. Glorious destiny of human body, N. Phil. Glory, future, of the Church, H. Eph. Glory, hope of, Christ in you the, H. Col. Glory of Divine grace, H. Eph. Glory of Gospel, H. Col. Glory of sainthood, H. 2 Thess. Glory or a burden, cross, H. Gal. Glorying in cross of Christ, H. Gal. God, access to, H. Eph. God, revealing Trinity in unity, H. Eph. God, children of, H. Gal. God, Church the habitation of, N. Eph. God, doing all for, H. Col. God, election of, H. 1 Thess. God, eternal praise should be offered unto, H. Phil. God, faithfulness of, H. 2 Thess. God, faithfulness and faith of man, H. 1 Thess. God, glorified in good men, N. Gal. God, glorified in His servant, H. Gal. God, ignorance of, a spiritual bondage, N. Gal. God, imitation of, N. Eph. God, known in Christ, N. Eph. God, life of, H. Eph. God, light of, H. Eph. God, likeness to, H. Eph. God, man without, N. Eph. God, manifold wisdom of, H. Eph. God, masters accountable to, N. Eph. God, nearness to, H. Eph. God, omnipresent, H. 2 Thess. God, our Father, H. Phil. God, peace of, keeping heart, H. Phil. God, relation of Christ to, and all created things, H. Col. God, salvation is of, H. 1 Thess. God, singing in worship of, H. Eph. God, sonship with, dignity of, H. Gal. God, temple of, Church the, H. Eph. God, the Father, H. Eph. God, true Israel of, H. Gal. God, unity of, and His purpose regarding men, H. Gal. God, whole armour of, H. Eph. God, wrath of, H. Col. God's infinite liberality, H. Eph. God's offspring, N. Gal. God's riches, man's need supplied from, H. Phil. God's sabbatic law antedated Mosaic Law, N. Gal. God's work and man's care--salvation, H. Phil. Godless and hopeless, H. Eph. Godly zeal and its counterfeits, H. Gal. God-made minister, N. Eph. Good and bad examples, H. Phil. Good, hold fast that which is, H. 1 Thess. Good hope through grace, H. 2 Thess. Good, imitation of, H. Phil. Good man, joy of, in extremity, H. Phil. Good men, God glorified in, N. Gal. Good news and its good effects, H. Col. Good, on doing, H. Gal. Good works, grace and, H. 1 Thess. Gospel, a Divine revelation, H. Gal. Gospel, a mystery, H. Eph. Gospel, Abrahamic, H. Gal. Gospel, according to Mark, H. Eph. Gospel, ambassador, H. Eph. Gospel and call to preach it, H. Gal. Gospel and Law, difference between, H. Gal. Gospel and Law, history of Sarah and Hagar allegorical of, H. Gal. Gospel at Philippi, commencement of, H. Phil. Gospel, call of, to sinners, H. Eph. Gospel, change effected by, H. 1 Thess. Gospel, comes to believing soul, manner in which, H. 1 Thess. Gospel, comprehensiveness of, N. Eph. Gospel, effects of, upon those who receive it, H. Phil. Gospel, enlarged, H. Eph. Gospel, fellowship in, H. Phil. Gospel, glory of, H. Col. Gospel, great change effected in man by, H. Eph. Gospel, in word and in power, H. 1 Thess. Gospel, inviolable unity of, H. Gal. Gospel, irrepressible, H. Phil. Gospel, manifests itself, H. Col. Gospel, mystery of, H. Eph. Gospel of grace, praise for work of Trinity in, H. Eph. Gospel of peace, H. Eph. Gospel of your salvation, H. Eph. Gospel, one, H. Gal. Gospel, power of, N. Gal. Gospel, power to dissolve enmity of heart, N. Eph. Gospel, practical result of true reception of, H. 1 Thess. Gospel, preaching of, not in vain, H. 1 Thess. Gospel, profession of, uncleanness inconsistent with, H. 1 Thess. Gospel, remonstrance with revolters against, H. Gal. Gospel, state of men without, H. Eph. Gospel, superhuman origin of, H. Gal. Gospel, superhuman origin of, N. Gal. Gospel, true, to be preached and believed, H. Gal. Gospel, true, universally the same, H. Col. Gospel, truth, correct estimate of, H. 1 Thess. Gospel, use of Law under, H. Gal. Government of tongue, H. Eph. Grace and good works, H. 1 Thess. Grace and peace, H. Gal. Grace, Divine, glory of, H. Eph. Grace, Divine, salvation an act of, H. Eph. Grace, frustrating Divine, N. Gal. Grace, good hope through, H. 2 Thess. Grace, Gospel of, praise for work of Trinity in, H. Eph. Grace, growth in, H. 2 Thess. Grace of gentleness, H. Gal. Grace of God, justification by works makes void the, H. Gal. Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, H. Phil. Grace, promise of, N. Gal. Grace, salvation is of, H. Eph. Grace sovereign, pardon an act of, N. Eph. Grace, state by nature and by, H. Eph. Grace, state of, H. Eph. Great blessing of redemption, H. Col. Great city, solitude of, H. 1 Thess. Great Mediator, reconciling work of, H. Col. Great moral translation, H. Col. Great prison, N. Gal. Great truths, two, presentation of, H. Col. Greeting, Christian, H. Phil. Greetings and counsels, Christian, H. Col. Grieving the Holy Spirit, H. Eph. Ground, enchanted, pilgrims on, H. 1 Thess. Group of Christian precepts, H. 1 Thess. Growth, humility a, N. Eph. Growth in grace, H. 2 Thess. Growth in personal piety, prayer for, H. 1 Thess. Growth into Christ in love and truth, H. Eph. Growth of Church, H. Eph. Guidance of Spirit, H. Gal.
Habitation of God, Church the, N. Eph. Hagar and Sarah, history of, allegorical of Law and Gospel, H. Gal. Handwriting of ordinances, H. Col. Happy day and its sequel, H. Phil. Happy life, secret of, H. 1 Thess. Happy memories, H. Phil. Harmony of Christianity in its personal influence, H. Eph. Harvest, double, H. Gal. Harvest, spiritual, principle of, H. Gal. Head of Church, Christ, H. Eph. Headship of Christ, H. Eph. Heart, enmity of, power of Gospel to dissolve, N. Eph. Heart, peace of God keeping, H. Phil. Heart, what is your, filled with? H. Eph. Hearty Christianity, H. Col. Heaven and earth, family in, H. Eph. Heaven, qualification for, H. Col. Heaven, rest in, for troubled, H. 2 Thess. Heirs according to promise, H. Gal. Heroic devotion to Christ, H. Phil. Hidden treasures of wisdom in Christ, H. Col. High moral feeling that should influence preacher, H. 1 Thess. Higher aspirations of soul, H. Col. Higher sanctity, earnest exhortations to, H. 1 Thess. Higher spiritual knowledge, prayer for, H. Eph. Highest type of Christian experience, H. Phil. Hindrances, Satanic, H. 1 Thess. History of Hagar and Sarah allegorical of Law and Gospel, H. Gal. Hold fast that which is good, H. 1 Thess. Holiness, Christian, H. 1 Thess. Holiness, supreme end of reconciliation, H. Col. Holy Ghost the Sanctifier, H. 2 Thess. Holy Scriptures, public reading of, important means of church edification, H. Col. Holy Scriptures, public reading of, important means of church edification, H. 1 Thess. Holy Spirit and earnest of inheritance, H. Eph. Holy Spirit, grieving the, H. Eph. Holy Spirit, office of, and danger of grieving Him, H. Eph. Homage, Christ worthy of universal, H. Phil. Home-life, sanctity of, N. Eph. Honour, pre-eminent, and sublime theme of Christian ministry, H. Col. Hope a stimulus to Christian perseverance, H. Col. Hope, good, through grace, H. 2 Thess. Hope of glory, Christ in you the, H. Col. Hopes, disappointed, in Christian work, H. Gal. Hopeless and godless, H. Eph. Household, piety in, H. Col. Human and Divine, co-operation of, in man's salvation, H. Phil. Human and Divine covenants, H. Gal. Human body, resurrection of, H. Phil. Humiliation and exaltation of Christ, contrasted, H. Eph. Humiliation of Christ a pattern of supreme unselfishness, H. Phil. Humility a growth, N. Eph. Humility an antidote to contention, H. Phil. Humility Christian, H. Col. Humility Christian, illustrated in character of Paul, H. Eph. Humility, Paul's, H. Eph. Husbands and wives, duties of, H. Eph. Husbands and wives, duties of, H. Col. Hypocrisy, profession without, N. Gal.
Ideal, Divine, of the Church, H. Eph. Idleness and death, I. 2 Thess. Idolatry, covetousness which is, H. Col. Ignorance of God a spiritual bondage, N. Gal. Imitation, Christian's duty and object of, H. Eph. Imitation, moral, H. Col. Imitation of God, N. Eph. Imitation of good, H. Phil. Imitators of Abraham's faith, H. Gal. Imperative claims of Divine commission, H. Gal. Important and difficult mission, H. 1 Thess. Imposition, warning against, H. 2 Thess. Incarnate Deity, H. Phil. Individual character, sowing and reaping in their bearing on formation of, H. Gal. Industry secret of success, H. 2 Thess. Industry the true charity, I. 2 Thess. Indwelling Word of Christ, H. Col. Inexorability of Law, H. Gal. Inferiority of Law, H. Gal. Infinite liberality, God's, H. Eph. Influence, moral, H. Phil. Influence, spiritual, varied aspects of, H. 1 Thess. Inheritance, Christian, assurance of, H. Eph. Inheritance of saints, Christ, N. Eph. Inheritance, saintly, meetness for, H. Col. Iniquity, mystery of, H. 2 Thess. Interruptions in our work, and the way to deal with them, H. Eph. Inviolability of Christianity, H. Gal. Inviolable unity of Gospel, H. Gal. Invisible enemies of man, H. Eph. Irrepressible, Gospel, H. Phil. Israel of God, true, H. Gal.
Jerusalem above, H. Gal. Jerusalem, type of universal church, H. Gal. Jesting and talking, against foolish, H. Eph. Jesus Christ, adoption of children by, H. Eph. Jesus Christ, believer exalted together with, H. Eph. Jesus, name of, H. Phil. Jesus, suffering for, H. Gal. Jesus, supremacy of, H. Eph. Jesus, unselfishness of, H. Gal. Jews, persecuting, H. 1 Thess. Joy, Christian, H. Phil. Joy, Christian, unity an occasion of, H. Phil. Joy, constant, I. Gal. Joy of good man in extremity, H. Phil. Joy of minister in his converts, H. 1 Thess. Joy of ministerial success, H. Phil. Joy of suffering for Church, H. Col. Joy, pure, H. Phil. Joy, religious, H. 1 Thess. Judge, Divine, H. 2 Thess. Judgment, day of, H. 2 Thess. Judgment, on troubles of Church, H. Gal. Just, resurrection of, H. Phil. Justification by faith, H. Eph. Justification, not of works, N. Gal. Justification, not of works, H. Gal. Justification, not of works, I. Gal. Justifying faith, true, is not of ourselves, N. Eph.
Knowledge and wisdom, Christ the treasury of, N. Col. Knowledge of Christ, excellent, H. Phil. Knowledge of Christ, intended for all, N. Eph. Knowledge, true, of Christ, external religionism incomparable with, H. Phil. Known and unknown love of Christ, H. Eph.
Labour, Paul's exaltation of, H. Eph. Labour, self-denying, H. 2 Thess. Large cities, dissipation of, H. Eph. Last words, H. Phil. Latitudinarianism, N. Gal. Law and faith, conflict between, H. Gal. Law and Gospel, difference between, H. Gal. Law and Gospel, history of Hagar and Sarah allegorical of, H. Gal. Law and promise, N. Gal. Law, Christ obedient to, H. Gal. Law, Christian dead to, H. Gal. Law, curse and sentence of, N. Gal. Law, fulfilled in love to others, H. Gal. Law, inexorability of, H. Gal. Law, inferiority of, H. Gal. Law is for transgressors, H. Gal. Law, lesson from the, H. Gal. Law not contrary to Divine promise, H. Gal. Law of Christian liberty, love the highest, H. Gal. Law of marriage, Christian, H. Eph. Law of mutual dependence, H. Eph. Law of retribution, H. Gal. Law, our schoolmaster, H. Gal. Law, preparing for Christ, H. Gal. Law, under, H. Gal. Law, use of, H. Gal. Leading of Spirit, N. Gal. Legal bondage and spiritual freedom contrasted, H. Gal. Legal prescriptions, no trust in, N. Gal. Legalism a relapse, H. Gal. Legalism, Christianity nullified by, H. Gal. Lesson from the Law, H. Gal. Liberality a fruit of Christian life, H. Phil. Liberality, God's infinite, H. Eph. Liberty, bondage and, H. Gal. Liberty, Christian, H. Gal. Liberty, Christian, abuse of, H. Gal. Liberty, Christian, love the highest law of, H. Gal. Liberty, Christian, right use of, H. Gal. Life and death, Christian's, H. Phil. Life and walk in Spirit, H. Gal. Life, change of, religion, H. Col. Life, Christ our, H. Col. Life, Christian, a Divine creation, H. Eph. Life, Christian, a race, H. Gal. Life, Christian, dignity of, H. Eph. Life, Christian, Lord's Supper example of, H. Col. Life, common, Christian principles applied to, H. Eph. Life, death and, with Christ, H. Col. Life, death to, transition from, H. Col. Life, future, H. Eph. Life in Christ, present condition and future glory of, H. Col. Life in early Church, glimpses of, H. Phil. Life, misspent, review of, N. Gal. Life, new, H. Col. Life of Christ, only true idea of self-devotion, H. Phil. Life of faith, H. Gal. Life of God, H. Eph. Life of love, H. Eph. Life, wise conduct of, H. Eph. Life, wise conduct of, H. Col. Life, word of, living ministry and living Church, H. Phil. Light, children of darkness and of, H. Eph. Light, from darkness to, H. Col. Light, in darkness, N. Eph. Light, meetness for inheritance of saints in, H. Col. Light, of God, H. Eph. Light, spiritual, summons to, H. Eph. Likeness to God, H. Eph. Living and dying, Christian's estimate of, H. Phil. Living ministry and living Church: Word of life, H. Phil. Looking on things of others, H. Phil. Lord, day of, H. 1 Thess. Lord Jesus, marks of, H. Gal. Lord, one, H. Eph. Lord, rejoicing in, H. Phil. Lord's Supper example of Christian life, H. Col. Love an attendant of regeneration, H. Gal. Love and patience, Divine, H. 2 Thess. Love and truth, growth into Christ in, H. Eph. Love, brotherly, H. 1 Thess. Love in action, H. Eph. Love, Christ's for the Church, H. Eph. Love, Christian prayer for, H. Phil. Love, faith working by, religion is, H. Gal. Love for preacher, H. Gal. Love, life of, H. Eph. Love of Christ, H. Eph. Love of God, adopting, H. Eph. Love of Son of God to men, H. Gal. Love, perfection of character, N. Gal. Love, perfection of Christian character, H. Col. Love, powers of, H. Gal. Love, service of, H. Gal. Love, the highest law of Christian liberty, H. Gal. Love to others, Law fulfilled in, H. Gal. Loving Christ in sincerity, H. Eph. Lustre of blameless life, H. Phil.
Maintenance, ministerial, N. Gal. Maintenance, ministerial, H. 2 Thess. Malice incompatible with Christian character, H. Eph. Man and man, truth between, H. Eph. Man, Christian brotherhood of, H. Eph. Man, faith of, and faithfulness of God, H. 1 Thess. Man, great change effected in, by Gospel, H. Eph. Man, invisible enemies of, H. Eph. Man, justified by faith alone, I. Gal. Man, mortification of sinful principle in, H. Col. Man, unity of God and His purpose regarding, H. Gal. Man, without God, N. Eph. Man's care and God's work--salvation, H. Phil. Man's duty to offer spiritual sacrifice inferred and recommended, Christ's sacrifice of Himself explained, and, H. Eph. Man's final blessedness, condition of, H. Col. Man's need supplied from God's riches, H. Phil. Manhood, true Christian, H. Eph. Manifold wisdom of God, H. Eph. Manners, bad, reform of, H. Gal. Mark, Gospel according to, H. Eph. Mark, pressing toward, H. Phil. Marks of false philosophy, H. Col. Marks of Lord Jesus, H. Gal. Marked men, H. Gal. Marriage, Christian law of, H. Eph. Masters, accountable to God, N. Eph. Masters, and servants, duties of, N. and H. Eph. Masters, and servants, duties of, H. Col. Maturity, Christian, H. Eph. Mediator, effectual, I. Gal. Mediator, Great, reconciling work of, H. Col. Medical profession, religion and the, H. Col. Meek, who are the? I. Gal. Meekness and affection, power of, N. Gal. Meekness and anger, H. Eph. Meetness for saintly inheritance, H. Col. Members of body of Christ, H. Eph. Memory, H. 2 Thess. Memories, happy, H. Phil. Men, love of Son of God to, H. Gal. Men, marked, H. Gal. Men, state of, without Gospel, H. Eph. Mercantile virtues without Christianity, H. Phil. Messenger, Divinely commissioned, self-evidencing proof of, H. Gal. Messenger of God, authority of, H. Gal. Messenger, trusted, H. Eph. Mind which was in Christ, Christian temper the same, H. Phil. Mind your own business, H. 1 Thess. Minister, boldness a duty in a, H. Eph. Minister, devoted Christian, H. Phil. Minister, faithful, N. Eph. Minister, God-made, N. Eph. Minister, joy of, in his converts, H. 1 Thess. Minister, true qualification of, H. Gal. Ministers, prayer for, H. 2 Thess. Ministerial anxiety, N. Gal. Ministerial anxiety, H. Col. Ministerial anxiety, for welfare of Church, N. Phil. Ministerial anxiety, prayer an expression of, H. 2 Thess. Ministerial authority, Divine blessing highest sanction of, N. Gal. Ministerial commission, exalted, H. Eph. Ministerial life, anxieties of, H. Phil. Ministerial maintenance, N. Gal. Ministerial maintenance, H. 2 Thess. Ministerial office, treatment due to, H. 1 Thess. Ministerial request, H. 2 Thess. Ministerial satisfaction, steadfastness of believers a source of true, H. 1 Thess. Ministerial success, joy of, H. Phil. Ministerial thanksgiving, H. 1 Thess. Ministerial thanksgiving, causes of, H. Col. Ministry, apostle's view of his, H. Eph. Ministry, Christian, H. Col. Ministry, Christian, efficacy of, H. Gal. Ministry, Christian, pre-eminent honour and sublime theme of, H. Col. Ministry, Christian, real and counterfeit in, H. Phil. Ministry, Christian, solemn and responsible trust, H. Col. Ministry, fidelity in, H. Gal. Ministry, of Paul's bonds, H. Phil. Ministry, public, H. 1 Thess. Ministry, spurious, H. Phil. 315 Ministry, work of, H. Eph. Miracles, confirmatory of truth, N. Gal. Mirth, Christian versus drunken, H. Eph. Mission, Christ's for adoption of sons in fulness of time, H. Gal. Mission, difficult and important, H. 1 Thess. Mission, projected Christian, H. Phil. Mission, special, recognition of, H. Gal. Misspent life, review of, N. Gal. Mistaken zeal, H. Gal. Model pastor, H. Col. Moral bravery, picture of, H. Eph. Moral character, prayer for completeness of, H. 2 Thess. Moral creation, relation of Christ to, H. Col. Moral feeling, high, that should influence preacher, H. 1 Thess. Moral imitation, H. Col. Moral influence, H. Phil. Moral sleep, H. 1 Thess. Moral sowing and reaping, H. Gal. Moral stupidity, H. Eph. Moral transformation, thorough, H. Eph. Moral translation, great, H. Col. Mortification of sinful principle in man, H. Col. Mosaic Law, God's sabbatic law antedated, N. Gal. Mutual dependence, law of, H. Eph. Mutual duties of children and parents, H. Eph. Mutual submission, H. Eph. Mutual sympathy in burden-bearing, H. Gal. Mystery, fellowship of, H. Eph. Mystery, Gospel a, H. Eph. Mystery, of election, N. Eph. Mystery of Gospel, H. Eph. Mystery of iniquity, H. 2 Thess.
Name of Christ, doing all in, H. Col. Name of Jesus, H. Phil. Names in book, H. Phil. Nations, all, blessed in Abraham, N. Gal. Nature and by grace, state by, H. Eph. Nature, change of, religious affections are attended with, H. Eph. Nature, new, necessity of, N. Gal. Nature, new, spiritual, H. Col. Nature, putting off old, and putting on new, H. Eph. Nature, source, and purpose of spiritual blessings, H. Eph. Nature, state of, H. Eph. Nearness to God, H. Eph. Necessity and perils of affliction, H. 1 Thess. Necessity of new nature, N. Gal. Need, man's supplied from God's riches, H. Phil. Need, our, and our supply, H. Phil. Neighbour's rights, regard for, I. Gal. New birth begins our true life, I. Gal. New converts, dealing with, H. 1 Thess. New creature, N. Gal. New fury of old religion against, H. 1 Thess. New life, H. Col. New nature, necessity of, N. Gal. New nature, putting off old and putting on, H. Eph. New spirit, Christian spirit a, H. Eph. New spiritual creation, N. Eph. New spiritual nature, H. Col. News, good, and its good effects, H. Col. News that gladdens, H. 1 Thess. Noble attitude of sufferer for truth, H. Phil. Noble self-sacrifice, I. Eph. Non-age of pre-Christian world, H. Gal.
Obedience, H. Eph. Obedience, Christian, H. 2 Thess. Obedience should be prompt, N. 2 Thess. Object and duty of Christian's imitation, H. Eph. Odium of cross of Christ, H. Gal. Office of Holy Spirit and danger of grieving Him, H. Eph. Offspring, God's, N. Gal. Old nature, putting off, and putting on new, H. Eph. Old religion, fury of, against new, H. 1 Thess. Omnipresent God, H. 2 Thess. One body and one Spirit, N. Eph. One family, H. Eph. One Gospel, H. Gal. One in Christ, all are, H. Gal. One Lord, H. Eph. One Spirit, one body and, H. Eph. Oneness of Church, H. Eph. Opportunity of beneficence, H. Gal. Order and stability, apostolic praise of, H. Col. Ordinances, handwriting of, H. Col. Origin of Gospel, superhuman, H. Gal. Others, looking on things of, H. Phil. Others, sins of, H. Gal. 101
Pacific spirit proof of true sanctification, H. 1 Thess. Pardon an act of sovereign grace, N. Eph. Parents and children, duties of, H. Eph. Parents and children, duties of, H. Col. Past feeling, N. Eph. Pastor, model, H. Col. Pastors and people, H. Gal. Patience and love, Divine, H. 2 Thess. Pattern, Christ our, H. Phil. Paul an example to believers, H. Phil. Paul, Christian humility illustrated in character of, H. Eph. Paul, conversion and vocation of, H. Gal. Paul's bonds, ministry of, H. Phil. Paul's doctrine of Christian ethics, H. Eph. Paul's exaltation of labour, H. Eph. Paul's humility, H. Eph. Paul's introduction to Ephesian Epistle, H. Eph. Paul's prayer for Colossians, H. Col. Paul's prayer for Ephesians, H. Eph. Paul's prayer for Thessalonians, H. 2 Thess. Peace, Divine, rule of, H. Col. Peace, Gospel of, H. Eph. Peace, grace and, H. Gal. Peace in danger, I. 2 Thess. Peace of God keeping heart, H. Phil. Peace the bond of unity, H. Eph. Peace, unity and, H. Col. Peacemaker, Christ great, H. Eph. Peacemaker, death a, N. Eph. People, pastors and, H. Gal. Perfection, believer's Divine fulness of Christ pledge of, H. Col. Perfection is attained, how, N. Gal. Perfection of character, love, N. Gal. Perfection of Christian character, love, H. Col. Perils and necessity of affliction, H. 1 Thess. Perils of false teaching, H. Gal. Perils of suffering, H. 1 Thess. Perils, peculiar, Christian ministry is surrounded by, H. Col. Perpetual thanksgiving of Christian life, H. 1 Thess. Perplexity, preacher's, H. Gal. Persecuting Jews, H. 1 Thess. Persecution, Christianity and, H. Gal. Persecution, on, H. Gal. Perseverance, Christian, hope stimulus to, H. Col. Perseverance of saints, H. Phil. Personal blessings of reconciliation, H. Col. Personal influence, harmony of Christianity in its, H. Eph. Personal piety, prayer for growth in, H. 1 Thess. Perversion of apostolic preaching, H. Gal. Perversion of truth, H. Gal. Phases of apostolic greeting, H. 1 Thess. Phases of apostolic greeting, H. 2 Thess. Philippi, commencement of gospel at, H. Phil. Philippians, Epistle to--Philippi and the Philippians, N. Phil. Philippians, Epistle to--place and time of writing Epistle, N. Phil. Philippians, Epistle to--occasion and contents of Epistle, N. Phil. Philosophic vagaries, H. Col. Philosophy, false, marks of, H. Col. Picture of moral bravery, H. Eph. Piety in household, H. Col. Piety, personal, prayer for growth in, H. 1 Thess. Pilgrims on enchanted ground, H. 1 Thess. Plea for steadfastness, H. Phil. Pleadings of anxious teacher with his pupils in peril, H. Gal. Poetry of Christian life, H. Col. Poor, Christian duty to, N. Gal. Poor, remember the, H. Gal. Poor, representative of Christ, I. Gal. Positiveness of Divine life, H. Gal. Poverty and Christianity, H. Gal. Power, Christian's, source of, H. Phil. Power, Gospel in word and in, H. 1 Thess. Power, of Christ's resurrection, H. Phil. Power, of example, N. Gal. Power, of example, H. 1 Thess. Power of God in conversion, N. Eph. Power of Gospel, N. Gal. Power of Gospel to dissolve enmity of heart, N. Eph. Power of meekness and affection, N. Gal. Power of Satan great but restricted, H. 1 Thess. Power of truth, H. Gal. Powers of love, H. Gal. Practical atheism, H. Eph. Practical Christian benevolence, H. Phil. Practical Christian sympathy, H. Gal. Practical life, Christ in, H. Col. Practical proofs of apostleship, H. Gal. Practical result of true reception of Gospel, H. 1 Thess. Praise, eternal, should be offered unto God, H. Phil. Praise for work of Trinity in Gospel of grace, H. Eph. Pray for us, H. 1 Thess. Prayer, access to God in, H. Eph. Prayer, an expression of ministerial anxiety, H. 2 Thess. Prayer and thanksgiving, H. 1 Thess. Prayer, Christian law of, H. Eph. Prayer, Christian, witness of Christian citizenship, H. Eph. Prayer, comprehensive apostolic, H. Gal. Prayer, comprehensive apostolic, H. 1 Thess. Prayer, definiteness in, H. Phil. Prayer, duty of, H. Eph. Prayer, efficacy of, H. Col. Prayer, for Christian love, H. Phil. Prayer, for completeness of moral character, H. 2 Thess. Prayer, for higher spiritual knowledge, H. Eph. Prayer, for ministers, H. 2 Thess. Prayer, for sanctification, H. 1 Thess. Prayer, Paul's, for Colossians, H. Col. Prayer, Paul's, for Ephesians, H. Eph. Prayer, Paul's, for Thessalonians, H. 2 Thess. Prayer, programme of, H. Eph. Prayer, subjects of, H. Phil. Prayer, sublime and comprehensive, H. Eph. Prayer, true, H. Phil. Praying and preaching, H. Col. Praying in Spirit, H. Eph. Praying with all prayer, H. Eph. Preacher, high moral feeling that should influence, H. 1 Thess. Preacher, love for, H. Gal. Preacher, successful, H. Col. Preacher's perplexity, H. Gal. Preaching and praying, H. Col. Preaching, apostolic, H. Col. Preaching, apostolic, characterised by transparent truth, H. 1 Thess. Preaching, apostolic, perversion of, H. Gal. Preaching, effective, secret of, H. Col. Preaching, essential elements of success in, H. 1 Thess. Preaching of Gospel not in vain, H. 1 Thess. Precepts, Christian, group of, H. 1 Thess. Pre-Christian world, non-age of, H. Gal. Predestination, doctrine of, N. Eph. Prescriptions, legal, no trust in, N. Gal. Present condition and future glory of life in Christ, H. Col. Presentation of two great truths, N. Col. Pressing towards mark, H. Phil. Principle of spiritual harvest, H. Gal. Principles above rules, N. Col. Principles, Christian, applied to common life, H. Eph. Prison, great, N. Gal. Privilege of access to Father, H. Eph. Privileges and character of children of God, H. Gal. Profession of Gospel, uncleanness inconsistent with, H. 1 Thess. Profession without hypocrisy, N. Gal. Programme of prayer, H. Eph. Progress of revelation, H. Gal. Progress, retrospection the basis of, H. Col. Projected Christian mission, H. Phil. Promise and Law, N. Gal. Promise, believers children of, H. Gal. Promise, Divine, covenant of, H. Gal. Promise, Divine, law not contrary to, H. Gal. Promise, Gospel call and, H. Eph. Promise, heirs according to, H. Gal. Promise of grace, N. Gal. Proof, confirmatory, of Divine call, H. Gal. Proof, practical, of apostleship, H. Gal. Prophesyings, despise not, H. 1 Thess. Prosperous Church, congratulatory features of, H. 2 Thess. Prove all things, H. 1 Thess. Public ministry, H. 1 Thess. Public reading of Holy Scriptures important means of Church edification, H. Col. Public reading of Holy Scriptures important means of Church edification, H. 1 Thess. Public worship, abuse of, H. 1 Thess. Pupils in peril, pleadings of anxious teacher with his, H. Gal. Pure joy, H. Phil.
Qualification for heaven, H. Col. Qualification of true minister, H. Gal. Quarrels, Church, N. Gal. Quench not Spirit, H. 1 Thess. Questions, searching, H. Gal. Quiet, study to be, H. 1 Thess. Quietness, way to value, I. 2 Thess.
Race, Christian life a, H. Gal. Rationalism, H. 1 Thess. Reading, public, of Holy Scriptures important means of Church edification, H. Col. Reading, public, of Holy Scriptures important means of Church edification, H. 1 Thess. Ready to go, but willing to wait, H. Phil. Real and ceremonial in religion, H. Col. Real and counterfeit in Christian ministry, H. Phil. Reap if we faint not, H. Gal. Reaping, moral sowing and, H. Gal. Reaping, sowing and, in their bearing on formation of individual character, H. Gal. Reason for conscientiousness, I. 1 Thess. Reasonableness of faith, H. Gal. Reception of Gospel, true, practical result of, H. 1 Thess. Recognition of special mission, H. Gal. Recompense of suffering for truth, H. 2 Thess. Reconciler, Christ the, H. Col. Reconciliation, holiness supreme end of, H. Col. Reconciliation, personal blessings of, H. Col. Reconciling work of great Mediator, H. Col. Rectitude, Christian, H. Phil. Redeemer, Christ the, H. Phil. Redeeming the time, H. Eph. Redemption and its issues, H. Gal. Redemption, great blessing of, H. Col. Redemption of time, H. Eph. Redemption through Christ, H. Eph. Reform of bad manners, H. Gal. Reformation, Christian, H. Gal. Refractory, treatment of, H. 2 Thess. Regard for neighbour's rights, I. Gal. Regeneration, love an attendant of, H. Gal. Rejoice evermore, H. 1 Thess. Rejoicing in Lord, H. Phil. Relapse, legalism a, H. Gal. Relation of Christ to God and all created things, H. Col. Relation to moral creation, H. Col. Religion a change of life, H. Col. Religion and the medical profession, H. Col. Religion, ceremonial and real in, H. Col. Religion, ceremonial in, transitory and unsatisfying, H. Col. Religion, Christian, truth and divinity of, H. Eph. Religion, false and true in, H. Phil. Religion, genuine, illustrated, H. 2 Thess. Religion, is faith working by love, H. Gal. Religion, true, scriptural view of, H. Gal. Religion, true and self-revealing, H. Eph. Religionism, external, incomparable with true knowledge of Christ, H. Phil. Religious affections are attended with change of nature, H. Eph. Religious comfort, elements of, H. Eph. Religious joy, H. 1 Thess. Religious life of apostle, H. Gal. Remedy for worldly care, H. Phil. Remember the poor, H. Gal. Remonstrance with revolters against Gospel, H. Gal. Reproof, brotherly, N. Gal. Reproof, faithful, N. Gal. Reproof, right mode of giving and receiving, H. Gal. Request, ministerial, H. 2 Thess. Respect for conscientiousness, I. 1 Thess. Rest in heaven for trouble, H. 2 Thess. Restoration of erring, H. Gal. Result, practical, of true reception of Gospel, H. 1 Thess. Resurrection, attainment of, H. Phil. Resurrection, Christ's, power of, H. Phil. Resurrection, of body, H. 1 Thess. Resurrection of dead an object to aim at, H. Phil. Resurrection of human body, H. Phil. Retirement preparation for work, H. Gal. Retreat, cowardly, I. Gal. Retribution, Divine, H. 2 Thess. Retribution, law of, H. Gal. Retrospection the basis of progress, H. Col. Revelation, Christ a, because equal to Father, H. Col. Revelation, progress of, H. Gal. Revelation, supernatural, N. Gal. Review of misspent life, N. Gal. Revival, evidences and effects of, H. 1 Thess. Revolters against Gospel, remonstrance with, H. Gal. Riches, God's, man's need supplied from, H. Phil. Riches of Christ, N. Eph. Riches, unsearchable, of Christ, N. Eph. Right mode of giving and receiving reproof, H. Gal. Right use of Christian liberty, H. Gal. Rights, regard for neighbour's, I. Gal. Righteousness attained by active faith, N. Gal. Righteousness, fruits of, H. Phil. Righteousness, through faith, H. Gal. Risen with Christ, H. Col. Rites, external, Christianity superior to, H. Gal. Ritualist, zealous, H. Gal. Rule of Christian conduct, N. Eph. Rule of Divine peace, H. Col. Rules, principles above, N. Col.
Sabbath, shadow and substance of, H. Col. Sabbatic law, God's antedated Mosaic Law, N. Gal. Sacrifice, Christ our, H. Gal. Sacrifice, Christ's, of Himself explained, and man's duty to offer spiritual sacrifice inferred and recommended, H. Eph. Sacrifice of Christ, H. Eph. Safeguards against error, H. Phil. Saints, Christ the inheritance of, H. Eph. Saints, communion of, H. Eph. Saints, perseverance of, H. Phil. Saints, what, should be, N. 2 Thess. Sainthood, glory of, H. 2 Thess. Saintly inheritance, meetness for, H. Col. Salutation, apostolic, H. Eph. Salutation, apostolic, H. Col. Salutation, Christian, N. Gal. Salvation, a Divine act, H. 2 Thess. Salvation, an act of Divine grace, H. Eph. Salvation, believer's, grounds of confidence in, H. Phil. Salvation by faith, H. Eph. Salvation, false methods of, H. Gal. Salvation, God's work and man's care, H. Phil. Salvation, Gospel of your, H. Eph. Salvation is of God, H. 1 Thess. Salvation is of grace, H. Eph. Salvation, man's, co-operation of Divine and human in, H. Phil. Same, true Gospel universally the, H. Col. Sanctification of complete man, H. 1 Thess. Sanctification, prayer for, H. 1 Thess. Sanctification, true, brotherly love proof of, H. 1 Thess. Sanctification, true, distinctive features of, H. 1 Thess. Sanctification, true, pacific spirit, another proof of, H. 1 Thess. Sanctifier, Holy Ghost the, H. 2 Thess. Sanction of ministerial authority, Divine blessing highest, N. Gal. Sanctity, higher, earnest exhortation to, H. 1 Thess. Sanctity of home-life, N. Eph. Sarah and Hagar, history of, allegorical of Gospel and Law, H. Gal. Satan, power of, great but restricted, H. 1 Thess. Satanic hindrances, H. 1 Thess. Schoolmaster, Law our, H. Gal. Science of Christian ethics, H. Phil. Scriptural view of true religion, H. Gal. Sealing of Spirit, N. Eph. Searching questions, H. Gal. Second advent of Christ, H. 1 Thess. Second advent of Christ, waiting for, H. 2 Thess. Second coming of Christ, attitude of Church towards, H. 1 Thess. Second coming of Christ, and sorrow for dead, H. 1 Thess. Secret of effective preaching, H. Col. Secret of happy life, H. 1 Thess. Secret of success, industry, H. 2 Thess. Seductive peril of false philosophy, H. Col. Seeking things above, H. Col. Self abolished and replaced, I. Gal. Self-conscious truth, H. Gal. Self-denying labour, H. 2 Thess. Self-devotion, life of Christ only true idea of, H. Phil. Self-evidencing proof of Divinely commissioned messenger, H. Gal. Self-sacrifice, noble, I. Eph. Self-recollectedness and ejaculatory prayer, H. 1 Thess. Sensual and spiritual excitement, H. Eph. Sentence of Law, curse and, N. Gal. Servant, God glorified in His, H. Gal. Servant of Christ, H. Gal. Servants and masters, duties of, H. Eph. Servants and masters, duties of, H. Col. Service of love, H. Gal. Servitude, Christian, H. Eph. Sevenfold unity of Church reflected in trinity of Divine Persons, H. Eph. Shadow and substance of sabbath, H. Col. Side-lights on Church-life in early times, H. Col. Sin, all included under, N. Gal. Sin, Biblical account of, N. Gal. Sin, destructive subtlety of, H. 2 Thess. Sin, forgiveness of, errors respecting, H. Eph. Sin of falsehood, H. Eph. Sin, state of, a state of death, H. Eph. Sin, state of ungodliness, H. Eph. Sins of others, H. Gal. Sincerity in youth, value of, H. Phil. Sincerity, loving Christ in, H. Eph. Sinful anger, H. Eph. Sinful principle in man, mortification of, H. Col. Singing in worship of God, H. Eph. Sinners, call of Gospel to, H. Eph. Sleep, moral, H. 1 Thess. Sleep of faithful departed, H. 1 Thess. Slumbering souls and their awakening, H. Eph. Sobriety, Christian, inculcated, H. Eph. Solitude of great city, H. 1 Thess. Son of God, love of, to men, H. Gal. Sonship, evidences of, H. Gal. Sonship with God, dignity of, H. Gal. Sorrow for dead, H. 1 Thess. Soul, believing, manner in which Gospel comes to, H. 1 Thess. Soul, Christmas of, N. Gal. Soul, completing of, H. Col. Soul, higher aspirations of, H. Col. Souls, slumbering, and their awakening, H. Eph. Source of Christian's power, H. Phil. Sovereign grace, pardon an act of, N. Eph. Sowers to flesh, deceived, H. Gal. Sowing and reaping in their bearing on formation of individual character, H. Gal. Sowing and reaping, moral, H. Gal. Sowing to flesh and to spirit, difference between, H. Gal. Sowing to Spirit, H. Gal. Special mission, recognition of, H. Gal. Spirit, being filled with, H. Eph. Spirit, benefit conferred by, on believers, H. Eph. Spirit, Bible sword of, H. Eph. Spirit, Christian, a new spirit, H. Eph. Spirit, flesh and, H. Gal. Spirit, fruit of, H. Gal. Spirit, leading of, N. Gal. Spirit, one body and one, H. Eph. Spirit, praying in, H. Eph. Spirit, quench not, H. 1 Thess. Spirit, sealing of, N. Eph. Spirit, sowing to, H. Gal. Spirit, walking in, H. Gal. Spiritual and sensual excitement, H. Eph. Spiritual attainment, H. Phil. Spiritual blessings, H. Eph. Spiritual blessings, apprehension of, H. Eph. Spiritual bondage, ignorance of God a, N. Gal. Spiritual building, Church of God a, H. Eph. Spiritual circumcision, H. Phil. Spiritual creation, new, H. Eph. Spiritual discrimination, H. Phil. Spiritual enjoyment, H. Eph. Spiritual enlightenment, N. Eph. Spiritual freedom and legal bondage contrasted, H. Gal. Spiritual harvest, principle of, H. Gal. Spiritual influence, varied aspects of, H. 1 Thess. Spiritual knowledge, higher, prayer for, H. Eph. Spiritual life, death and, H. Col. Spiritual light, summons to, H. Eph. Spiritual nature, new, H. Col. Spiritual sacrifice, man's duty to offer, inferred and recommended, and Christ's sacrifice of Himself explained, H. Eph. Spurious ministry, H. Phil. Spy, a, I. Gal. Stability and order, apostolic praise of, H. Col. State by nature and by grace, H. Eph. State of grace, H. Eph. State of men without Gospel, H. Eph. State of nature, H. Eph. State of sin a state of death, H. Eph. State of sin a state of ungodliness, H. Eph. Steadfastness, Christian, H. 2 Thess. Steadfastness, glad tidings of, H. 1 Thess. Steadfastness of believers a source of true ministerial satisfaction, H. 1 Thess. Steadfastness, plea for, H. Phil. Stimulus to Christian perseverance, hope a, H. Col. Strength, Divine, H. Col. Strife of flesh and spirit, H. Gal. Strong delusions, H. 2 Thess. Study to be quiet, H. 1 Thess. Stupidity, moral, H. Eph. Sublime and comprehensive prayer, H. Eph. Submission, mutual, H. Eph. Substance and shadow of sabbath, H. Col. Subtlety of sin, destructive, H. 2 Thess. Success in preaching, essential elements of, H. 1 Thess. Success, ministerial, joy of, H. Phil. Success, secret of, industry, H. 2 Thess. Successful preacher, H. Col. Suffering and conflict, H. Phil. Suffering, courage under, N. Eph. Suffering for Church, joy of, H. Col. Suffering for Jesus, H. Gal. Suffering for truth, N. Gal. Suffering for truth, recompense of, H. 2 Thess. Suffering, perils of, H. 1 Thess. Suffering test of conversion, H. 1 Thess. Suffering, uses of, N. Gal. Sufferings, Christ's, fellowship of, H. Phil. Suggestive benediction, H. Eph. Suggestive features of Christian life, H. Col. Summary of law of Christian duty, suggestive, H. Col. Summons to spiritual light, H. Eph. Superhuman origin of Gospel, H. Gal. Superhuman origin of Gospel, N. Gal. Supernatural revelation, N. Gal. Supper, Lord's, sample of Christian life, H. Col. Supply, our need and our, H. Phil. Supremacy of Jesus, H. Eph. Sword of Spirit, Bible, H. Eph. Sympathy, mutual, in burden-bearing, H. Gal. Sympathy, practical Christian, H. Gal.
Talking and jesting, against foolish, H. Eph. Teacher, anxious, pleadings of, with his pupils in peril, H. Gal. Teachers, false, apostolic exposure of, H. Gal. Teaching, false, perils of, H. Gal. Teachings of baptism, H. Gal. Temper, Christian, the same mind which was in Christ, H. Phil. Temper to be cultivated in Christians of different denominations toward each other, H. Phil. Temple of God, Church the, H. Eph. Test and excellence, Christian's truest, H. Eph. Test of conversion--suffering, H. 1 Thess. Thanksgiving and prayer, H. 1 Thess. Thanksgiving, duty of, H. Eph. Thanksgiving, ministerial, H. 1 Thess. Thanksgiving, ministerial, causes of, H. Col. Thanksgiving, perpetual, of Christian life, H. 1 Thess. Theft, warning against, H. Eph. Thessalonians, First Epistle to--contents of the epistle, N. 1 Thess. Thessalonians, First Epistle to--occasion and design of Epistle, N. 1 Thess. Thessalonians, First Epistle to--Thessalonica and its Church, N. 1 Thess. Thessalonians, Second Epistle to--occasion and design of Epistle, N. 2 Thess. Thessalonians, Second Epistle to--outline of Epistle, N. 2 Thess. Thessalonians, Second Epistle to--style and character of Epistle, N. 2 Thess. Thessalonians, Paul's prayer for, H. 2 Thess. Thorough moral transformation, H. Eph. Tidings, glad, of Christian steadfastness, H. 1 Thess. Time, fulness of, H. Gal. Time, redeeming the, H. Eph. Time, worth of, H. Col. Tongue, government of, H. Eph. Touching and dignified farewell, H. Gal. Transcendent love of Christ, H. Eph. Transformation, thorough moral, H. Eph. Transgressors, Law is for, H. Gal. Transition from death to life, H. Col. Transitory and unsatisfying, ceremonial in religion, H. Col. Translation, great moral, H. Col. Treasures of wisdom in Christ, hidden, H. Col. Treasury of wisdom and knowledge, Christ the, N. Col. Treatment due to ministerial office, H. 1 Thess. Treatment, false brethren and their, H. Gal. Treatment of refractory, H. 2 Thess. Trials, apathy one of our, N. Gal. Trinity in unity, access to God revealing, H. Eph. Trinity of Divine persons, sevenfold unity of Church reflected in, H. Eph. Trinity, praise for work of, in Gospel of Grace, H. Eph. Trinity, the, H. 1 Thess. Triumph of cross, H. Col. Troubled, rest in heaven for, H. 2 Thess. Troubles of Church, judgment on, H. Gal. True and false in religion, H. Phil. True and false zeal, H. Gal. True baptism, H. Col. True charity, industry the, I. 2 Thess. True Christian manhood, H. Eph. True Christian zeal, H. Gal. True Church-life, N. Eph. True circumcision, H. Col. True contentment, tendency of Christian principles to produce, H. Phil. True devotion, H. Col. True glory of Christian, H. Gal. True Gospel to be preached and believed, H. Gal. True Gospel universally the same, H. Col. True Israel of God, H. Gal. True life, new birth begins our, I. Gal. True minister, qualification of, H. Gal. True prayer, H. Phil. True religion self-revealing, H. Eph. True religion, scriptural view of, H. Gal. True use of Law, H. Gal. Trust, Christian ministry solemn and responsible, H. Col. Trust, no, in legal prescriptions, N. Gal. Trusted messenger, H. Eph. Truth and Divinity of Christian religion, H. Eph. Truth and love, growth into Christ in, H. Eph. Truth between man and man, H. Eph. Truth, Christ's, in relation to our daily conversation, H. Col. Truth, fidelity to, N. Gal. Truth, fundamental, fearless defence of, H. Gal. Truth, girdle of, H. Eph. Truth, its own evidence, H. Gal. Truth, miracles confirmatory of, N. Gal. Truth, not to be yielded, N. Gal. Truth, perversion of, H. Gal. Truth, power of, H. Gal. Truth, self-conscious, H. Gal. Truth, sufferer for, noble attitude of, H. Phil. Truth, suffering for, N. Gal. Truth, suffering for, recompense of, H. 2 Thess. Truth, transparent, apostolic preaching characterised by, H. 1 Thess. Truths to live on, N. Gal. Truths, two great, presentation of, H. Col. Turncoats, dilemma of, H. Gal. Twofold burdens, our, N. Gal.
Unbelief, H. 2 Thess. Unbelievers, fate of, H. Gal. Uncleanness inconsistent with profession of Gospel, H. 1 Thess. Under Law, H. Gal. Ungodliness, state of sin a state of, H. Eph. Unity and concord in Church, H. Phil. Unity and peace, H. Col. Unity, Christian, H. Col. Unity, Christian, an occasion of joy, H. Phil. Unity, of Church, H. Eph. Unity, of God and His purpose regarding man, H. Gal. Unity of Gospel, inviolable, H. Gal. Unity, peace the bond of, H. Eph. Unity, sevenfold, of Church reflected in Trinity of Divine Persons, H. Eph. Unity, Trinity in, access to God revealing, H. Eph. Universal Church, Jerusalem type of, H. Gal. Universal homage, Christ worthy of, H. Phil. Unknown and known love of Christ, H. Eph. Unsatisfying and transitory, ceremonial in religion, H. Col. Unsearchable riches of Christ, N. Eph. Unselfishness of Jesus, H. Gal. Unselfishness, supreme, humiliation of Christ a pattern of, H. Phil. Unswerving fidelity in accomplishing its lofty mission, Christian ministry demands, H. Col. Us, pray for, H. 1 Thess. Use, right, of Christian liberty, H. Gal.
Vagaries, philosophic, H. Col. Vain-gloriousness, H. Gal. Vain-glory, vice of, and its cure, H. Gal. Value of sincerity in youth, H. Phil. Varied aspects of spiritual influence, H. 1 Thess. Vice of drunkenness, H. Eph. Vice of vain-glory and its cure, H. Gal. Vices to be renounced and virtues to be cherished, H. Eph. Virtues, mercantile, without Christianity, H. Phil. Virtues to be cherished and vices to be renounced, H. Eph. Vocation, conversion and, of Paul, H. Gal.
Waiting for second advent, H. 2 Thess. Walk in Spirit, life and, H. Gal. Walking circumspectly, H. Eph. Walking in Spirit, H. Gal. Warfare, Christian, H. Eph. Warning, a--Gentile life, H. Eph. Warning against imposition, H. 2 Thess. Warning against theft, H. Eph. Warnings, emphatic, against false teachers, H. Phil. Warrior, Christian, equipped, H. Eph. Weariness in well-doing, against, H. Gal. Weary in well-doing, H. 2 Thess. Welfare of Church, ministerial anxiety for, N. Phil. Well-doing, H. Gal. Well-doing, against weariness in, H. Gal. Well-doing, weary in, H. 2 Thess. What is your heart filled with? H. Eph. Wheat is better than bread, H. Col. Whole armour of God, H. Eph. Wickedness, fellowship in, and its condemnation, H. Eph. Wiles of devil, H. Eph. Willing to wait, but ready to go, H. Phil. Wisdom, Christian, H. Eph. Wisdom, hidden treasures of, in Christ, H. Col. Wisdom of God, manifold, H. Eph. Wise conduct of life, H. Eph. Wise conduct of life, H. Col. Witness, Church a, N. Gal. Wives and husbands, duties of, H. Eph. Wives and husbands, duties of, H. Col. Word and in power, Gospel in, H. 1 Thess. Word, closing, H. 1 Thess. Word of Christ, indwelling, H. Col. Word of God, efficacy of, and way of receiving it, H. 1 Thess. Word of life: living ministry and living Church, H. Phil. Word to despiser, H. 1 Thess. Words, last, H. Phil. Words of farewell, H. Col. Work and Christianity, H. 2 Thess. Work, best, call to do, H. 2 Thess. Work, Christian, disappointed hopes in, H. Gal. Work, interruptions in our, and way to deal with them, H. Eph. Work, man's and God's, H. Phil. Work of ministry, H. Eph. Work, retirement preparation for, H. Gal. Works, justification by faith not by, N. Gal. Works, justification by faith not by, H. Gal. Works of darkness, N. Eph. Works of flesh, H. Gal. Working out salvation harmonises with free grace, H. Phil. World, Christians examples to, H. Phil. World, pre-Christian, non-age of, H. Gal. Worlds, both, believer's portion in, H. Phil. Worldly care, remedy for, H. Phil. Worship of God, singing in, H. Eph. Worship, public, abuse of, H. 1 Thess. Worst of evils, H. Eph. Worth, attractiveness of, I. Gal. Worth of time, H. Col. Wrath, children of, H. Eph. Wrath of God, H. Col. Wrath to come, H. 1 Thess.
Youth, value of sincerity in, H. Phil.
Zeal, H. Gal. Zeal, Christian, H. Gal. Zeal, mistaken, H. Gal. Zeal, true and false, H. Gal. Zealous ritualist, H. Gal.
HOMILIES FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
Church Seasons:
Advent, Eph. v. 13, 14; 1 Thess. iii. 13 b; iv. 15-18; v. 1-11; 2 Thess. iii. 5.
Christmas, Gal. iv. 4.
Lent, Col. ii. 21-23; iii. 5-9.
Good Friday, Gal. i. 4; vi. 14, 15; Phil. ii. 8; Col. ii. 15.
St. Mark's day, Eph. iv. 7.
Ascension Day, Eph. iv. 9, 10; Phil. iii. 10; Col. iii. 1, 2.
Whit Sunday, Gal. v. 22-26; 25; Eph. i. 13; iv. 30; 2 Thess. ii. 13.
Trinity Sunday, Eph. ii. 18; iv. 4-6.
Holy Communion: Eph. ii. 19; iii. 15; Col. iii. 17.
Missions to Heathen: Eph. ii. 3; 11, 12; iii. 1-6.
Bible Society, Eph. vi. 17.
Evangelistic Services: Eph. i. 7, 8; ii. 1-3; 4-9; Col. i. 13, 14; ii. 13, 14.
Special:
Ordination, Gal. i. 10; 15-19; 16; vi. 6; Eph. iii. 7-9; iv. 11, 12; vi. 20; Col. i. 25-27; 28-29; iv. 12, 13; 1 Thess. ii. 1-12.
Workers, Gal. i. 6; Eph. iv. 11, 12; Phil. iv. 2, 3; 2 Thess. iii. 13.
Baptism, Gal. iii. 26-29; Col. ii. 12.
Confirmation, Eph. ii. 20-24.
Harvest, Gal. vi. 7, 8; 9.
Temperance, Eph. v. 18.
Friendly Society, Gal. vi. 2.
Death, 1 Thess. iv. 13, 14.
Parents, Eph. vi. 4; Col. iii. 20, 21; 23-25.
Young, Eph. vi. 1-4; Phil i. 10 b.
Worship, Eph. v. 19-21; 19.
Almsgiving, Gal. ii. 10; vi. 2; 10; Phil. iv. 15, 16.
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+Transcriber's Notes+
- Page 585, apply RC to "Gospel" in "Ambassador, Gospel," and "Apostolic assurance of supernatural character of Gospel."
- Page 586, apply RC to "Gospel" in "Believing soul, manner in which Gospel comes to," "Call, Gospel and, to preach it," "Call of Gospel to sinners," "Change effected by Gospel," and "Change great, effected in man by Gospel."
- Page 588, for "Church, generous," change page number from 36 to 368. For "Church, growth of," change page number from 21 to 217.
- Page 589, apply RC to "Gospel" in "Commencement of Gospel at Philippi."
- Page 590, apply RC to "Gospel" in "Difference between Law and Gospel." For "Disappointed hopes in Christian work," change page number from 1 to 10. Change "Disturber #f faith" to "Disturber of faith." Change "Divine call, apostleship" to "Divine call, to apostleship." Change "Divine fullness of Christ's pledge #f believer's perfection" to "of." Change "Earnest of inheritance, Holy Spirit and" to "an." Apply RC to "Gospel" in "Effects of Gospel upon those who receive it."
- Page 591, apply RC to "Gospel" in "Enlarged Gospel," "Enmity of heart, power of Gospel to dissolve," and "Estimate of Gospel truth, correct." For "Excellency of knowledge of Christ," add page number 343.
- Page 592, apply RC to "Gospel" in "Fellowship in Gospel" and "Glory of Gospel."
- Page 593, apply RC to "Gospel" in "Grace, Gospel of, praise for work of Trinity in," "Hagar and Sarah, history of, allegorical of Law and Gospel," and "Heart, enmity of, power of Gospel to dissolve."
- Page 594, apply RC to "Gospel" in "History of Hagar and Sarah allegorical of Law and Gospel," "Inviolable unity of Gospel," and "Irrepressible, Gospel." For "Known and unknown love of Christ," add page number 196.
- Page 595, apply RC to "Gospel" in "Law and Gospel, differences between," "Law and Gospel, history of Hagar and Sarah allegorical of," and "Man, great change effected in, by Gospel."
- Page 596, apply RC to "Great" in "Mediator, Great, reconciling work of." Apply RC to "Gospel" in "Men, state of, without Gospel." Apply RC to "Divinely" in "Messenger, Divinely commissioned, self-evidencing proof of." Apply RC to "Gospel" in "Mystery, Gospel a" and "Mystery of Gospel."
- Page 597, apply RC to "Gospel" in "One Gospel," "Origin of Gospel, superhuman," and "Peace, Gospel of."
- Page 598, apply RC to "Gospel" in "Power, Gospel in word and in," "Power of Gospel," "Power of Gospel to dissolve enmity of heart," "Practical result of true reception of Gospel," "Praise for work of Trinity in Gospel of grace," "Preaching of Gospel not in vain," "Profession of Gospel, uncleanness inconsistent with," and "Promise, Gospel call and."
- Page 599, apply RC to "Gospel" in "Reception of Gospel, true, practical result of," "Remonstrance with revolters against Gospel," "Result, practical, of true reception of Gospel," and "Revolters against Gospel, remonstrance with."
- Page 600, apply RC to "Gospel" in "Salvation, Gospel of your," "Same, true Gospel universally the," "Sarah and Hager, history of, allegorical of Gospel and Law." Apply RC to "Divinely" in "Self-evidencing proof of Divinely commissioned messenger." Apply RC to "Gospel" in "Sinners, call of Gospel to" and "Soul, believing, manner in which Gospel comes to."
- Page 601, apply RC to "Gospel" in "State of men without Gospel" and "Superhuman origin of Gospel" (twice).
- Page 602, apply RC to "Gospel" in "Trinity, praise for work of, in Gospel of Grace," "True Gospel to be preached and believed," and "True Gospel universally the same." Apply RC to "Divinity" in "Truth and Divinity of Christian religion." Apply RC to "Gospel" in "Uncleanness inconsistent with profession of Gospel," and "Unity of Gospel, inviolable."
- Page 603, apply RC to "Gospel" in "Word and in power, Gospel in." The "Homilies for Special Occasions" section was reformatted to put each of the topics on a separate line rather than running them together.