LIBRARY OF THE University of California. Mrs. SARAH P. WALSWORTH. Received October, 1894. ^Accessions No. Sy/^ST Class No. < ^ t^ l^ n HOMILETICAL INDEX: HAND-BOOK OF TEXTS, THEMES, AND AUTHORS, POR THE USE OF PREACHERS AND BIBLE SCHOLARS GENERALLY. EMBRACING TWENTY THOUSAND CITATIONS OF SCRIPTURE TEXTS, AND OF DISCOURSES FOUNDED THEREON, UNDER A TWOFOLD ARRANGEMENT: I. TEXTUAL. In which all the principal Texts of Scripture, together with the various Themes they have suggested, are quoted and set forth in the order of the Sacred Canon, from Genesis to Revelation ; to which is added a list of passages cited from the Old Testament in the New. II. TOPICAL. In which Bible Themes, with references to Texts and Au- thors, are classified and arranged in Alphabetical Order, forming at once a Kei/ to Homiletical Literature in general, and a complete Topical Index of the Scriptures on a New Plan.— With valuable Appendices. BY J. H. PETTINGELL, A. M. II " Scure ubi aliquid possis invenire, magna pars scientise e&V—Anon. " An Index of all the texts on which sermons have been pubUshed, to the present time, is needed." — E. Bickeesteth. " It seems odd that certain men who talk so much of what the Holy Spirit reveals to themselves should think so Uttle of what He has revealed to others."— C. H. Spuegeon. " Has ypafinareiis (laOrirevOel^ eis rijv /SacriAeiav ruv oiipaviav .... ex/SaAAei e/c tov Orjaavpov avrov Kaivd koX waAaia."— Matt. 18 : 52. Oub Loed. WITH AN INTRODUCTION, By GEOEGE E. DAY, D.D., PEOPESSOE OP BIBLICAL THEOLOGY, YALE COLLEGE. NEW YOEK: APPLETON AND COMPANY, 549 & 561 BROADWAY. 1878. COPYRIGHT BY J. H. PETTINGELL, 1878. USriVEESI EEOOMMEFDATIONS The following favorable notices of this work have been received from those who have examined the manuscript, or the first few pages in print : jFVom Rev. E. P. Rogers, D. D., Faster of South Reformed Churchy New York. "Jfoy 14, 1877. " Having examined, at some length, the plan of the ' Biblical and Homiletical Index,' prepared by the Rev. J. H. Pettingell, I cordially approve of the same, and think that, for arrangement of texts and topics, for comprehensiveness of reference to ancient and modern authors and their works, and for the completeness with which the special design of such a work is carried out, it is the best of the kind which has come under my notice, and cannot fail to be both popular and useful, on a very extensive scale. "E. P. Rogers." From Rev. Benjamin N. Martin, S. T. D., L. H. D., Professor in the University/ of New York. " May 18, 1877. " The * Textual and Topical Index,' by Rev. J. H. Pettingell, strikes me as a work which is likely to be extensively useful. It will contribute to the study of the Scriptures on the one hand, and to that of our ample and valuable hterature of homiletics on the other. Its admirable plan could hardly be improved, nor could its execution be confided to more faithful or more competent hands. I earnestly hope that it may find the appreciation which I am sure it deserves. "Benjamin N. Martin." From Rev. L. H. At water, D. D., Professor Princeton College. " PBiKciETOir, N. J., September 18, 1877. " I fully concur with the views expressed by Prof. Martin in regard to the ' Textual and Topical Index,' by Rev. J. H. Pettingell. " L. H. Atwater." F^om Rev. Talbot W. Chambers, D. D. "NewToek, ilfay 18, 1877. " I have been very much pleased with such examination as I was able to make of Rev. Mr. Pettingell's * Biblical and Homiletical Index.' The work seems to have been very carefully prepared, and to be as complete as the limits of a volume designed for extensive circulation would allow. The book fills a place which, so far, has not been occupied with anything like so much fullness and accuracy, and hence gives promise of great and lasting usefuhiess. "Talbot W. Chambers." From Rev. J. A. Lansing, D. D. ♦' Beookltn, May 28, 1877. "Rev. J. H. I'ettingell — My dear Sir: 1 have been exceedingly interested in the examination of your ' Biblical and Homiletical Index.' I have looked carefidly through it, and the more I learn of it the more thoroughly satisfied I am that it is a valuable work, which cannot fail to command a wide circula- tion, especially among the clergy. It is to be, I venture to predict, the vade-mecum of ministers of the Gospel long after its painstaking author shall have rested from his labors. In all the range of manuscripts that have come before me as Secretary of our Board of Publication, I am free to say I know of none that I can more heartily indorse and commend. I am no enthusiast, but it is my deliberate conviction that your ' Index ' only needs to be known in order to be welcomed to a place in the library of every minister of the Gospel. I shall be on the lookout for a copy as soon as it is published. " Very cordially yours, "J. A. Lansing." 8 RECOMMENDATIONS. J^h>m Rbv. J. H. A. Bombergeb, D. D., President and Professor of Theology ( German) Reformed Church Theological Seminary. " Fbkbland, Pa., July 18, 1877. " All students of gospel truth, and especially all who study with reference to public instruction, have repeatedly felt the need of a book or an index which would at once direct them to the best literature on the subject under consideration. They may remember having seen a sermon, dissertation, or lecture upon it somewhere, but cannot recall the name of the author or the work. Recently we have been per- mitted to examine some pages of the manuscript of a work designed to meet this want. Its title will be * A Biblical and Homiletical Index, or Hand-book of Texts, Themes, and Authors, embracing 20,000 Citations of Scripture Texts and of Discourses founded thereon, by Rev. J, H. Pettingell, of New York City.' The nature of the work and the care which appears to have been given to its preparation, togeth- er with its supply of what has long been desired, must secure for the work a wide circulation. "J. H. A. BOMBERGER." " I fully concur with the above. " George Wolff, D. D., " Pastor of the German Reformed Church, Myerstown, Pa.'''' From Rev. William F. Warren, D. D., President of Boston University. " Boston Univeksity, Bostoh, September 6, 1877. " Only a bold man would ever have undertaken so laborious a task, only an industrious one could ever have executed it. From the specimen-pages submitted, I judge that the completed work will abun- dantly, not only justify the outlay of the purchaser, but also the far greater expenditure of the author. " For Professors of Homiletics it will be particularly convenient. " William F. Warren." From Rev. Leonard Bacon, D. D., LL. D. " New Haveh, Conk., September 6, 1877. " The specimen-pages which I have seen of Mr. Pettingell's ' Homiletical Index ' are evidence that his work, in plan and execution, will be far superior to any other of its class. " Books designed to help the ' sermonizer ' are not always useful to the preacher. This book is of another sort. Instead of giving * plans ' or ' skeletons,' it gives suggestions, which may put the student upon thinking for himself, and may sometimes guide his thinking. " Leonard Bacon." From Rev. Howard Crosby, D. D., Chancellor of the University of New York. " 116 East Nineteenth Stbeet, New Yobk, September T, 1877. " Dear Sir and Brother : Severe sickness in my family forbids my giving your plan a long consider- ation ; but it strikes me the * Homiletical Index ' will be a very useful work. "Yours truly, " Howard Crosby." From Rev. Dr. A. L. Chapin, President of Beloit CoUege. " Beloit College, September 7, 1877. " From a few specimen-pages that have come under my eye, I judge that the ' Homiletical Index,' prepared by Rev. J. H. Pettingell, will meet a very general want of ministers and students of the Bible. The well-devised plan of the work seems to have been accurately and faithfully carried out, so as to bring the texts of Scripture, the topics they suggest, and the names of the best writers on those topics, together, in form exceedingly convenient for reference. When its merits are understood, I am confident the book will be welcomed as a time-saving and labor-saving help by all who are called to expound the Word of God. "A. L. Chapin." From Rev. Drs. D. B. Coe, A. H. Clapp, and C. P. Bush. " New Yoek, September 8, 1877. " I have carefully examined the ' Homiletical Index,' prepared by Rev. J. H. Pettingell, a.nd I con- sider it the best work of its kind with which I am acquainted. I doubt not that very many ministers of the Gospel and other students of the Bible, who have felt the need of such a manual, will gladly avail themselves of the aid it is well fitted to afford. It will greatly facilitate the study of the Scriptures, and enhance the value of every other volume to which it refers. "D. B. Cob, Sec. of Am. Home Miss. >8bc." " I cordially concur in the favorable opinion of Mr. Pettingell's ♦ Index ' expressed by Dr. Coe. "A. H. Clapp, Sec. of Am. Home Miss. Soc." " I also concur in the opinion expressed by Dr. Coe. " Charles P. Bush, Bist. Sec of A. B. C. F, M:^ RECOMMENDATIONS. From Rky. A. Hovey, D. D., President of Newton Theological Institute. " Newton Ckntbb, September 9, 1877. " Rev. J. H. Pettingell — Dear Sir : From the plan of your ' Homiletical Index,' and the execution of the pages sent to me, I should think it would prove a very convenient and useful work for students of the Scriptures, for ministers, and also for expositors. If rightly used it will do much good. " Very truly yours, "Alvah Hovet." From Rev. E. F. Burr, D. D., Author of^'Ecce Caelum,'^ etc. " Lyme, Conn., September 11, 1877. " Rev. J. H. Pettingell — Mj/ dear Sir : As nearly as I can judge from the specimen-pages sent me, your work will make a valuable addition to my library and to that of many other Christian ministers. " Very fratern^dly, "E.F. Burr." From Rev. Noah Porter, D. D., LL. D., President of Yale College. " Yale College, New Haven, Conn., September 11, 1877. " Rev. J. H. Pettingell — My dear Sir : The * Homiletical Index ' which you propose to publish will prove a valuable aid to preachers and students of the Scriptures, and pulpit literature. "Noah Porter." From Rev. H. M. Dexter, D. D., Editor of the " Congregationalist." " Boston, September 13, 1877. "Rev. J. H. Pettingell — Mi/ dear Brother: I have long felt that indexing is the great need of our time, in order that the aflfiuence of thought on various subjects, which is actually within reach of the student, may become intelligently and practically so. What Poole's ' Index ' has done, and, in its new auspices, is much more eflPectually to do, in the department of periodical literature, your happily-con- ceived and patiently-executed work will do in the sphere of Homiletics. You have only to make it known to win for it a welcome. " Faithfully, " Henry M. Dexter." From Rev. Lyman Abbott, Editor of " Christian Union.''^ " CoBNWALL-ON-THE-HuD80N, September 14, 1877. " My dear Mr. Pettingell : I have looked over the sheets which you have sent me of your ' Homi- letical Index.' The plan strikes me as excellent, and, so far as I can judge, the execution good. Ser- mons are the garnered grain from large harvest-fields by thoughtful and earnest writers. Published sermons are the sifted grain, generally, though not always, the best. These have been hitherto practi- cally inaccessible — ^like a valuable library kept under lock. You propose to give us the key to it ; and I think the ministry will generally thank you for what must have been an arduous labor, and a labor of love. " Yours sincerely, " Lyman Abbott." From Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, D. D. " Bbookltn, Septem^ber 19, 1877. " Mr. Pettingell : Your ' Homiletical Index ' must be suggestive and largely useful. It will be help- ful to ministers, Sabbath-school teachers, and all those who want to keep abreast with the grand march of religious enterprise. May great success attend your undertaking ! "T. De Witt Talmage." Frrnn Rev. C. S. Robinson, D. D. " 57 East FiPTY-roxTBTH Street, New Yoek, September 19, 1877. " My dear Sir : .... I have kept such an index for twenty years in my big ' student's Bible,' My whole library is so indexed, and I have found it of greatest use. Your idea is excellent, and your book will be a success. " In great haste, yours truly, " Charles S. Robinson." From Rev. Z. M. Humphrey, D. D., Professor in Lane Theological Seminary, Ohio. "Lane Seminary, Cincinnati, September 21, 1877. " Dear Sir : I have examined with interest your scheme for a ' Homiletical Index.' It is very care- fully worked out, and must be of great value to all who are in the habit of frequently consulting the homiletical literature of the day. " Very truly yours, "Z. M. Humphrey." 5 RECOMMENDATIONS. From Rev. J. R. Herrick, D. D. "Sotrra Hadley, Mass., September, 18T7. " The author of ' Homiletical Index * gives proof in his work of having expended much labor upon it. He has condensed into this one volume an immense amount of information, which will be a great saving of time to those who desire to avail themselves of such a help. The plan is to be commended. "J. R. Herrick." From Rev. P. H. Fowler. " Utica, N. T., September 26, 1877. ' " Rev. and dear Sir : . . . The object and the plan of the work, and the sample of its execution, impressed me very favorably ; and I am sure that it must be helpful, especially to all writers in their investigations of subjects and preparation of sermons. " Yours very truly, "P. H. Fowler." Fr^^ •t>-^ 07 ran PART FIBST: TEXTUAL. mTEODUCTOEY NOTE. There are many valuable works of a general character upon the Scriptures that cannot be noticed in this index ; nor will the limits to which it is restricted admit of repeated reference to many others of a serial character, covering considerable portions of the Word of God, and touching upon a great number of passages in their course, like Kitto's " Daily Bible Illustra- tions," Jay's " Morning and Evening Exercises," the Bible readings of Chalmers, Gumming, and others. To quote the passages commented upon, with their several topics, would greatly increase the size of this volume. It has been thought suflScient to refer to them in a more summary way. Lectures and discourses on the JDecalogue, the Tabernacle^ the Lord's Prayer^ the Sermon on the Mounts the Parables, the Miracles, on Abraham, Joseph, Moses, Balaam, David, Peter, Paul, etc., etc., will be found noticed in the Topical Index under their various appropriate topics. When a text embraces many verses it has not always been thought important to quote it in full, nor, when but a single clause is employed, to quote the whole verse. Honorary titles have been omitted, and even Christian names, when not necessary to designate the author re- ferred to. Titles of well-known books of well-known men have been abbreviated as much as possible, thus : " The Way of Salvation," by Albert Barnes— W. of Sal., Barnes ; " The Gospel in Ezekiel," by Thomas Guthrie, D. D. — G. in Ezk., Guthrie ; " A Pastor's Legacy," by Erskine Mason, D. D.— Past. Leg., E. Mason ; " The National Preacher, vol. 25 "— N. P. 25, and so on. In regard to volumes of discourses that have no other distinguishing title, it has seemed sufficient to give the author's name only. The unwieldy Roman numerals, which are such a fruitful source of error and confusion in all Scriptural references when they are used, have been entirely discarded, and their place supplied by the Arabic figures ; and a colon indicates the division between chapter and verse. GENESIS. For commentaries, notes, etc., on this and the other books of the Bible, see Appendix No. 3. For biographical and other topical lectures, see Topical Index, in loco. ^ Much learned criticism has been expended on the first two or three chapters of this book, for their bear- mg on questions, not merely theological, but philosophical and scientific. Discussions relating to the age of the world, method of creation, the antiquity of the race, etc., in our current literature, cannot here be noticed. Among the many Biblical works devoted especially to these earlier chapters, see H. Bonab, on the first SIX chanters ; John Bunyan, on the first ten; P. Henky, on the first eleven ; Mabttn Lutheb, on the first five ; D. Macdonald, on the first three ; A. Edersheim's " World before the Flood : " C. McGbegob, on the first eleven ; F. W. Robertson's " Notes on Genesis," etc., etc. CHAP. L GENESIS. THEME OF DISCOURSB. AUTHOR. 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void ; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 10 And God called the dry land Earth ; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas : and God saw that it was good. 1) The Creation of the Supreme Heavens. 1) The Creation of the Earth. Theology. (1) The Creation of the World. (1) The Creation. Church hef. the Flood. (1) The Creation. Lectures. (2) The Work of the Spirit. (2) The Spirit upon the Waters. (10) The Moral Uses of the Sea. N. P. 19. 27 Theology. T. Dwight. T. Dwight. H. Blair. J. CUMMING. W. B. Collyer. R. M. McCheynk. H. Melvill. H. BUSHNELL. CHAPS. I.-m. GENESIS. THEME OF DISCOURSE. AUTHOK. ; 16 And God made two great lights ; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night : he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firma- ment of the heaven, to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over t2ie fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So Gk)d created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 81 And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. (16-18) The Great Time-Keeper. iV. P. 18. H. BUSHNELL. (26-27) The Creation of Man.— Body and Soul. TJieohgy. T. DWIGHT. (26-2'7) The Creation of Man (3 sermons). J. Howe. (27J The Image of God. H. M. Goodwin. (27) The Creation of Man in God's Image. R. South. h.i\ The Being of God proved from the Frame of Nature. Barrow. (31) God's Approbation of his Works. J. Wesley. 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God end- ed his work which he had made ; and he rested on the seventh day flrom all his work which he had -2 8 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it : because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. 7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life ; and man became a living soul. 15 And the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying. Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat : 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it : for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. 18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone : I will make him an help meet for him. 3: 1-6 9 And the Lord God called unto Adam and said, Where art thou ? 14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cat- tle, and above every beast of the field ; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life : 16 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 17 And unto Adam he said. Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, ■aying. Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake ; in sorrow shalt thou esXo/M all the days of thy life : 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field ; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground ; for out of it wast thou taken : for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. 21 Unto Adam also and to his %vife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. (1-3 The Work of Creation. Vol. C. The Sabbath instituted in Paradise. The Sabbath instituted in Paradise. N. Emmons. D. Wilson. D. Osgood. (7) The Nature and Destination of Man. LecU. W. B. Collter. ^7) The Soul of Man not Material. Theology. T. Dwight. (7) The Soul of Man not a Chain of Ideas. Theology. T. Dwight. (7) Religious Bearings of Man's Creation. Religion and Science. E. Hitchcock. (15-17) The Probation of Man. Theology. T. Dwight. h6-17) The Law of Paradise. Vol. 4. Emmons. (17) The Law of Death and the Means of Deliverance. Fall of Man. F. W. Farrar. 17) Immortality not from Adam. Glory of Christ. S. Minton. 18) Woman Man's Helpmeet. Sac. Biog. Hunter. (18) The Mission of Woman. Select Dis. A. Monod. (18) The Life of Woman. Select Dis. A. Monod. (18-21) The Family. G. W. Perkins. (1-6J The Temptation and Fall. Theology. T. Dwight. (1-6) The Temptation of Man. The Two Great Temptations. C. J. Vaughan. (9) Call to Self-Examination. Great Joy. D. L. Moody. (14-24) The Curse. The Ch. hef. Flood. J. Gumming. (14-24) The Sentence pronounced. Tlieology. T. Dwight. (15) The Fall and the Promise. The Jiedeemer. E. De Pressens6. (15) The First Promise. Sac. Dis. H. Belfrage. CI 5) The First Promise. Anchor of the Soul. W. Arnot. (15) The First Prophecy. H. Melvill. (17-19) The Curse, and Man's Deliverance from it. Ed. Irving. 19) Man Mortal and Transient. N. P. 36. 19) The Fall of Man. (21) The Coat of Skins. S. T. Spear. J. Wesley. R. C. Trench. CHAPS. III.-IX. GENESIS. THEME OF DISCOUESE. 24 So he drove out the man : aud he (24) The Expulsion, placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. Word of Life. C. J. Brown. And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother ? And he said, I know not: Am 1 my brother's keeper ? (9) Missionary Duty. Ch. hef. Flood. (9) Man his Brother's Keeper. (9) CoUeg. and Theol. Ed. at the West. KP.2\. (9) Law of Influences. N. P. 30. (9) Men responsible for each other. N. P. 31. 12 A fugitive and a vagabond shalt (12) The Loneliness of Guilt. N. P. 35. thou be in the earth. Gumming. D. A. Clark. N. S. S. Beman. Jos. McKee. A. Paine. n. M. Field. 6 : 24 And Enoch walked with God, and he was not : for God took him. ) And he called his name Noah, saying, Tnis same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed. (24) Enoch walking with God. (24) Enoch walking with God. (24) Enoch walking with God. (24) Enoch's Translation. (29) Restorer of Paradise. JSf. P. 28. Vol. 6. Vol. 2. J. Drummond. Emmons. Griffin. Horne. R. C. Trench. 8 And the Lord said. My Spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh : yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and tliat every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 11 The earth also was corrupt be- fore God ; and the earth was filled with violence. 19 22 Thus did Noah ; according to all that God commanded him, so did 3^ Resisting the Spirit. Past. Leg. 3) The Spirit not always striving with Man. 3) The Spirit not always striving with Man. (5) The Heart as it is. (5) Total Depravity. (5) Original Sin. Ch. hef. Flood. E. Mason. A. Nettleton. Gospel TJiemes. C. G. Finney. Gumming. A. Nettleton. J. Wesley. (11) Extreme Corruption of Mankind before the Flood. R. Hall. (19) Family Religion. K. P. 14. J. W. Yeomans. (22) The Manner in which Salvation is to be sought. J. Edwards. 1 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark : for thee have I seen right- eous before me in this generation. 5 And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him. 7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 15 11-24 9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark. 11 And the dove came in to him in the evening, and lo, in her mouth was an olive-leaf pluckt ofF. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. 20 And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord • and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar. 22 While the earth remaineth, seed- time and harvest, and cold and heat, and Bummer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease. 6 And surely your blood of your lives will I require: at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man ; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. 6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man. 11-lT 24-27 (1) High Churchmanship. Ch. hef. Flood. (1) Fathers invited into the Ark. N. P. lY. (1) Safety in the Ark for Perishing Sinners. (2) The Great Ship. Series 2. (5) The Victory of Faith. Ch. hef Flood. (7) Family Salvation. N. P. 14. (15) The Parable of the Ark. (11-24) The Deluge. Lects. Series 4. Gumming, Milton Badger. BURDER, T. De W. Talmage. Gumming. J. W. Yeomans. Spurgeon. w. b. collyer. (9) The Dove. Vol. 2. E. D. GriffixN. (11) Triumphs of Faith in the Preacher N. P. 28. E. Cutler. (20) First Morning of a New Day. Ch. hef. Flood. Gumming. (22) Divine Ordination of Natural and Spiritual Winter. Chrisfs Healing Touch. A. Mackennal. (5-6) Capital Punishment. N. P. 39. A. L. Stone. (11-16) The Triumphal Arch of Summer. Lects. on the Four Seasons. E. Hitchcock. (11-1 7) The Rainbow. Ch. hef. Flood. Gumming. (24-27) The Three Forefathers. Ch. hef. Flood. Gumming. 29 CHAPS. X.-XVI1I. GENESIS. 10 : 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter be- fore the Lord. 11 : 1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scat- tered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one mnguage; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be re- strained from them, which they have imagined to do. 8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth : and they left off to build the city. 82 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years : and Terah died in Haran. 12 : 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and cm-se him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. THEME OF DISCOURSE. (9) Gospel Archery. Set'ies 3. (1-9) Babel. Confusion of Tongues. Dispersion and Origin of Nations. W. B. Collter. (4) The Building up of the Family. E. M. Goulbuen. (4-8) Babel-builders. Unsanctified Judgments. Ch. bef. Flood, Gumming. (6) Union is Strength. H. Humphrey. (8) Dispersion of Babel. Vol. fi. N. Emmons. (32) Disappointed Procrastination. Israel of God. S. H. Tyng. (3) Preparation for the Coming of Christ before Judaism. Tlie Redeemer. E. De Pressense. (8-9) Abram, the Man of Peace. N. P. 25. 13 : 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, be- tween me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we &6 brethren. 10-13 (10-13) Character of Lot. 11 Then Lot chose him all the plain /-i -i i ox t nt of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: ^^^ ^^l ^""'* and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Ca- naan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. R. W. Bailey. J. B. Romeyn. R. A. Hallam. 16 : 13 And he said unto Abram, Know (13-14) Slavery and Deliverance of Israel. Lecis. of a surety that thy seed shall be a , ' stranger in a land thai is not theirs, and shall serve them ; and they shall aflBict them four hundred years : 14 And also that nation whom they shall serve, will I judge : and after- ward shall they come out with great substance. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again : for the in- iquity of the Amorites is not yet full. 17 (16) Patience of God with Wicked Nations. Why the Wicked are spared for a Season. (16 (17) Burning of Chicago Series 1. 16 : 11 And the angel of the Lord said (11-12) Prophecy relating to the Arabs. Zects. unto her. Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael ; because the Lord hath heard thy aflfliction. 12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. 18 And she called the name of the (13) God's Eve always on us. Lord that spake unto her, Thou (13) Omniscience. Series 2. God seest me: for she said. Have ^ ' '-'"^*"°^*^"'-'- -^ I also here looked after him that seethme? 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abratn, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God ; walk before me, and be thou perfect. W. B. COLLYER. Saurin. E. Payson. Talmage. W. B. COLLYER. Jat. Sfuroeon. 17: (1) Omnipotence and Independence of God. Theol. T. Dwight. 18:19 For I know him, that he will com- (19) Family Government. K'irrJ!S'S'.E^y1t!ir5 (19) Duties'of Heads of Households iV. P 24 the way of the Lord, to do justice (19) Parental Government of a family, vol. Z. and judgment; that the Lord may (X9) Parental Gratification. Christian Nurture. bring upon Abraham that which he ^ ' hath spoken of him. 30 McCheyne. j. f. tuttle. Emmons. bushnell. CHAPS. XVin.-XXV. GENESIS. THEME OF DISCOURSE. AUTHOR. 18: 19 21 22 25 That be far from thee to do after (25) Moral Rectitude of God. Vol. 4. ':iri^:Z\Xetl^!'iSi^Z (25) Integrity of the Divine Judge righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee : Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters: the Lord being merciful unto him ; and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said. Escape for thy life ; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain : escape to the moim- tain, lest thou be consumed. 20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither ! 26 But his wife looked back from be- hind him, and she became a pillar of salt. (1) Angels' Visit to Lot. JV. P. 31. (15-26) Destruction of Sodom and Gromortrah. (16) Lingering in Religion. (1*7) Escape for thy Life. (17) Escape for thy Life. aV. P. 31. (17) The Mount of Refuge. (17) Repentance. Alton Sers. (20) Little Sins. Israel of God. (20) Little Sins. Series 6. (26) Lot's Wife. Emmons. J. Drummond. E. Carpenter. W. B. COLLYKU. Cecil. Geo. Shepard. Jeremiah Day. S. P. Williams. A. W. Hare. S. H. Tyng. Spurgeon. McCheyne. 15 And the water was spent in the (15-16) Parental Solicitude. bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 16 And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept. 17 And God heard the voice of the (17) What aileth thee? lad : and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her. What aileth thee, Hagar? 1 And It came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abra- ham, and said unto him, Abraham : and he said, Behold, here I am. 2 And he said. Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt-oflfering upon one of the moimtains which 1 vrill tell thee of. 8 And Abraham said. My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt-oflfering: so they went both of them together. 10 14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh : as it is said to this day. In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. 18 And in thy seed shall all the na- tions of the earth be blessed ; be- cause thou hast obeyed my voice. (1-9) The Trial of Abraham. (1-9) The Trial of Abraham. (2) Self Denial. Vol. 6. E. N. Kirk. Griffin. E. T. Fitch. Emmons. E. T. Fitch. (8) God providing a Lamb for Burnt-Offering. Sac. Bis. H. Belfrage. (8-9) Fear and Faith. Word of Life. C. J. Brown. (10) The Sacrifice of Abraham. Masterpieces of Put. El. Abbadie. (14) Jehovah-jireh. Masterpieces of Pul. El. Abbadie. (14) Jehovah-jireh. Griffin. (14) Mount of Vision. J. M. Holmes. (18) The Christ of the Jewish History. JBamp. Lee. S. Leathes. 24 : 49 And now if ye will deal kindly and (49) Abraham's Steward, truly with my master, tell me : and if not, tell me ; that I may ttirn to the right hand, or to the left. 66 And he said unto them, Hinder (56) The Christian's Hinderances. me not. Griffin. Israel of God. S. H. Tyng. 23: 27 I 84 And the boys grew: and Esau (27) The Animal and the Spiritual. Fall of Man. F. W. Farrar. was a cunning himter, a man of the field ; and Jacob was a plain man dwelling in tents. And Jacob sod pottage : and Esau (29-34) Old Test. Moral Difficulties. Reign of Law. Geo. Salmon. ^me from the field, and he was ^29-34) Weak Hours. Sei^ 9. H. W. Beecher. And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau said. Behold, I am at the point to die : and what profit shall this birthright do to me ? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day ; and he sware imto him : and he sold his birthright imto Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and (34) The Story of Esau. Mem. PuL Vol. 2. C. S. ROBINSON. pottage of lentiles ; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised Ms birthright. 81 CHAPS. XXVI.-XXXII. GENESIS. THEME OF DISCOURSE. AUTHOR. 26 : 18 And Isaac digged airain the wells (18) Old Wells dug out. of water which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father: for the Pliilistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. Series 3. Talmage. 27 : 1-4 (1-4) Isaac blessing his Sons. Series 5. ""^^suU^'^Ltl^l^nT.; (35) The Blessing Obtained by Fraud, thy blessing. F. W. Robertson. A. McClelland. 28 : 10 And Jacob went out from Beer- sheba, and went toward Haran. 11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set : and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 13 And behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will 1 give it, and to thy seed. 15 And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou eoest, and will bring thee again into tnis land : for I will not leave thee, until I have done tTiat which I have spoken to thee of. 16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said. Surely the Lord is in this place ; and I knew it not. 17 And he was afra'd, and said. How dreadful is this place I this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for Ms pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying. If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and rai- ment to put on, 21 So that I come again to my fa- ther's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God : 22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me, 1 will sorely give the tenth unto thee. (10-13) Jacob's Ladder. (11-13) Jacob's Dream. Series 2. (12-20) Jacob's Vision and Vow. (12) Jacob's Ladder. (12) The Holy Angels. (10-12) A Picture and its Lessons. (10-12) A Man asleep. Mem. Pul. Vol 2. (12) Spiritual Dreaming. Mem. Pul. Vol. 2. (12) Ladder of Doctrine. Mem. Pul. Vol. 2. (12) Ladder of Life. Mem. Pul Vol 2. (12-13) Vision of God. Mem. Pul Vol 2. (15) Purpose in a Promise. Mem. Pul Vol 2. (15) Divine Presence and Protection. Sac. Dls. H. W. Beecher. E. M. GOULBURN. H. Melvill. R. Fuller. H. C. Knight. Memorial Pul Vol 2. C. S. Robinson. C. S. Robinson. C. S. Robinson. C. S. Robinson. C. S. Robinson. C. S. Robinson. C. S. Robinson. H. Belfrage. (16) Unconscious Providence. Mem. Pul C. S. Robinson. (17) The Gate of Heaven. Mem. Pul C. S. Robinson. (17) Sacredness of the Sanctuary. N. P. 13. H. Read. (18-19) Memorials of Blessing. Mem. Pul C. S. Robinson. (20) Covenant Vows. Mem. Pul C. S. Robinson. (20-22) A Long Look Ahead. Mem. Pul C. S. Robinson. (22) Tithes at the Start. Mem. Pul C. S. Robinson. 32 *. 1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Maha- naim. 24 And Jacob was loft alone; and there wrestled a man with him, until the breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he pre- vailed not against him, he toucned the hollow of his thigh : and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said. Let me go, for the day breaketh: and he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him. What is thy name ? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said. Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel : for as a prince hast thou power with God, and with men, ana hast prevailed. (1-3) Retribution and Reformation. Series 2. H. W. Beecher. (1-2) Mahanaim. Mem. Pul Vol 2. C. S. Robinson. (24-30) Jacob wrestling with God. Fish's Pul El. (24-26) Daybreak. Series 2. (24) Guilt all alone. Mem. Pul Vol 2. (24) Wrestling Jacob. Mem. Pul Vol 2. (25) Memorials of Conflict. Mem. Pul Vol 2. P. SCHAFF. Talmage. C. S. Robinson. C. S. Robinson. C. S. Robinson. (26) Discipline of Denial. Mem. Pul Vol 2. C. S. Robinson. (26-29) Wrestling with God. Harrow Sch. Ser. J. M. Butler. (26-29) Determined Piety. Harrow Sch. Ser. J. M. Butler. (26) Angels on the Path of Life. Fall of Man. F. W. Farrar. (28) The Heart of God affected by Prayer. Vol 2. Griffin. (28) The New Man. 3fem. Pul C. S. Robinson. 82 CHAPS. XXXII.-XLVni. GENESIS. THEME OP DISCOURSE. 32 : 29 And Jacob asked him, and said, (29) The Search after God. Mem. Pul. KSltee^S^'-SltXraou (29) Divine Benediction. Harrow Sch. Se,: dost ask after my name ? And he blessed him there. 80 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel : for I have seen God face to face, and my life is pre- served. 31 And as he passed over Penuel, (31) Spiritual Sunrise. Mem. Pul. the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. C. S. Robinson. J. M. Butler. C. S. Robinson. 33 : 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced htm, and fell on his neck, and kissed him : and they wept. (4) Revenge. Sidney Smith. 35 : 1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there. 2 Then Jacob said unto his house- hold, and to all that were with him. Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean and change your garments : 3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el ; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their ear-rings which were in their ears ; and Jacob hid them under the oak which waa by Shechem. 6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (that is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el ; because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. (1-5) Jacob putting away Strange Gods. (1) Vows forgotten. M&rn. Pul. (1-3) Vows called to Remembrance. (4) Family Reform. N. P. 30. (6-'7) The Obituary of a Man. Mem. Pul. Cecil. C. S. Robinson. Jay. George Dufpield. C. S. Robinson. 37 : 83 And he knew it, and said, It is (33) The Evil Beast, my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him: Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. Temperance Sermxm. Talmage. 39 : 9 How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God ? (9) Sin avoided by Consideration of God. E. Payson. (9) We should flee from Sin with Abhorrence. C. Simeon. 42 : 21 And they said one to another. We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. 86 All these things are against me. (21-22) The Power of Conscience. H. Blair. (21) "We are verily guilty concerning our Brother." Summerpield. (36) " All these Things are against me.' Grifpin. 45 : 5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve Ufe. 27 And they told him all the words (27) The King's Wa""Ons. of Joseph, which he had said unto *o o them : and when he saw the wag- ons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : 28 And Israel said. It is enough: Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before 1 die. (5) Human and Divine Agency inseparably connected. Vol. 4. Emmons. (5-8)^ Character of Joseph. H. Blair. Se^'ies 3. Talmage. (28) Lesson from the Life of Joseph. N. P. 7. C. Mason. 47: 8 And Pharaoh said How old art thou ? 12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread according to their families. 48: 1-11 3 unto Jacob, (8-9) Life a Pilgrimage. (8) Decline of Life. N. P. 23. (8) " How Old art Thou ? " N. P. 23. (8) Improvement of Time. (12) FiUal Piety. (1-11) Three Eras m Life. 33 Series 1. J. Richards. J. M. Krebs. J. Few Smith. H. Blair. H. W. Beecher. CHAPS. XLIX.-L. GENESIS. THEME OF DISCOURSE. AUTHOR. 49 : 4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel ; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it : he went up to my couch. 6 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. 6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assemblv. mine honour, be not thou imited I for in their anger thev slew a man, and in their self-will they digged (4) Reuben's Instability. Mem. Pvl. (5-6) Gambling. Led. to Young Men. 10 down a wall. (10) Gathering of the People to Shiloh. "" hS,\nf s^VrAir-d^hilel (23-24) Joseph attacked by the Archers. C. S. Robinson. R. W. Clark. Masterpieces of Pul. El. R. Erskine. Series 1. Spurgeon. him: 24 But his bow abode iu strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob. '° = "t^fthSr£?'";"a."l'^,XT (16-21) Joseph forgiving his Brethren. Serm 6. said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. 19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God ? 20 But as for vou, ye thought evil against me ; out God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. SI I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. 24 And Joseph said unto his breth- ren, I die; and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land, unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 26 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. 26 So Joseph died, being an hun- dred and ten years old : and they embalmed him, and he was put in a cofQn in Egypt. F. W. Robertson. (24-26) The Israelite's Grave in a Foreign Land. F. W. Robertson, (25) Joseph's Faith. Series 2. A. Maclaren. EXODUS. CHAPS. I.-ni. EXODUS. THEME OP DISCOURSE. AUTHOR. 1 : 6 And Joseph died, and all his breth- (6) The Universal Doom. Fishes Pul. El. R. S. Candlish. ren, and all that generation. 2: 6-9 9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her. Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. (6-9) The Orphanage of Moses. Series 5. (9) Children to be educated for God. F. W. Robertson. E. Patson. 3 : 2 And the angel of the Lord ap- peared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush : and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not con- Bumed. 8 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said. Thus Shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me imto you. (2) Typical Glory of the Redeemer. GhryoftheR. O.Winslow. (3) The Burning Bush. D. A. Clark. (5) Reverence and its Uses in Worship. T. D. Woolsey. (14) The Immutability of God. N. P. 8. r- . N. Porter. (14) Being and Name of Jehovah. Vol. 3. R. Hall. 84 CHAPS. V.-XX. EXODUS. THEME OP DISCOURSE. 6 : 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go. (2' God entitled to our Obedience. N. P. 4. Dr. Coffin. 6 : 9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel : but they heark- ened not unto Moses for anguish of spurit, and for cruel bondage. (9) Physical Destitution stifling Spiritual Life. Boots and Fruits of Chn. Life. W. Arnott. 9 : 16 And in very deed for this cause (ig^ Reprobation. Vol, 4. have I raised thee up, for to shew ^ *^ N. Emmons. ■ in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. 27 And Pharaoh sent, and called for (27) Confession by a Hardened Sinner. A Sennon with Seven ttTAte^r°edTMstime:"?h: Texts (" I have sinned "). Series Z. Spurgeon. Lord is righteous, and I and my I)eople are wicked. 11 : 7 .... That ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel (7) The Precious from the Vile. Series 7. Spurgeon. 12 : 18 And the blood shall be to you for /i q\ rnt . -pirt/^/i v^^^ k a token upon the houses where ye !?< ™ S . '^'m^S 5. are: and when I see the blood, I (13) The Blood. vnW pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. 14 And this day shall be unto you for (14) American Independence. Vol.2. a memorial; and ye shall keep It a ^ ' ^lucuvau j.iiuc4icuvici±v^.. feast to the Lord throughout your generations ; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. Spurgeon. D. L. Moody. N. Emmons. 14 : 13 And Moses said unto the people. Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will show to you to-day: for the Egyp- tians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. (13) The Possible and the Impossible. N. P. 38. E. Pond. 15 16 17 18 23-25 12 18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both (18) What kills Ministers, thou, and this people that is with ' thee ; for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. (23-25) Marah, or Bitter Waters sweetened. Series 9. Spurgeon. (23) Saturday Evening. Vol. 2. Jay. (12) Aaron and Hur. How Christians can help Ministers. Lects. on Revivals. C. G. Finney. Series 4. Talmage. 19 : 4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. (4) The Past and the Present. N. P. S. D. BURCHARD. 20 : DECALOGUE. 5 I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me ; 6 And showing mercy unto thou- sands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 7 Thou Shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain ; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 8-11 (I-IT) See " Decalogue," in Topical Index, for List of Authors of Serial Discourses. (5-6) Consistency of God in rewarding and punishing Chil- dren on their Parents' Account. Vol. 6. N. Emmons. (5) Iniquity of the Fathers visited upon the Children. N. P. 28. H. M. Field. (6) Iniquity of the Fathers visited upon the Children. W. Paley. (5-6) The Curse cut off. Jer. Taylor. (7) Taking the Name of God in vain. R. Hall. (7) Guilt of Profaneness. Vol. 2. Emmons. (8) The Sabbath. Prac. Sermons. ('Z-S) Profanity and Sabbath-breaking. A. Barnes. Lects. to Young Men. J. P. Thompson. 8-11) Duties of the Sabbath. Chn. Sab. Series. H. D. Ganse. 8-11) The Sabbath under the Law D. Wilson. 8-11) The Sabbath. T. H. Skinner. 35 CHAPS. XX.-XXXVIII. EXODUS. THEME OF DISCOURSE. 20 : 12 Honour thy father and thy moth- er ; that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God gireth thee. 13 Thou Shalt not kUl. 14 Thou Shalt not commit adultery. 24 In all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I wili bless thee. n2) Duty of Parents. Sidney Smith. (12) Duty of Children to honor their Parents. N. P. 80. D. DOBIE. (12) Filial Duty. iV. P, 16. J. B. Waterburt. (13-14) The Deliverer from Crime. F. D. Maurice. (13) Intemperance the Great Destroyer. - N. P. 14. D. R. Downer. (14) The Great Sin. N. P. 30. Wm. Warren. (24) Promise of God to the Israelites at Sinai. C. Bradley. 23 24 Thou Shalt not follow a multitude to do evil. (2) The Sin of following a Multitude to do Evil. Vol. 2. Emmons. (2) The Sin of following a Multitude to do Evil. H. Blair. ( And Moses rose up, and his min- (13) Moses on the Mount. Pastorh Legacy. ister Joshua : and Moses went up '^ ^ into the mount of God. E. Mason. 28 : 83 And bells of gold between them (33) A Chime of Gospel Bells, round about. ^ ■' ^ 86 And thou shalt make a plate of (35) HoUneSS tO the Lord, pure gold, and grave upon it, like ' the engravings of a signet, HOLI- NESS TO THE LOED. Series 2. Talmage. F. D. Huntington. 32 : 26 Then Moses stood in the gate of (26) The Lord's Side, hrael of God. the camp, and said. Who w on the )()(X mi,o ^n^r^ ^\Aaa AT P o« Lord's side? Ut him ccrnie unto (^6) Ihe Iwo bides. M. P. 28. me. And all the sons of Levi (26) Evidence and Duty of being on the Lord's Side, gathered themselves together unto 82 ^t now, if thou wilt forgive their (26) True Saints. Legal Religion. Lects.toProf.Chm. Finney. sin; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, (32) The Prayer of Moses. Vol.6. N. Emmons. out of thy book which thou hast written. S. H. Tyng. D. Magee. N. P. 1. S. Miller. 33 : 14 And he said, My presence shall go vyiih thee, and I will give thee rest. 15 And he said unto him. If thy pres- ence go not with 7M6, carry us not up hence. 16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight ? is it not in that thou goest with us ? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth. 17 And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken : for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. 18 And he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory. 19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I wili be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 20 And he said. Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live. 84 : 6 And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed. The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, for- giving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the in- iquity of the fathers upon the chil- dren, and upon the children's chil- dren, unto the third and to the fourth generation. (14-15) God's Special Presence distinguishes His Own People. Vol. 2. E. Payson. (16) The Presence of God, the Glory and Guide of His People. D. A. Clark. 18-20) 18-20) (18-20) (18-20) (18-20) (18-20) The Glory of God illustrated. Vol. 4. Emmons. The Glory of God proclaimed by Himself. S. Davies. The Glory of the Gospel as a Revelation of God. Law and Gospel. Tyng. (18-20) Influence of Right Views of God. Fish's Pul. El. M. Simpson. " Show me thy Glory." K. P. 32. J. W. Alexander. View of God's Glory. Series 2. Spurgeon. Prayer of Moses for a View of God's Glory. C. Bradley. (19) Election no Discouragement to seeking Souls. Series 8. Spurgeon. (6-7) The Glory of God proclaimed by Himself. Davies. (6-7) The Iniquity of the Fathers visited upon the Children. Vol 3. E. Payson. (6-7) The Glory of Jehovah. Series 6. H. W. Beecher. (6-7) Union of Justice and Grace in God. T. D. Woolsey. 38 : 8 And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the looking-glasses of the women as- sembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation. (8) The Laver of Looking-Glasses. Series 8. 86 Talmage. LEVITICUS. CHAPS. VI.-XXVI. LEVITICUS. THEME OP DISCOURSE. AUTHOR. 6 : 3 And Aaron held Ms peace. (3) Silence under Affliction. Vol. 2. ^' '' '\eX:uair!LtVtthtZ% (S^) The Owl, the Bat, the Vulture, Chameleon, and Snail, and the mole. N. Emmons. ail. Series 2. Talmage. 13 : 12-18 45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a cov- ering upon his upper lip, and shall cry. Unclean, unclean. (12-13) Cleansing the Leper. (45) Spiritual Leprosy. Series 7. Spurgeon. R. Hall. 14 : 5-7 16 (5-7) The Two Birds. Series 1. 34 And this shall be an everlasting (34) pay of Atonement, statute unto you, to make an atone- ^ ' •' ment for the children of Israel, for all their sins, once a year. Series 1. Talmage. Spurgeon. 19 : 14 Thou Shalt not put a stumbling- (14) The Injury done to the Cause of Christianity by the Doc- Is'yfsh'^Ton'^^'SXnsnessta ,,,,„, trine of Eternal M (?fory «/ CW S. Mintok. judgment : thou shait not respect V-^i The Judgments we form of Others. Sidney Smith. the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. IT Thou Shalt not hate thy brother in (1 7) Duty of reproving our Neighbor. J Wesley thme heart: thou Shalt in any wise )i>7\ -d^^+v^-i^ -d^^^^ i? ^^xj^uwux. u. vviihLi,Y. rebuke thy neighbour, and not suf- (Iv) Brotherly Reproof. D. Tappan. fer sin upon him. ^° '■ 'Ms fm^^'Z^ifT^rl (2^) Si" "t consulting with Fannliar Spirits. shall surely be put to death : they shall stone them with stones : their blood shall be upon them. * JV. F. 28. E. Pond. ^^ •• '' setn^iV^th'^rnVhXe^Jt^^ (?^) festival kept unto the Lord. Vol 2. E. Payson. ered in the fruit of the land, ye \^^) -t^ropriety and Design of an Annual Thanksgiving, shall keep a feast unto the Lord iV. P. 11. L. E. LathrOP. seven days : on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. 25: 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth (]0) The Jubilee. year, and proclaim liberty through- out all the land unto aU the inhabi- tants thereof. Jay. 2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary : I am the Lord. (2) Duty and Importance of keeping the Sabbath. Vol. 5. Emmons. NUMBERS. CHAP. VI. NUMBERS. theme of discourse. AUTHOR. ^' 2%AM^the Lord spake unto Moses, (22-26) The Preacher's Blessing, or a "Happy New Year." 23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his A. W. Hare. sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, 24 The Lord bless thee, and keep 25 The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee : 26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. 37 CHAPS. IX.-XXni. NUMBERS. THEME OF DISCOURSE. AUTHOR. 9 : 22 Or whether it were two days, or a (22) The Cloud and the Tabernacle, month, or a year, that the cloud tar- ' ried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed. iV: F. 33. E. S. Wright. 10 : 29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Eaguel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law. We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it vou: come thou with us, and we will do thee good ; for the Lord hath spoken good con- cerning Israel 1 1 : 29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake ? would God that all the Lord's people were proph- ets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them I 81-84 (29) (29) (29) (29) (29) (29) Moses and Hobab. R. M. McChetne. Invitations to seek Companionship with Israel. JV. Y. Pulpit. J. Kennedy. Sinners entreated to enter upon the Chn. Pilgrimage. A. Nettleton. Advantages of a Connection with the Church. D. L. Carroll. Hobab. E. D. Griffin. Tabernacle Free College for training Christian Men and Women. Series 1. Talmage. (31-84) Concupiscence punished. Vol. 3. Jay. 14 : 7 And they spake unto all the com- pany of the children of Israel, say- mg. The land, which we passed through to search it, w an exceed- ing good land. 8 If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us ; a land which floweth vdth milk and honey. 18 21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord. 24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. 28 Sav unto them,y48 truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you. 15 : 82-86 Cr-S) The Exceeding Good Land. R. M. McCheyne. (8) God's Approbation of our Labors necessary to the Hope of Success. A. Fuller. (18) Mercy of God. Vol. 1. Tillotson. (21) Sermon before the A. B. C. F. M., at Balthnore, 1835. S. Miller. (24) Following the Lord fully. ^24) Following the Lord fully. (24) Following the Lord fully. (28) Faith's Failure. Mem. Ful. R. M. McCheyne. Burder. Geo. Shepard. C. S. Robinson. (32-36) The Man who gathered Sticks on the Sabbath. K F. 9. « Dr. Bishop. 16 : 48 And he stood between the dead (48) The Plague in the Wilderness, and the living ; and the plague was stayed. 21:8-9 (8-9) The Brazen Serpent. C. Bradley. R. A. Hallam. 22 : 84 And Balaam said unto the angel (34-35) Perversion as shown in the Character of Balaam. of the Lord, I have sinned ; for I F. W. ROBERTSON. ^7agl'^tt'^;'now'?£fi^^^^^^ (34) Double-minded Men. Series Z. Spurgeon. it displease thee, I vdll get me back again. 85 And the angel of the Lord said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes ofBalak. 28 : 7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying. Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. 8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied ? 9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel ? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! (7-10) Prophecies of Balaam. Lectures. W. B. Collyer. (9) Difference between Believers and Men of the World. J. B. Romeyn. (10) Dying of the Righteous. N. F. 9. S. M. Worcester. (10) Dying of the Righteous. Cecil. (10) Dying of the Righteous. A. P. Peabody. (10) End of the Righteous desired. Series 9. Spurgeon. (10) Death of Whitefield. J. Wesley. (10) Selfishness as shown in the Character of Balaam. Series 5. F. W. Robertson. 88 CHAPS. XXIV.-XXXV. NUMBERS. THEME OP DISCOURSE. 24: 15-17 (15-1 '7) The Star of Jacob. Series 9. Spurgeon. 27 : 5 And Moses brought thigir cause (5) Women's Rights : a Parable. Types and Emhlems. Spurgeon. before the Lord. 35 : 11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to (35) The Sinner's Refuge. Senes 3. be cities of refuge for you ; that the slayer may flee thither, which kiU- eth any person at unawares. Spurgeon. DEUTERONOMY. CHAPS. I.-XXXII. DEUTERONOMY. THEME OF DISCOURSE. God hath (21) Home Evangelization the First Duty of American Chris- tians. N. P. 22. M. J. HiCKOK. go up Tof (25) Foretastes of Heavenly Life. Series 3. Spurgeon. 21 Behold, the Lord th set the land before t] and possess it, as the Lord God thy fathers hath said unto thee : fear not, neither be discouraged. 25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said. It is a good land which the Lord our God doth give us. 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord : 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 24 And the Lord commanded us to (24) The Good of the Commandments of the Second Table. do all these statutes, to fear the ^ Yf Hare Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us aUve, aa it is at this day. (4-5) Christian Hindooism. Series 5. F. W. Robertson. (4) Unity and Trinity of Persons in the Godhead. R. Wardlaw. 8 : 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wil- derness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what zoas in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. 8 And he humbled thee, and suf- fered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know ; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that pro- ceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live. (2) The Heart of Man proved by God's Providence. J. Richards. (2) A Protecting Providence. Chr. Consolation. A. P. Peabody. (3) The True Life. Chr. Consolation. A. P. Peabody. 10 : 12 And now. Israel, what doth the (12) Exhortation to serve the Lord. Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with aU thy soul. Vol. 1. Griffin. 11 : 18-21 15: 7-8,11 26 : 17-18 29 : 29 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us, and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this 32 : 4 A God of truth and without iniqui- ty, just and right is he. 7 Kemember the days of old, con- sider the years of many genera- tions : ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. (18-21) Parents the Divinely-appointed Teachers of their Families. JST. P. 23. M. T. Adams. (Y-8, 11) Kindness to the Poor. Lects. and Serms. W. M. PUNSHON. (17-18) Covenanted Grace. R. Erskink. T. DWIGHT. Vol. 4. Emmons. T. J. Crawford. Dr. Leland. (29) Secret Things belong to God. Sermons. (29) The Revealed Will of God the only Rule of Duty. (29) Mysteries of Christianity. (29) Secret Counsels of God. K P. 9. (4) The Justice of God. Theology. T. Dwight. (7) The Days of Old. K P. 29. A. L. Lindsley. 39 CHAPS. XXXTT.-XXXni. DEUTERONOMY. THEME OP DISCOURSE. AUTHOR. 9 For the Lord's portion is his peo- ple ; Jacob is the lot of his inheri- tance. 11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spread- eth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings ; 12 So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange Qod with him. 29 O that they were wise, that they miderstood this, that they would consider their latter end I 81 For their rock is not as our Eock, even our enemies themselves being judges. 46-51 (9) Christians the Heritage of God. (9) Nothing Safe but the Church. ■• 11-12) The Eagle's Nest. Mem. Pul. 11-12) God stirs up His People. N. P. 29. (29^ Consideration in Order to Repentance. f29) The Wise Man wise for Futurity. (29) Neglect of Warning. (29) Death. (29) Remember Death. Series 1. (29) Close of the Year. (31) The Christian Rock, krael-of Ood. (31) The Christian Rock. (31) The Christian Rock. (46-51) Death of Moses. J. Drummond. D. A. Clark. C. S. Robinson. E. Datis. Vol 1. TiLLOTSON. D. A. Clark. Paley. A. Nettleton. Spurgeon. J. C. Hare. S. H. Tyno. W. Nevins. D. L. Moody. Melvill. 18-16 18 26 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass ; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. 29 Happy art thou, O Israel : who is hke imto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excel- lency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou Shalt tread upon their high places. (13-16) World's Fair, London, 1851. JST. P. 21. W. A. Scott. (13) Drovmed in the Lake. /Series 5. Talmage. (25) As thy Day so shall thy Strength be. Series 5. Spurgeon. (25) Kept of God. D. A. Clark. (29) Happy art thou, Israel. McCheyne. (29) Circumstances favorable to the Moral and Religious Emi- nence of our Country. J. S. Buckminster. JOSHUA. CHAPS. L-V. JOSHUA. theme of discourse. 5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life : as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee : I will not fell thee, nor forsake thee. 6 Be strong and of a good courage : for unto tiiis people shalt thou di- vide for an inheritance the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them. (1-7) Independence of Mind. T. Dwight. (l-T) Boldness in speaking for Christ. Sei'mons. D. L. Moody. 21 And she bound the scarlet line in (21) The Red Cord in the Window, the window. Series 4. Talmage. 1 And Joshua rose early in the (1) Joshua a Type of Christ and his Followers. J. H. Newman. morning; and they removed Itom Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. 6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, say- ing. What mean ye by these stones ? (6) The Pile of Stones speaking. Series 3. Talmage. 12 And the manna ceased on the mor- (12) The* Old Com of Canaan. Series A. Talmage. row after they had eaten of the old ' com of the land. 18 And it came to pass, when Joshua (13-14) The Captain of the Lord's Host appearing to Joshua. was by Jericho, that he lifted "P Sac. Dis. BelfragE, his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand : r^ and Joshua went imto him, and said unto him. Art thou for us, or for our adversaries ? 40 CHAPS. V.-XXIV. JOSRUA. THEME OF DISCOURSE. 5 : 14 And he said, Nay; but as captain (14-15) Parallel of the War with the Canaanitish Nation, and of the host of the Lord ain I now ^j^^t of Believers with their Spl. Enemies. Vol. 3. R. Hall. come. And Joshua fell on his face ^ to the earth, and did worship, and . said unto him, What saith my Lord unto his servant ? 15 And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so. 7 : 20 And Achan answered Joshua, and (20) The Doubtful Penitent (sermon with seven texts). Series 3. said, Indeed I have sinned against Spurgeon. the Lord God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done. 10 : 40 So Joshua smote all the country (40) Destruction of the Canaanites. of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none re- maining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord God of Israel commanded. PalEY. 13 : 1 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years ; and the Lord said unto him. Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. (1) Progress in Religion. Vol. 3. (1) The Christian's Works. Way of Life. Jay. Guthrie. 15 : 19 Who answered. Give me a bless- (19) The Upper and Nether Sprmgs. Ing ; for thou hast given me a south ' *- o land ; give me also springs of wa- ter. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs. Series 3. Talmage. 23 : 11 Take good heed therefore unto (n) Nature and Importance of Love to God. yourselves, that ye love the Lord ' your God. A. Fuller. 24: 2-13 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 20 If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. 22 And Joshua said unto the people. Ye are witnesses against your- selves that ye have chosen you the Lord, to serve him. And they said. We are witnesses. (2-13) Chil. of Is. in the Wilderness. Settlement in Canaan. LectS. W. B. COLLYER. (15) Resolution and Steadfastness in Religion. Vol. 3. Tillotson. (15) The Two Gods. H. C. Knight. (15) Family Religion. J. Bellamy. (15) Personal and Family Religion. T. Halyburton. (15) Protestant Religion vindicated. Vol. 2. Tillotson. (15^ Obligations to Family Religion and Worship. J. Hovte. (15) The Happy Decision. W. J. Armstrong. (15) Cluster of Grapes, or Family Prayer. J. C. Hare. (15) Family Worship. J. H. Merle d'Aubigne. (15) Joshua's Resolution to serve the Lord. N. P. 11. Dr. McDowell, (15) Duties of Heads of Households. N. P. 24. J. F. Tuttle. (15) Religion our Own Choice. J. Dana. (15) Religion our Own Choice. W. Nevins. (20) Sin and Danger of forsaking God. J. Howe. (22) Christians solemnly reminded of their Obligations. Vol. 3. Davies. (22) The Soul covenantmg with God. T. J. Frelinghuysen. 41 JUDGES. CHAPS. I.-XVI. JUDGES. THEME OF DISCOURSE. 7 And Adoni-bezek said, Three- score and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table : as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. (7) Punishment of Adoni-bezek improved. Jay. 2:1-5 (1-5) Thorough-going Christianity. 3 : 15 (15) Left-handed Men. Series 2. 4 : 23 So God subdued on that day Jabin (23) Victims of the Israelites. the kmg of Canaan before the chil- v / dren of Israel. R. S. Candlish. Talmage. R. Whatelt. 5 : 12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake. 28 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the in- habitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty. (12) Woman's War against the Bottle. Series 3. Talmage. (23) Doom of Meroz. Word of Life. C. J. Brown. 6 : 12 And the angel of the Lord ap- (12) Funeral Oration for the Prince of Cond6. Put. Orators peared unto him, and said unto of France. BOSSUET. 11 13 14 him, The Lord ia with thee, thou mighty man of valour. 7 : 20-21 (20-21) Battle of the Pitchers. Series 2. 8 : 18 Each one resembled the children {i%\ The Royal House of Jesus. Series 2. of a king. ^ ' Talmage. Talmage. A. L. Stone. 27 Wherefore I have not sinned (27) War and the Patriot's Duty. K P. 35. against thee, but thou doest me ^ wrong to war against me. _,, 80-31 (30-31) Jephthah's Vow fulfilled, and his Daughter not sacrificed. W. Romaine. 22 And Manoah said unto his wife, (22-23) Fears removed. Jay. "We shall surely die, because we (22-23) Mysteries of Providence. Christian Consolation. have seen God, ^ ' A. P. PeabODT. 28 But his wife said unto him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt- offering and a meat-offering at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would, as at this time, have told us siich things as these. 8 And after a time he returned to (8) Honey out of a Strange Hive. Series 4. take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion ; and, be- hold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion. .,.-.„ , t»'jji 14 And he said unto them. Out of the (14) SamSOn'S Kiddle, eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle. 16:18 And he was Boreathirst, and called (18) The Fainting Hcro. Types and Emblems. on the Lord, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant : and now shaD I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? IQ : 8 (3) Our Hero. Types and Emblems. 20 And she Bald, The Philistines he (20-21) Samson conquered. Series 6. upon thee, Samson. And he awoke (20-21) The Lord departed. iV. P. 19. out of his sleep, and said, I will go ^ ' out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him. 42 Talmage. R. A. Hallam. Spurgeon. Spurgeon. Spurgeon. F. Hatfield. CHAPS. XVII.-XXI. JUDGES. OP DISCOURSE. 17:13 Then said Micah, Now know I that (13) An Attempt to regulate the Claims of the Christian the Lord will do me good, seeing I Ministry. Jay. have a Levite to my priest. (13) Barbarism the First Danger. N. P. 29. H. BUSHNELL. 19 : 80 And it was so, that all that saw it (30) Pretense of Conscience no Excuse for Rebellion, said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the chil- dren of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day ; con- sider of it, take advice, and speak your minds. Yx. South. 21 : 2 And the people came to the house (2-3) Irreligion, Corruption, and Fanaticism rebuked, of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore ; 8 And said, O Lord God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel ? F. Vinton. RUTH. See Lectures and Discourses on Ruth by Lavater, Lawson, McGowan, Topsell, B. Philpot, A. C. Price ; "Beautiful Gleaner," by W. Braden; "Ruth and her Kindred," by J. Hughes ; "The Rich Kinsman," by S. H. Tyng ; Samuel Cox, Wilson, and others. CHAPS. I.-II. RUTH. THEME OF DISCOURSE. 15 And she said. Behold, thy sister- in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods; return thou after thy sister-in-law. 16 And Euth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from follow- ing after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go : and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God : 17 Where thou diest, vdll I die, and there will I be buried : the Lord do 60 to me, and more also, */ aught but death part thee and me. (15-16) The Privilege of Union to God and his People chosen. E. T. Fitch. (16-17) Ruth's Choice. Sm. Bis. H. Belfrage. (16-1'7) Ruth. E. H. Chapin. (16) Story of Ruth. H. C. Knight. (16) Influence of True Affection. N. P. 31. Isaac Ferris. (16) Ruth's Resolution. Vol. 4. Pres. Edwards. (16) Ruth's Resolution. R. M. McCheyne. 12 The Lord recompense thy work (12) The Wlngs of the Ahnighty. Series 2. and a full reward be given thee of ^ ' ° ° •' the Lord God of Israel, imder whose wings thou art come to trust. Talmage. I. SAMUEL. CHAPS. I.-II. I. SAMUEL. theme op discourse. 2: 1 : 26 And she said, Oh, my lord ! as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the wom- an that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord. 27 For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him : 28 Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord there. (26-2'7) Character of Hannah. 27-28 27-28 Hannah. Dis. on Scrip. Female Chars. Samuel, the Child of Prayer. iV. P. 32. " JS'^^A' S.f ^Xr'SI (1^) Attending the Church Service. Cecil. Jay. S. H. Tyng. J. Wesley. Lord : for men abhorred the offer- ing of the Lord. 43 CHAPS. n.-XIV. I. SAMUEL. 2 : 80 For them that honour mo I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision. 10 And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Sam- uel, Samuel. Then Samuel an- swered: Speak; for thy servant heareth. 18 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity wWch he knoweth ; be- cause his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. 14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever. 19 And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. 4 : 8 Let us fetch the ark of the cove- nant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. 12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. 18 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watch- ing : for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out. THEME OP DISCOURSE. (80) The Best Christian, the Best Patriot. Alton Serms. A. W. Hare. (30) The Providence of God manifested in the Rise and Fall of Empires. Horne. (1) The Character of Eli. Series 6. F. W. Robertson. (1) The Precious Word of God. Free. Tilings of God. 0. WiNSLOW. (10) Silence and Voices. Sil. and Voices. F. W. Farrar. (10) The Child Samuel. Summerfield. (13) Fatal Consequences of Bad Education. Saurin. (13-14) Guilt and Consequences of Parental Unfaithfulness. Vol. 3. Payson. (13-14) Guilt and Misery attendant on Parental Indulgence. N. P. 8. Dr. Leland. (13-14) Duties of Heads of Households. N. P. 24. J. F. Tuttle. (13-14) Eli. R. A. Hallam. (19) Samuel. Vol. 2. N. Emmons. (19) Early Piety. N. P. 6. J. Abbott. (19) God let none of his Words fall to the Ground. R. M. McCheyne. (3) Form and Spirit of Religion. Series 5. Spurgeon. (12) The Lord our Helper. Heman Humphrey. (12) Memorials of Divine Mercy. Series 3. H. W. Beecher. (12) The Help of the Lord the Seal of the Missionary Work. Before the A. B. C. F. M., at New Haven, 1845. Joel Hawes. (13) Eli. A Godly Man trembling for the Ark. Scrip. Char. Candlish. 8 : 4-8 10 : 9 And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart. 11 26 And Saul also went home to Gib- eah ; and there went vdth him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched. 27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us ? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his (4-8) New Period in Jewish History. Proph. and Kings of the 0. T. F. D. Maurice. (4-8) Government of the Jews. Lects. W. B. Collyei^ (9) Another Heart. R. A. Hallam. (11) Saul the Regressive in Piety. G. Shepard. (26-2'7) The Christian Doctrine of Loyalty. J. M. Holmes. (1) The Appointment of the First King in Israel. Series 6. F. W. Robertson. [20) Deliverance through Christ. Fall of Man. Vol. 2. 12 : 1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. 17 Is it not wheat harvest to-day ? 20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not; (ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but servo the Lord with all your heart.) 22 For the Lord will not forsake his (22) God never forsakes His People. people for his great name's sake, because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people. 24-25 (24-25) Sin ruins a Kingdom. 14 : 4-44 (4-44) Importance of Little Things. ^ 8h3? 'forX^' f^ X° S («) K'Sl'*= 0' *•«= ^^OP'O- '"»'• 2- wrought this great salvation in Israel f God forbid : as the Lord liveth, there shall not one hahr of his head fall to the ground ; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not. 44 Series 5. Spurgeon. F. W. Farrar. Emmons. Jay. H. W. Beecher. N. Emmons. CHAPS. XV.-XXVn. I. SAMUEL. THEME OP DISCOmiSE. AUTHOR. 15 : 14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear ? 22 Behold, to obey is better than sac- rifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witch- craft, and stubbornness is as in- iquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king. 24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have Binned. 83 Samuel hewed Agag in pieces be- fore the Lord in Gilgal. (14) Bleating of Sheep and Lowing of Oxen. Series 3. Talmage. (14) Bleating of Sheep and Lowing of Oxen. H. C. Knight. (22-23) At the Opening of Parliament. (22-23) God's Claims the Sinner's Immediate Duty. Jer. Taylor. iV. P. 1, A. Edson. (24) Confession of the Insincere Man (sermon with seven texts). Series 3. Spurgeon. (33) Vindictive Justice of God. Vol. 4. Emmons. 16 : T But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature ; because I have refused him : for the LOED seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. (7) Faith and Experience. J. H. Newman. 45 17 : 29 And David said. What have I now (29) The True Patriot. done? /^^^re not a cause? (29) North and South. N. P. 35. Then said David to the Philistme, ).^< mi n- * j it, oi, u ai ct tit d ai\ Thou comest to me with a sword^ (45) The Giant and the Shepherd's Slmg. N, P. 40 and with a spear, and with a shield : but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. 50 So David prevailed over the Phil- (50) David's First Victory, istine with a sling and with a stone, /^qx yaith and Providenop and smote the Philistine, and slew ^^^) -"^^"^ ^^" rroviaence. him ; but there was no sword in the hand of David. Types and Emblems. Min. of Rec. Cecil. J. Hawes. T. Cuyler. Spurgeon. J. B. Johnston. ^^ * ^^ mvfd^^^ind°wS?\Te^^'^saw*thl ^'^^^ Contagious Influence of Faithful Prophesying. E. M. Goulburn. company of the prophets prophesy- ing, and Samuel standing as ap- pointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. 24 21 : 8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king''s business required haste. 9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elab, be- hold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod : if thou wilt take that, take it : for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that ; give it me. (24) Life of Saul. Proph. and Kings of 0. T. F. D. Maurice. (8) The King's Business. Series 2. Talmage. (9) Weapon's Captured. Series 3. Talmage. 25: 1 And Samuel died ; and all the Is- raelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wil- derness of Paran. 10-11 32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed he the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me : 33 And blessed he thy advice, and blessed he thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. 27: 1 1-25 8-19 7-8 (1 ) Death of the Righteous a Cause for Lamentation. N. P. 20. G. L. Brownell. (1) Way to acquire the Character of Greatness (Death of Saml. Worcester). L. Woods. (10-11) Message of the Church to Men of Wealth. Series 1. F. W. Robertson. (32-33) Prevention of Sin an Invaluable Mercy. R. South. (1) David's Fear and Folly. (1-25) Witch of Endor. (3-19) Saul and the Witch. Pastor's Leg. (7-8) Religion of Ghosts. Series 4. See Topical Index — " Witch of Endor." 45 Jay. D. Osgood. E. Mason. Talmage. CHAPS. XXX.-XXXI. I. SAMUEL. THEME OP DISCOURSE. 30: 4,19,24 1-80 81 : 4 Therefore, Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. 8 And it came to pass on the mor- row, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Oilboa. (4, 19, 24) Ziklag in Ashes. Series 4. (1-30) Ziklag. David the King. (4) Suicide. (8) Stripping the Slain. Series 4. Talmage W. M. Taylor. Sidney Smith. Talmage. II. SAMUEL. CHAPS. I.-XIL IT. SAMUEL. 1 : 19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen! 26 I am distressed for thee, my broth- er Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me : thy love to me was wonderftil, passing the love of women 27 the THEME OP DISCOURSE. AUTHOR, (19J The Fall of Hamilton. Fish's Pul El. E. Nott. (19) Death of George 11. Da vies. (26) David's Lamentations over Jonathan. Sac. Dis. H. Belfrage. (26) The Love of Christ. Wai/ of Ufe. Guthrie. How are the mighty fallen, and (27) Lamentation on the Death of Washmgton. Vol% Emmons. he weapons of war penshed 1 ^ '' ° 2 : 26 Then Abner called to Joab, and (26) War as a Means of settling National Disputes, said. Shall the sword devour for "^ ' ° ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end ? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren ? N. P. 20. D. B. CoE. 5: 12 6: 1-2 20-22 (12) David the King. Pro'ph. and Kings of 0. T. F. D. Maurice. f 1-2) The Ark of the Lord. (1-2) Bringing up the Ark. David the King. (20-22) Piety Keproved and Justified. Series T. 23 And what one nation in the earth (23) New England's Second Century. is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land ? „ , ..^ , 25 And now, O Lord God, the word (25) Faith's Plea upon God's Word. that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. Vol. 2. J. Richards. W. M. Taylor. Spurgeon. N. Emmons. H. Erseine. 8t 15 And David reigned over all Is- rael ; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people. 9: 8 10: 12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord do that which seemeth him good. 1 1 : 27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord. 12: 1 12 For thou didst it secretly : but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. 18 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin ; thoa Shalt not 23) tj^ Loss of Children. should I fast? can I bnng him back >„„/ ^p, x- • ^ * *i, r» 4 rr / o again? I shall go to hto, but he (23) The Living go to the Dead. \ ol. 3. shall not return to me. W. M. Taylor. Jay. Emmons. 14:14 29-31 (14) The Death of the Countess of Carberry. (29-31) The Barley-Field on Fire. Series 8. Jay. Spurgeon. 15 : 25 And the king said unto Zadok, (25-26) Acquiescence in the Divine Will. Jay. Carry back the ark of God into the (25_26) Submission of David. Vol. 3. E. D. Griffin. city : if I shall find favour m the ^ ^ eyes of the Lqrd, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and hia habitation : 26 But if he thus say, I have no de- light in thee ; behold, Tiere am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him. « - , , , ^ 81 And David said, O Lord, I pray (31) Prayer for the Defeat of those who attempt to subvert thee,turn the counsel of Ahithophel Good Government. Vol. 2. Emmons. into foolishness. 17 28 And Ahithophel put his household (23) Yery Singular, in order, and hanged himself. Sei'ies 9. Spurgeon. 18 : 33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept : and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom ! my son, my son Absalom ! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son I (33) David's Lament over Absalom. Sac. Bis. H. Belfrage. 19 : 32-89 (82-39) The Lives of Courtiers. Saurin. 23: 1 4 And he shall ie as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. 5 Although my house be not so with God ; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure : for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, al- though he make it not to grow. 15 And David longed and said. Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate 1 24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price : neither will I oflPer burnt-oflferings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. 1) The Last "Words of David. David the King. W. M. Taylor. 4) Royal Emblems for Royal Subjects. Types and Em- blems. Spurgeon. (5) The Dying Saint's Consolation. (5) The Everlasting Covenant. (15) The Well by the Gate. Series 3. (15-17) The Well of Beth-lehem. Cecil. W. B. Reed. Talmage. H. Melvtll. (24) The Impiety of Offering to God that which costs us Nothing. Lathrop. I. KINGS. CHAPS. n.-IV. L KINGS. theme of discourse. author. 2 I go the way of all the earth : be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man. 28 And Joab fled unto the tabernacle (28) Ineffective Repentance. of the Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. (2) The Dignity of Man. Vol. 2. (2) Religion not Unmanly. Israel of God. 5-12 (5-12) The Wisdom of Solomon. 10 And the speech pleased the Lord, (10) The Choice of Solomon. Vol. 3. that Solomon had asked this thing. 4 : 26 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, (25) National Prosperity, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer- Bheba, all the days of Solomon. 47 Vol. 3. Emmons. R. A. Hallam. S. H. Tyng. Saurin. Payson. N. Emmons. CHAPS. VL-XXII. I. KINGS. THEME OF DISCOURSE. AUTHOR. 7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither : BO that there was neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in build- ing. (7) Building of the Heavenly Temple. C. Bradley. H. M. Field. 12 Then spake Solomon, The Lord (12) The Invisibility of God. K P. 26. said that he would dwell In the thick darkness. 27 But will God indeed dwell on the (27) Heathen Views of Mediation. Bamp. Led. W. Thomson. tS^L o^SveS'c^norS.nSn (f ) Th^ Presence of God to Holy Places, Uthrop. thee; how much less this house (27) God Dwelling among Men. Masterpieces of Pul. El. that 1 have builded I • N. SlOUGHTON, 10 : 8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. 12 : 21-25 13 : 20-22 83-34 14 : 6 And it was «o, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said. Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee ^oith heavy tidings. 16 : 22 So Tibni died, and Omri reigned. (8) The Value of Learning. (21-25) The Rending of the Kingdom. 17: 1 1 et aeg. 9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which helongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. 16-17 18 : 12 But I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth. 21 And Elijah came unto all the peo- ple, and said, How long halt ye be- tween two opinions? if the iord be God, follow him : but if Baal, th&n follow him. And the people an- swered him not a word. 17-46 19 : 11-18 21 : 1 And Ahab spake unto ITaboth, saying. Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house : and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it ; or., if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. 22: 1-58 84-8S Zollicoffer. S. E. Dwight. (20-22) The Two Erring Prophets (two sermons). Vol. 3. * E. D. Griffin. (33-34) Religion the Best Reason of State. R. South. (6) A Hearer in Disguise. Series 4. . Spurgeon. (22) The Dark Things of Life in the Light of Revelation. Formation of Eeliff. Opinions. Ray Palmer. (1) Elijah the Tishbite. Geo. Shepard. (1 et seq.) Elijah the Prophet (volume of serial discourses). W. M. Taylor. Elijah. See Topical Index. (9) Trial and Triumph of Faith. Speaking to the Heart. Guthrie. (16-17) The Child of Providence. Cecil. (12) Importance of Early Religion. S. Worcester. (12) The Young admonished. Jay. (21) How long Halt ye, etc. • D. L. Moody. (21) Halting between God and the World. H. E. Manning. (21) Indecision in Religion. A. Nettleton. (21) The Lord and Baal. University Sei-s. W. H. Mill. (21) Halting between Two Opinions. N. W. Taylor. (21) Elijah's Appeal to the Undecided. Series 3. Spurgeon. (21) Indecision in Religion. Frac. Sets. Barnes. (21) Unreasonableness. Guilt and Danger of Indecision in Religion. W. J. Armstrong. (21) Unreasonableness. Guilt and Danger of Indecision in Religion. Vol. 4. Pres. Edwards. (21) Unreasonableness. Guilt and Danger of Indecision in Religion. W. Nevins. (17-46) The Cause of Jehovah against Baal tried on Carmel. E. T. Fitch. (11-13) God heard in the Still Small Voice. Vol. 2. E. Payson. (11-13) Elijah the Prophet of the Latter Days. J. H. Newman. (21) Elijah. Series 2. F. W. Robertson. (1) Naboth's Vineyard. Elijah the Prophet. W. M. Taylor. (2) Naboth's Vineyard. H. C. Knight. (2-3) Ahab and Naboth. Canon Kingsley. (1-53) The Long-suffering of God. Scrip. Char.^ Ahab. ^ ^ R. S. Candlish. (34-36) Practical Illustration of God's Providence. -V. P. 9. Dr. Richards. 48 II. KINGS. CHAPS. II.-Vn. n. KINGS. THEME OP DISCOURSE. AUTHOR. 2 : 10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when lam taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be so. 11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder ; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried. My father, my fether! the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof I And he saw him no more : and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. 13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan : 14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said. Where is the Lord God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they part- ed hither and thither: and Eliaha went over. 4 : 13 What is to he done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host ? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people. 19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head ! And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. 20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. 36-37 5 : 11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought. He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 18 In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Eimmon to wor- ship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon : when I bow down my- self in the house of Eimmon, the Lord pardon thy servant in this thing. 20-2T 6 : 1-8 16 And he answered. Fear not : for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes that ho may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man ; and he saw : and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. 21 And the king of Israel said unto Ehsha, when he saw them, My fa- ther, shall I smite themf shall I svaitethemf 7 : 1-2 3-4 4 (10-12) Elijah a Type of Christ and his Followers. J. H. Newman. (10-12) Elisha asking and receiving a Double Portion of Elijah's Spirit. Griffin. (11) Elijah's Ascension. Jay. (11) Elijah's Translation and Christ's Ascension. West. Ser. R. C. Trench. (11-12) Elijah's Ascension. Elijah. W. M. Taylor. (13) Life and Character of Elijah. N. P. 36. F. W. Flint. (13) Succession of Spiritual Life (2 Tim. 2 : 2). Addresses and Sermons. A. P. Stanley. (14) Where is the Lord God of Elijah? E. D. Grotin. (13) Love of Home. Its Influence on Religious Character. N. F. 29. A. Blanchard. (13) A Contented Mmd. H. Blair. (13) The Shunamite. Female Scrip. Char. Jay. (19) Religious Influence of Mothers. N. F. 10. Dr. Matthews. (20) Death in Early Life. Vol. 2. (36-37) The Shunamite. Female Scrip. Char. (11) Pride overcoming Want. Series 3. (10-14) Naaman the Leper. (18) Sinful Customs. Vol. 2. (18) The Lord pardon thy Servant in this Thing. (20-27) Gehazi. Emmons. Jay. A. Maclaren. D. Tappan. Emmons. G. L. Foster. Jay. (1-3) The Industrious Young Prophet. D. A. Clark. (16) The Nation's Crisis and the Christian's Duty in 1861. iV. F. 35. R. R. Booth. (16) The Defenders of the Christian more than his Assailants. Sermons. J. Drummond. (17) The Blindness of Man and the Nearness of the Spiritual World. T. D. WooLSEY. (21) Victory and Reunion. iV. F. 39. 1865. S. H. Tyno. (1-2) Rationalism. Series 2. Talmaok. (1-2) The Unbelief of the Samaritan Lord. C. Bradley. (3-4) Nature and Reasonableness of Submission to God. iV. F. 3. Dr. Hyde. 49 CHAPS. vn.-xxii. n. kings. THEME OP DISCOURSE. 19 And that lord answered the man (19) Sin of Unbelief. Series 2. of God, and said, Now, behold, if ^ ' the Lord should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said. Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyea, but shalt not eat thereof. 20 And so it fell out unto him: for (20) Rationalism. Series 2. the people trode upon him in the ' gate, and he died. Spurgeon. Talmage. 5 7-16 12-18 18 And Hazael said, But what I m thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ? And Elisha an- swered. The Lord hath showed me (5) The Shunamite. Female Scrip. Char. Jay. (7-15) Danger of Tampering with Sin. Series 4. H. W. Beecher. 12-13) Character of Hazael. Blair. 13) Progress of Sin. S. Worcester. 13) The Unknown Depths of Depravity. N. P. 29. A. B. Van Zandt. that thou shalt be king over Syria. (13) Progress of Vice. SUMMERFIELD. 9 : 1-8 20 For he driveth furiously. (1-3) Elisha and Jehu. Proph. and Kings. (20) Reckless Drivers. Series 2. F. D. Maurice. Talmage. 10 : 15 Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart ? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand ; and he took him up to him into the chariot. (15) Christian Hand-shaking. Series 1. (15) Catholic Spirit. (15) True and False Religion. Talmage. J. Wesley. H. Humphrey. 11 : 2 13:14 (2) Fallacy of Evil. (14) Death of Elisha. E. H. Chapin. Geo. Shepard. 17 : 21 (21) Jeroboam. Vol. 2. Emmons. "^ S^oS^tod^a^W/ ,Sfr the skin of my teeth. 25 For I know that my Eedeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth : 26 And though, after my skin, worms destroy this bo shall I see God 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not an- other; though my reins be con- sumed within me. Series 1. Talmage. (25-27) The Living Redeemer. N. P. 16. G. W. Bethune. (25-27) The Living Redeemer. Christmas Evans. (25-27) Realizing the Second Advent. Series 1. F. W. Robertson. yet m my flesh (25-27) Job's Faith in a Living Redeemer. Sac. Dis. H. Belfrage. (7) Why the Wicked are suffered to live. N. P. 5. W. T. Hamilton. 21 : 7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power ? 15 What is the Almighty, that we (15) The Utility of Prayer. l£ST;ha^,Vwe"pX^S?o* (1^) Objections to Prayer considered, him? 55 Theol. T. H. Skinner. T. Dwight. CHAPS. XXI.-XXXVI. JOB. THEME OP DISCOURSE. AUTHOR. 21 : 34 How then comfort ye me In vain, (84) False Comforts for Sinners. Leds. on Revivals. seeing in your answers there re- malneth falsehood ? C. G. FiNNET. 2 Can a man be profitable onto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? 5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite ? 16-lT 91 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace : thereby good shall come unto thee. 8 Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with argu- ments. 18 But he is in one mind, and who turn him? and whM his soul (13) The Decrees of God. desireth, even that he doeth, (2) The Impossibility of Man's meriting anything from God. R. South. (5) Our Sins infinite in Number and Enormity. Vol. 2. E.Payson. (15-17) The Old Way which Wicked Men have trodden. Vol. 2. E. Payson. (21) Acquaintance with God. N. P. 30. E. B. Fairfield. (21) God is Worthy of Confidence. Prac. Serms. A. Barnes. (3) The Anxious Inquirer. Series 3. Spurgeon. ?3) Jesus desired. The Saint and His Saviour. Spurgeon. (3) " Oh that I knew," etc. Summerfield. (3-4^ The Way of Salvation. H, M. Dexter. (3-5) Call of Humanity and the Answer to it. 0. Dewey. Theol. T. DwiGHT. 26 : 4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean thai is born of a woman ? 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. 14 Lo, these are parts of his ways : but how little a portion is heard of him ? but the thunder of his power who can understand? (4) The Importance of inquiring " How," etc. (9) Clearness and Mystery. N. P. 33. 14) The Unsearchable God. 14) Faith our Best Reason. Lects. on Proph. Way of Sal. A. Barnes. J. Crowell. W. B. COLLYER. G. W. Bethune. 27 : 10 "Will he delight himself in the Al- mighty? will he always call upon God? : 7-8 18 For the price of wisdom i« above rubies. 28 The fear of the Lord that is wis- dom. : 18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. (10) Hypocrites Deficient in the Duty of Prayer. Pres. Edwards. 31 : 24-28 8 But there is a spirit in man : and the inspiration of the Ahnighty giv- eth them understanding. 27 He looketh upon men, and if any say I have sinned, and perverted th!at which was right, and it profit- ed me not. (7-8) The Principles of Christianity. Addresses (18) The Wisdom of being Religious. Vol. 1. (28) Reverence for God. TJieol. and Sermons. A. P. Stanley. Tillotson. DwiGHT. (18) The Disappointments of Life. Jay. (24-28) The Love of Money. Vol. 6. Chalmers. (8) Nature and Destination of Man. Lects. W. B. Collyer. (8) The Spirit in Man. Serms. for New Life. H. Bushnell. (27-28) The Unprofitableness of Sin. Vol. 1. Tillotson. 84 : 81 Surely it is meet to be said unto (31-32) Nature and Necessity of Holy Resolution. God, I have borne chastisement, I will not ofifend any mx>re : 82 That which I see not teach thou me : if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. ShotUd it be according to thy (33) Condemnation of Self-will Vol. 7. Tillotson. Jay. mind? he will recompense it, (33) Should it be according to thy Mind ? Little Sarw. A. Haleigh. whether thou refuse, or whether V^^,' ^^^ ^,,^_^ ^^^^^_ ^^^„ ^^^ j^^ ^ TaylOR. thou choose; and not I : therefore (33) God judges better than Man. speak what thou knowest. 36: 6-7 (5-7) Man cannot merit Salvation. Way of Sal. A. Barnes. Spurgeon. 10 But none saith. Where is God my (jq) Sonffs in the Night. Series 2. maker, who giveth songs m the ^ -^ " ° night 2 Suffer me a little, and I will show (2-3) Sinners' Excuses answered. Serms. on 0. Themes. Finney. thee that / have yet to speak on God's behalf. /~^ 8 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 66 CHAPS. XXXVII.-XLII. JOB. THEME OF DISCOURSE. AUTHOR. 37 : 21 And now men seo not the bright (21) Liffht on the Cloud, light which is in the clouds. \ / o 85 Canst thou send lightnings, that (35) Two Worlds united, they may go, and say unto thee, ^ '' Here we aret Serms. for Neio Life. iV. P. 32. H. BUSHNELL. W. A. Scott. 38: 2-3 40 : 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judg- ment ? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous ? (2-3) The Creator seen in the Creation. Masterpieces of Put. El. Cyril. (8) Sinners' Excuses condemn God. Gospel Themes. C. G. Finney. 42 : 5 I have heard of thee by the hear- ing of the ear : but now mine eye seeth thee. 6 Wherefore I abhor rtvysey^ and re- pent in dust and ashes. (5-6) Job Penitent. University Lects. W. H. Mill. (5-6) A Just Sense of the Character and Presence of God a Source of Repentance. Sermons. T. Dwight. THE BOOK OF PSALMS. See " The Treasury of David," an interesting and valuable work on the Psalms, containing homiletic hints, illustrative extracts, etc., etc., in process of publication in 6 vols., by C. H. Spurgeon (IS?*?). PSALMS I.-IV. theme op discourse. 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scorn- ful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord ; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brlng- eth forth his fruit in his season ; his leaf also shall not wither ; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 4 The ungodly are not so : but are like the chaff which the wind driv- eth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. (1-2) Man's Blessedness and God's Praise. Series 3. A. Maclaren. 2: 1-12 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 6 Yet have I set my Eling upon my holy hill of Zion. 8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 11 Serve the Lord with fear, and re- joice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. (3) Influence of Religion on Prosperity. (4) Chaff driven away. Series 7. n. Blair. Spurgeon. (5) Day of Judgment, a Final Appeal to the Impenitent. N. P.W. A. Dickinson. (1-12) Christ in the Psalms. Series of Discourses. C. Harper. (1-12) Zion's King. Series of Discourses. D. Pitcairn. (3) Sinners vainly attempt to dissolve their Obligations. Vol. 6. Emmons. (6) The Kingly Office. W. Cunningham. (8) Missionary Sermon before the A. B. C. F. M., Spring- field, 1821. J. Morse. (11) Mixture of Joy and Fear in Religion. (12) An Earnest Invitation. Sei'ies 6. (12) Blessedness of trusting in God. H. Blair. Spurgeon. A. Alexander. 4: 1-8 4 Stand in awe, and sin not: com- mune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. 6 There de many that say. Who will shew us any good ? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance up- on us. 7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. (1-8) Meditations, etc. Leighton. (4) Religious Retirement. Blair. (4) The Sinner directed to look to Himself for Conviction. A. Fuller. (6-7) Sources of Christian Joy. (6) Communion with God solicited. Sac. Dis. 57 N. W. Taylor. H. Belfrage. PSALMS V.-XVII. THEME OP DISCOURSE. 5 : 6 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight : thou hatest all workers of in- iquity. (5) God's Hatred of Sinners. Vol. 6. 7 : 11 God judgeth the righteous, and (n) God angry with the Wicked. God is angry zoith the wicked every ' ° day. 12 If he turn not, he will whet his (12) Turn or Burn. Sei'ies 2. sword ; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. Emmons. N. W. Taylor. Spurgeon. 8: 1-9 8 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained ; 4 What is man, that thou art mind- ful of him ? and the son of man, that thou visitest him ? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6 Thou madest him to have domin- ion over the works of thy hands ; thou hast put all things under his feet. ^1-9) The Doxology. Canon C. Kingsley. (1-9) Man's Dominion. F. D. Maurice: (1-9) Man's Dominion. J. M. Mason. (1-9) Man's Dominion. J. A. Alexander. (3-6) Man's Place in Creation. H, M. Goodwin. (3-4) What is Man ? (2 sermons). J. Wesley. (3-4) The Importance of Man. Way of Sal. A. Barnes. (3-4) Sketch of Modem Astronomy. Vol. 7. T. Chalmers. (4-5) Human Nature. 0. Dewey. (4) Immortality and Meanness of Man. Fall of Man. F. W. Farrar. 17 The wicked shall be turned into (17) The Hopeless State of the Heathen, he^, anci all the nations that forget (j^^) r^he Wicked turned into Hell. Vol. 6. Emmons. J. Howe. 10 : 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God : God is not in all his thoughts. 1 1 : 1 In the Lord put I my trust : how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain ? 12 : 1 Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth ; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. 13 14: 1 How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord ? for ever ? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me ? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily ? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me ? 1 The fool hath said in h TJiere is no God. They are cor- rupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. 15: 1-5 5 He that doeth these tilings shall never be moved. (4) The Wicked refuse to seek God through Pride. Vol. 2. E. Payson. (1) Restlessness of Human Affection. Vol. 6. T. Chalmers. (1) In Memoriam of C. Van Rensselaer. (1) Trustworthiness. Series 8. C. Hodge. H. W. Beecher. (2) The Soul directed to look out of itself for Consolation. A. Fuller. (1) (1) 1) Practical Atheism. N. W. Taylor. Atheism ; Schemes of Doctrine ; Influence compared with Christianity, etc. Theol. T. Dwight. (1) Belief in the Being of God a Result of the Constitution and Relations of the Soul. Formation ofRelig. Opinion. Ray Palmer. (1-5) (1-5) Lectures. Sermons. Downame. TURNBULL. 16: 1-11 17 (1-11) The Golden Psalm. (1-11) Christ in Gethsemane. (8) Habitual Recognition of God. (8) Childlike Piety. 3fem. Pul. \%\ Fluctuations of Feeling. Mem. Pul. (11) Heavenly Glory. Presence of God in a Future State. Emotions of a Saint just arrived in Heaven. n 8 I have set the Lord always before me : because Ag tsat my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory reioiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life : in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. 14 From men which are thy hand, O (14) The Portion of the Ungodly. Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fiUest with thy hid treasure : they are full of chil- dren, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. 58 K P. 28. T. Dale. J. Frame. N. W. Taylor. C. S. Robinson. C. S. ROUINSON. Summerfield. H. Blair. iV. P. 36. A. S. Gardner. N. Porter. Jl PSALMS XVII.-XXII. THEME OF DISCOURSE. AUTHOR. 17 : 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness : I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. 18: 1-50 29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall 85 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation : and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentle- ness hath made me great. (15) Perfect Satisfaction of Saints in Heaven. J. Drummond. (15) Satisfied in Heaven. J. M. Holmes. (15) Who has the best of it? Little Sane. A. Raleigh. (15) Beatific Vision. N. P. 9. T. E. Vermilye. (15) Happiness of Saints in Heaven. Vol. 3. Emmons. (15) Privilege of Communion with God. Pul. El. R. S. Storrs. (15) Final Satisfaction of Believers in Jesus. (15) Likeness to God. (15) The Two Awakemngs. Series 2, Truth and Life. McIlvaixe. W. J. Armstrong. A. Maclaren. (1-60) Sufferings and Gloriesof the Messiah. J. Brown. (29) One Trophy for the Exploits. Types and Emblems. C. H. Spurgeon. (35) Great by God's Gentleness. J. B. Johnston. (35) Long-suffering of Christ. Westminster Serms. R. C. Trench. 19 1-14 1 The heavens ^clare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowl- edge. 8 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. 4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun. 5-6 7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart : the command- ment of the Lord is pure, enlight- ening the eyes, 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, en- during for ever : the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. 11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them fhe/re is great reward. 12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from &ecret/aults. 18 Keep back thy servant also from presimaptuous sins. (1-14) Lectures. J. W. Reeve. (1-14) Lectures. J. W. Richardson. (1) The Divine Glory as displayed in the System of Nature. S Worcester (1) The Comet and its Teachings, 1858. K. P. 32. H. L. Watland. (3) The Being of God proved from Universal Consent. Barrow. (5-6) The Tabernacle of the Sun. (7-10) The Bible a Code of Laws. (7-9) Education. (7) Spirit and Tendency of Socinianism. (7) Perfection of God's Law. Theol. (10) The Richest Treasure. N. P. 23. Vol. 3. J. C. Hare. L. Beecher. E. Irving. R. Hall. T. Dwight. T. Edwards. (11) The Personal Advantages of Religion. Vol. 1. Tillotson. (12) Guilt and Danger of Secret Sin. N. P. 13. J. Todd. (12) Secret Sins. Series 3. Spurgeon. (12) Sins Immeasurable. Series 7. Spurgeon. (12) Knowledge of one's Sins a Difficult Acquisition. Vol. 2. Payson. (12) Secret Faults. Prac. Serms. A. Barnes. (12) Difficulty of knowing our Faults. A. Alexander. (13) Presumptuous Sins. Series 4. Spurgeon. 1 The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee ; 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion. 5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will Bet up our banners : the Lord fulfil all thy petitions. (1-2) The Sanctuary. (5) Religion the True Element of Reformation. D. A. Cl^ JSr. p. 22. J. Marsh. 22 : 1-31 (1-31) The Song of the Cross. (1-31) Christ and the Cross. 14 I am poured out like water, and (14) Severity of Christ's Sufferings, all my bones are out of joint : my ^ ' -> o heart is like wax ; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 26 The meek shall eat and be satis- (26) Eternity of the Affections. fled: they shall praise the Lord ' "' that seek him : your heart shall live for ever. 59 Sac. Dis. J. Frame. J. Stevenson. H. Beltrage. J. Dbummond. PSALMS XXIIL-XXVn. THEME OF DISCOURSE. 23: 1-6 1 The Lord is my shepherd ; I ehall not want, 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures : he leadeth me be- side the still waters. 8 He restoreth my soul : he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Tea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art with me ; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies : thou anointest my head with oil ; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life : and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. (1-6) (1-6) (1-6) Hi (1-6) (1-2) (1-2 The Psalm of Faith. J. M. Mason : G. W. Bethune. The Shepherd King of Israel. Series 1. A. Maclaren. The Lord our Shepherd. H. G. Guiness. The Lord our Shepherd. J. S. Stevenson. The Good Shepherd and the Chosen Flock. T. Dale. The Children's Psalm. J. Paton. The Song of Christ's Flock. J. Stoughton. The Shepherd and his Sheep. Harrison. Green Pastures. Series 2. Talmage. The Good Shepherd. Series 4. Spurgeon. (3) The Lord the Restorer of his People. Revival of Relig. 0. WiNSLOW. (3) God restoreth and leadeth for his Name's Sake. Vol. 3. Griffin. (4-5) The Valley of Death opening to Life and Lnmortality. SUMMERFIELD. (4) Death. Blair. (4) Consolation in Death. Jay. (5) The Overflowing Cup. Series 4. Talmage. (6) Believer's Security and Confidence. W. Cunningham. 24 : 7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors ; and the King of glory shall come in. 8 Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. (7-8) The Ascension of Christ. H. Melvill. 25 : 1 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor mv transgressions : ac- cording to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O Lord. 11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, par- don mine iniquity ; for it is great. 14 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. (7) The Retrospect. Leds. to Young Men. (11) Argument of Penitence. Mem. Pul. ;est I Min. of Rec. (11) Pardon for the Greatest Sinners. (14) Secret of the Lord. W. W. Patton. C. S. Robinson. J. Edwards. J. B. Johnston. 26 : 2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me ; try my reins and my heart. 8 Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men : (2) Self -Examination examined. Sermons on lAving Subjects. H. Bushnell. (8) Importance of Public Worship. Blair. (9) Death Dreadful to the Ungodly. N. P. 18. A. Road. (9) Perdition Dreadful. N. P. 10. W. T. Hamilton. 10 In whose hands is mischief, and (10) Wickedness in High Places. Sevies 3. Talmage. their right hand is fall of bribes. Blaie. Vol 6. Emmons. 27 : 1 The Lord is my light and mv sal- (1) Conscious Religion a Source of Strength. Theodore Parker. vation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my hfe ; of whom shall I be afraid ? 8 Though a host should encamp (3) Fortitude. against me, my heart shall not fear : though war should rise against me, in this vMl I he confident. 4 One thing have I desired of the (4) Saints' Desire to see the Beauty of the Lord. Lord, that will I seek after; that I ' may dwell In the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple. 6 For in the time of trouble he shall (5) Influence of Religion on Adversity. hide me tn his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me ; he shall set me up upon a rock. /^- 14 Wait on the Lord: be of good (14) The Christian's Strength. Way of life, courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. 60 Blair. Guthrie. PSALMS xxviii.-xxxvn. THEME OF DISCOURSE. AUTHOR. 28 : 4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours : give them after the work of their hands ; render to them their desert. (4) Saints desire God to punish Sinners. Vol. 6. Emmons. 2 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. (2) Conscious Religion and the Soul. Theodore Parker. 30 : 7 Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong : thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. {1) Jesus hiding Himself. Saint and his Sav. Spurgeon. Sermons to Chil. 31 : 5 Into thine hand I commit my (5) Spirit committed to God's Hands. spirit : thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. 15 Mytimesarein thy hand: deliver (15) Our Lives in the Hands of God. me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. 19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men ! 20 Thou Shalt hide them in the secret (20) Skepticism, of thy presence from the pride of man : thou shalt keep them secret- ly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. (19) The Goodness of God. (19) The Goodness of God. McCheyne. Blair. J. Todd. W. Nevins. Sidney Smith. 1-11 1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. (1-11) David's Learning, or the Way to True Happiness. T. Taylor. (1-11) The truly Blessed Man. S. Willard. [See also Lectures by C. Bingham, J. W. Reeve, Leighton.] (1) Pardon and Justification. Series 4. Spurgeon. (1-2) Blessed Life. Benedictions^ etc. J. Gumming. 33 : 1-22 5 He loveth righteousness and judg- ment : the earth is full of the good- ness of the Lord. 10 11 The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. f 1-22) The Manner of praising God. (5) The Goodness of God in Little Things. N. P. 36. (5) Thanksgiving Day. Series 1. (10) The Inseparable Trio. (Is. 5 : 13 ; John 8 (11) The Purposes of God. Saurin. H. C. Fish. Talmage. 36.) Relig. and Science, E. Hitchcock. Mysteries of Chty. J. T. Crawford. 84 : 5 They looked unto him, and were lightened : and their faces were not ashamed. 8 O taste and see that the Lord is (5) Looking to Jesus. Series 5. u taste and see that the Lord %s (g) Sources of Human Happiness, good: blessed w the man ^Aa< trust- ^ -' ^l>.yl^>.u^,aa. eth in him. 11 Come, ye children, hearken unto (n) Teaching Children. Series 2. me: I will teach you the fear of the ^ ° Lord. Spurgeon. Zollicoffer. Spurgeon. 35:14 I behaved myself as though he had (14) Death of a Mother. N. P. 19. oeen my friend or brother: I bowed ' down heavily, as one that moumeth for his mother. A. Barnes. 2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. 6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains ; thy judgments are a great deep : O Lord, thou preserv- est man and beast. 9 For vrith thee is the fountain of life : in thy Ught shall we see light. (2) The Vam Self-flatteries of Sinners. JoNA. Edwards. (6) Supports of Faith and the Mysteries of Prov. Past. Leg. E. Mason. (9) Obscurities of Divine Prov. Way of Sal. A. Barnes. 37 : 1 Fret not thyself because of evil doers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 8 Trust in the Lord, and do good ; 80 Shalt thou dwell in the laaid, and verily thou shalt be fed. (1) Love of our Country? (3-9) Christian Waiting. Series 1. Sidney Smith. H. W. Beecher. 61 PSALMS XXXVII.-XLn. THEME OP DISCOIJRSE. AUTHOR. 37 : 4 Delight thyself also in the Lord ; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 6 Commit thy way unto the Lord : trust also in him ; and he shall bring it to pass. 6 And he shall bring forth thy right- eousness as the light, and thy judg- ment as the noonday. 7 Rest in the Lord, and wait pa- tiently for him : fret not thyself be- cause of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bring- eth wicked devices to pass. 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath : fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 81 The law of his God is in his heart ; none of his steps shall slide. 87 Mark the periect man, and behold the upright: for the end of thai man is peace. U) Delighting in the Lord. (4-7) Secret of Tranquillity. Sanes 2. (6) Fathomless. Series 9. (8) Fretfulness. (8) Fretting : Nature, Cause, and Cure. (31) The Law of God in the Heart. (37) The End of the Upright Man. (37) In Memoriam of Rev. J. Fletcher. J. Howe. Maclaren. Spurgeon. A. McClelland. iV. P. 30. T. S. Clark. R. Hall. Cecil. J. Wesley. 38 : 18 For I will declare mine iniquity; (18) Confession. Alton Serms. A. W. Hare. I will be sorry for my sin. (i8) Confession and Sorrow for Sin. Vol. 7. Tillotson. 39 : 1-13 1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. 4 Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am, 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because thou didst it. 6-12 40 : 1-17 1 I waited patiently for the Lord ; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, oat of the miiy clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 8 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God : many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord. 6 Sacrifice and oflfering thou didst not desire ; mine ears hast thou opened : burnt ofifering and sin of- fering hast thou not required. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law w within my heart. 10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation : I have not concealed thy loving- kindness and thy truth from the great congregation. 17 But I am poor and needy ; yet the Lord thinketh upon me : thou art my help and my deliverer ; make no tanylng, O my God. (1-13) Meditation. Leighton. (1) The Watch against Sin. Westminster Serms. R. C. Trench. (4) Eternity contemplated, i^. P. 20. Joel Hawes. (4) The Closing Year contemplated. N. P. 24. G. B. Cheever. (6) Dlusive Show of the Present Life. D. L. Carroll. (9) Proper Ground of Submission. Vol. 3. Emmons. (6-12) Bitterness and Blessedness of Life's Brevity. Series 3. A. Maclaren. (1-17) Christ and His Work. J. Frame. (1-3) Difficulty and Desirableness of Conversion. McCheyne. (6-8) The Beginning and Origin of Incarnation, the Good Pleasure of God. E. Irving. (6-8) Jesus the True Messiah. A. Fuller. (6-8) Christ engaging to be a Sacrifice for us. Sac. Dis. H. Belfrage. (8) Harmony of the Divine and Human Will. G. W. Perkins. (10) He that knows God will confess Him. Sei-ms. for New Life. Bushnell. (17) God thinks upon His People. Jay. 42: 1-11 1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. 2 My soul thlrsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God ? 5 Why art thou cast down, O my Boul? and why art thou disquieted in me ? hope thou in God : for I shall yet praise liim for the help of his countenance. (1-11) The Hart and the Water-brooks. J. R. McDuff. (1-11) (Ten sermons.) Horton. (1-2) Thirsting for God. N. P. 26. Geo. Thacher. (1-2) Panting after God. W. J. Armstrong. (1-2) Panting after God. McCheyne. (2) Thirsting for God. Series 1. A. Maclaren. (5) Despondency. Chn. Consolation. T" A. P. Peabody. (5) Religious Depression. Series 2. F.W.Robertson. PSALMS XLIII.-XLVIII. THEME OP DISCOURSE. AUTHOR, 43 ; 4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy : yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. (4) Conscious Keligion a Source of Joy. (5) Soul Dejection. (5) Hope and Support in Trouble. Theo. Parker. Whitefield. Cecil. 44 : 1-26 1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. (1-26) God searching out our Idols. Westr, JSerms. R. C. Trench. 1-3) Our Pilgrim Fathers. Samuel Hopkins. 1) Story of God's Mighty Acts. Series 6. Spurgeon. 45 : 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. 8 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most Mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. 4 And in thy maiesty ride prosper- ously, because or truth and meek- ness and righteousness ; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the King's enemies ; where- by the people fall imder thee. 6-8 10 Hearken, O daughter, and con- sider, and incline thine ear ; forget also thine own people, and thy fa- ther's house ; 11 So shall the King greatly desire thy beauty : for he is thy Lord ; and worship thou him. (2) The Gracious Lips of Jesus. Series 4. Spurgeon. (3-4) The Three Offices of Christ. J. H. Newman. (3-4) Messiah's Victory predicted and desired. Vol. 2. Payson. (5) Arrows sharp in the Heart of the King's Enemies. Vol. 2. Griffin. (6-8) Christ the Eternal Son. Masterpieces of Pul. El. Athanasius. (10-11) The Bridegroom's Call to the Bride. Word of Life. C. J. Brown. 46 : 1 Grod is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea ; 8 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the moun- tains shake with the swelling there- of. Selah. 4 There is a river, the streams where- of shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. 5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved : God shall help her, and that right early. 6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved : he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 7 The Lord of hosts is with us ; the God of Jacob is our refuge. 10 Be still, and know that I am God : I will be exalted among the hea- then, I will be exalted in the earth. 47 : 7 For God is the King of all the earth : sing ye praises with under- standing. (1-6) The Believer's Refuge. Whitefield. (3-5) The Peril and Safety of the Church. F. W. Krummacher. (4-7) The City and River of God. Series 3. A. Maclaren. (6) The Voice of History. Silerwe and Voices. F. W. Farrar. (10) The Duty of Submission. J. Richards. (10) Lessons from our National Calamity. N. P. 39. E. P. Rogers. (7) Hymns. Harrow Sch. Serms. J. M. Butler. 48: 1-14 8 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. 8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God : God will estab- lish it for ever. Selah. 12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her : tell the towers thereof. 13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, con- sider her palaces ; that ye may tell it to the generation following. 14 For this God is our God for ever and ever : he will be our guide even unto death. (1-14) Psalm of Deliverance. (3) God is known as a Refuge. Anchor of Soul. (8) Testimony confirmed by Experience. (12-14) Beauty and Strength of Zion. (12-13) Pilgrim Temple-Builders. (13) Unbelief of Life. Harrow Sell. Serms. A. Maclaren. W. Arnot. H. Melvill. J. Owen. J. M. Holmes. J. M. Butler. (14) Object and Foundation of Confidence. iV. P. 31. W. Demarest. PSALMS XLIX.-LV. THEME OP DISCOURSE. AUTHOR. 49: 1-20 8 (For the redemption of their soul i9 precious, and it ceaseth for ever.) (1-20) What we can and what we cannot carry away when we die. R. C. Trench. 8) Redemption of the Soul precious. Sac. Dis. H. Belfrage. 8) Preciousness of the Soul's Redemption. N. P, 80. Storrs. 8) Infinite Worth of the Soul. N. P. 11. T. Edwards.. (6) Popular Fallacies examined. 60 : 6 And the heavens shaU declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. 14 Offer unto God thanksgiving : and (14) A Tribute of National Thanksgiving pay thy vows xmto the Most High. G. W. Perkins. N. P. B1. E. H. Gillette. 21 These things hast thou done, and (21-22) Sinners' Mistakes exposed and reproved. Vol. 3. T,.._x..., .u..-*i.„„»v*„„**v„* Patson. (21-22) False Views of the Nature of God. J. Robertson. (21-22) False Views of the Nature of God. E. M. Goulburn. kept silence : thou thoughtest that I was altogether 8tich a one as thy- self: but I will reprove thee, and set tTiem in order before thine eyes, i Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. 61 : 1-19 1 Have mercy upon me, O God, ac- cording to thy lovingkindness : ac- cording unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my trans- gressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 8 For I acknowledge my transgres- sions: and my sin is ever before me. 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight : that thou mightest be justi- fied -when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God ; and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy pres- ence ; and take not thy Holy Spirit from me. 12 Eestore unto me the joy of thy salvation ; and uphold me with thy free Spirit. 18 TTien will I teach transgressors thy ways ; and sinners shall be con- verted unto thee, 16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it : thou delight- est not in burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. [See Serial Lectures and Discourses^ "Penitent's Prayer :" T. Alexander, T. Biddulph, Buck, Bull, De Coctlogon, Cowper, Hildersham, Hieron, Horton, J. Morgan, Page, F. W. Robertson.] (1-2) David's Cry for Pardon. Series 2. A. Maclaren. 3) Confession of Sin. Mem. Pul. C. S. Robinson. 3) Confession of Sin. J. A. Alexander. 3) Think less of our Virtues and more of our Sins. W. Paley. (4) The Great Evil of Sin as committed against God. J. Bellamy. (4) The Great Evil of Sin as committed against God. W. Nevins. (4) Chief Evil of Sin. N. P. 3. R. Emerson. (4) Conviction of Sin. Way of Sal. A. Barnes. (6) Truth. F. D. Maurice. (10) The Soul's Renewal. Restatement of Christian Doc. H. W. Bellows. (10-12) David's Cry for Purity. Series 3. A. Maclaren. (10-13) Joy of Salvation. N. P. 21. R. Davidson. (11) Withdrawal of the Holy Spirit deprecated. N. P. 21. A. D. Smith. (11-13) Gift of the Holy Spirit to Christians a Preparation for the Conversion of Sinners. iV! P. 16. S. North. (12-13) Christians need a Revival of Religion. iV. P. 20. G. A. LiNTNER. (12-13) Backsliders restored. A. Nettleton. (16-17) Forgiveness. Canon C. Kingsley. {11) The Broken Heart. {11) The Broken Heart. McCheyne. J. A. Alexander. 62 : 8 But T am like a green olive tree in (8) Trusting in the Mercy of God. Gospel Themes. the house of God: I trust in the C. G. FiNNEY. mercy of God for ever and ever. 63 : 1 The fool hath said In his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity : there is none that doeth good. 6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zlon I (1) Theoretical Atheism. Sal. by Christ. F. Wayland. (1) Practical Atheism. Sal. by Christ. F. Wayland. (6) Salvation of Israel. Leds. and Serms. W. M. Punshon. 66 : 4 My heart is sore pained within me : and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. 6 Fearfulnesa and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. 6 And I said. Oh that I had wings like a dove I for tJien would I fly away, and be at rest. (4) Fearfulness of Death. (5) The Evening of Life sorrowful. (6) Longing for Rest. (6) Restlessness of Human Affection. Vol. 6. 64 H. E. Manning. D. A. Clark. G. W. Bethune. T. Chalmers. 55 56 PSALMS LV.-LXVII. THEME OF DISCOURSE. AUTHOR. 22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord, (22) Earthly Burdens and Divine Support and he shall sustain thee. ---^ ^ , ., -r ^ ht n r.^ 4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust ; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 8 Thou tellest my wanderings : put thou my tears into thy bottle : are they not in thy book ? J. Drummond. (22) Burdens cast on the Lord. N. F. 81. J. M. Sherwood. (22) Burdens cast on the Lord. Vol. 8. N. Emmons. (22) Burdens cast on the Lord. Sermon before the A. B. C. F. M., at Brooklyn, 1845. M. Hopkins. Fast. Leg. E. Mason. (4) Peace in Believing. (8) God's Bottle. Series 2. Talmage. (7) The Fixed Heart. (7) Keligious Decision. N. F. 21. (8) The Alarum. Series 9. 57 : 7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed : I will sing and give praise. 8 Awake up, my glory ; awake, psal- tery and harp : I myself will awake early. CS : 3 The wicked are estranged from the (3-5) The Fearful Condition of Natural Men. womb; they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear ; 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. , , . t. •■ 11 So that a man shaU say. Verily (11) The Righteous and their Reward. there is a reward for the righteous : verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. J. Drummond. J. Brace. Spurgeon. McCheyne. Summerfield. 60 : 4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be dis- played because of the truth. Selah. (4) Our Banner. Types and Emblems. Spurgeon. 61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry imto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed : lead me to the rock that is higher than I. (2) The High Rock. Series 6. (2) God the Saint's Rock. (2) Peace in Believing. Fast. Leg. Spurgeon. J. Owen. E. Mason. 62 : 10 Trust not in oppression, and be- come not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. 11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth imto God. (10) Danger of Increasing Riches. (11) Power. Vol. 1. J. Wesley. TiLLOTSON. 63 : 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness ; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: 6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. 8 My soul followeth hard after thee : thy right hand upholdeth me. {5-1) A Taste for Devotion. Vol 2. (8) Efforts and Support of the Christian. Saurin. Summerheld. 65 2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts : we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. 11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fat- (2) The Most High a Prayer-hearing God. (2) God the Hearer of Prayer. JV. F. 40. (4) Temple Life. Benedictions^ etc. (11) Thanksgiving. J. Edwards. J. B. Shaw. J. Gumming. J. Richards. 66 : 16 Come and hear, all ye that fear (16) Christian Experience. Vol. 1. God, and I will declare what he * hath done for my soul. 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, (18) Fatal Hinderances to Prayer. N. F. 4. the Lord will not hear me. Patson. L. Woods. 67 : 1-7 1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us ; Selah. 2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. 5 (1-7) Motives to the Missionary Work. Ordination of Newell, Hall, Nott, Judson, and Rice. L. Woods. (1-2) Missions the Chief End of the Church. Ful. El. A. Duff. (1-2) David's Prayer " That thy way," etc. J. Howe. 65 PSALMS LXVni.-LXXVIL THEME OP DISCOURSE. : 1-86 6 God settetb the solitary in fami- lies: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains : but the re- bellious dwell in a dry land. 10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O Grod, hast pre- pared of thy goodness for the poor. 18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them. 81 Princes shall come out of Egypt ; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. ^1-85) Compared with the Song of Deborah. (6) Home Influences, Lects. to Young Men. (10) Provision made by God for the Poor. (18) Christ's Ascension. Alton Serms. (18) Christ's Gifts. Alton Serms. (18) Christ's Disinterestedness our Pattern. (18) Christ receiving Gifts for Men. West. Serms (18) The Work of the Messiah. (31) Missionary Aspects of African Colonization. R. Dixon. R. W. Clark. H. Melyill. A. W. Hare. A. W. Hare. Alton Serm^. A. W. Hare. R. C. Trench. F. Wayland. K P. 34. R. W. Bailey. (9) Abandonment by God in Old Age deprecated. N. P. 11. C. S. Porter. A. Fuller. 0. Dewey. 71 * 9 Cast me not oflF in the time of old age ; forsake me not when my s&ength faileth. (9) David's Prayer in the Decline of Life. 17 O God, thou hast taught me from (17) School of Life, my youth : and hitherto have I de- ^ clared thy wondrous works. '\?aZd''"St^°,'f;S.t m^."':r; (IS) comparative Btaedness of the Christiai^s Old Age. until I have shewed thy strength A'. P. 25. J. GURNSEY. unto this generation, and thy power to every one t/iat is to come. , . 72 : 15 And he shall live, and to him shall (15) Heavenly Life. be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually ; and daily shall he be praised. IT His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun : and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. R. A. Hallam. (1*7) Christ's Renown. J. W. Adams. 11) The Eternal Name. Series 1. Spurgeon. (17) Missionary Sermon before A. B. C. F. M., Providence, 1840. N. S. S. Beman. 19 And blessed be his glorious name (19) Prayer for the Success of the Gospel. Jay. fnr AVAr • arte] l^f tVio ixrhnlo o