THE SUNDAY SCHOOL | 1 |
THE LOST DARLING | 3 |
FAITH | 5 |
THE LAST SUPPER | 7 |
THE RIGHTEOUS DEAD | 10 |
JOY IN BELIEVING | 12 |
A MOTHER'S COUNSELS | 14 |
THE TIME TO DIE | 16 |
"THIS IS NOT YOUR REST" | 18 |
ON READING THE MEMOIRS OF MRS. JUDSON | 20 |
THE BABE | 23 |
TO THE MEMORY OF A YOUNG LADY | 25 |
BARZILLAI THE GILEADITE | 28 |
DEATH OF AN AGED CHRISTIAN | 30 |
NEW ZEALAND MISSIONARY | 32 |
DEATH OF A SISTER, AT SCHOOL | 34 |
ON THE LOSS OF A BEAUTIFUL CHILD AT TRENTON FALLS | 36 |
RECOLLECTIONS OF AN AGED PASTOR | 38 |
THE HOPIA TREE | 41 |
MISTAKES | 44 |
SILENT DEVOTION | 46 |
DEATH OF A YOUNG WIFE | 48 |
THE SICK CHILD | 50 |
THE BITTERNESS OF DEATH | 53 |
PASSING AWAY | 55 |
BURMANS AND THEIR MISSIONARY | 57 |
APPEAL OF THE BLIND | 59 |
BENEVOLENCE | 61 |
A FATHER TO HIS MOTHERLESS CHILDREN | 63 |
THE WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH | 65 |
DIVINE GOODNESS | 69 |
THE CONSUMPTIVE GIRL | 71 |
TO A DYING INFANT | 74 |
THE TOMB | 76 |
DEATH OF THE EMIGRANT | 78 |
METHUSELAH | 81 |
CHRISTIAN SETTLEMENTS IN AFRICA | 83 |
ON THE DEATH OF DR. ADAM CLARKE | 84 |
MARRIAGE HYMN | 86 |
PARTING OF THE MISSIONARY'S BRIDE | 87 |
CHRISTIAN HOPE | 90 |
WILBERFORCE | 92 |
ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF A FATHER | 94 |
THE CHRISTIAN MOURNER | 99 |
WAITING UPON THE LORD | 101 |
BAPTISM OF AN INFANT AT ITS MOTHER'S FUNERAL | 103 |
THE MOHEGAN CHURCH | 105 |
SABBATH MORNING | 108 |
CONTENTMENT | 110 |
'TWAS BUT A BABE | 111 |
THE ANGELS' SONG | 113 |
THE KNELL | 115 |
THE MOTHER | 117 |
DREAM OF THE DEAD | 119 |
"ONLY THIS ONCE" | 122 |
FUNERAL OF A PHYSICIAN | 124 |
BITH-DAY OF THE FIRST-BORN | 127 |
THE HALF-CENTURY SERMON | 128 |
TRIBUTE TO THE REV. DR. CORNELIUS | 131 |
DEATH OF THE WIFE OF A CLERGYMAN | 134 |
LOVE NOT THE WORLD | 136 |
THE COMMUNION | 137 |
CHRISTMAS HYMN | 139 |
BURIAL OF TWO YOUNG SISTERS | 140 |
THE BAPTISM | 142 |
THOUGHTS AMONG THE TREES | 146 |
MISSIONS TO AFRICA | 148 |
THE ORDINATION | 150 |
THE CHRISTIAN GOING HOME | 153 |
HEAVEN'S LESSON | 155 |
THE BUBBLE | 157 |
ATTENDING A FORMER PUPIL TO THE GRAVE | 159 |
MISTAKEN GRIEF | 161 |
DEATH OF MRS. H.W.K. WINSLOW, MISSIONARY IN CEYLON | 163 |
"SHOW US THE FATHER" | 165 |
THE LOST SISTER | 167 |
THE DEPARTED NEIGHBOUR | 165 |
THE CONVENIENT SEASON | 172 |
THE AMERICAN BISHOP | 175 |
POWER OF THE ALMIGHTY | 178 |
"IT IS WELL WITH THE CHILD" | 180 |
MONODY TO MRS. SARAH L. SMITH | 182 |
"DEPART, CHRISTIAN SOUL" | 185 |
DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN | 186 |
A MOTHER'S TEACHING | 188 |
"TO DIE IS GAIN" | 190 |
UZZIAH | 192 |
OUR TEACHERS | 194 |
THE FIRST MORNING OF SPRING | 197 |
DEATH OF THE PRINCIPAL OF A RETREAT FOR THE INSANE | 199 |
THE REV. LEGH RICHMOND AMONG THE RUINS OF IONA | 202 |
TRUE WISDOM | 204 |
ON MEETING SEVERAL FORMER PUPILS AT THE COMMUNION TABLE | 205 |
DEATH OF A YOUNG MUSICIAN | 207 |
JOTHAM'S PARABLE | 209 |
THE DYING BOY | 213 |
WIFE OF A MISSIONARY AT THE GRAVE OF HER HUSBAND | |
PRAYER | 219 |
PEACE | 221 |
TOMB OF A YOUNG FRIEND AT MOUNT AUBURN | 222 |
MIDNIGHT MUSIC | 224 |
EVENING BY THE SEA-SHORE | 227 |
AFRAID TO DIE | 229 |
DEPARTURE OF MISSIONARIES FOR CEYLON | 231 |
CITY OF CORANNAS | 232 |
GIFT OF A BIBLE | 234 |
ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND | 236 |
THE OLD MAN | 238 |
DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED MAN | 242 |
"NOT DEAD, BUT SLEEPETH" | 245 |
PRAISE | 247 |
FOLLY | 248 |
THE AGED CLERGYMAN | 250 |
PARTING HYMN OF MISSIONARIES TO BURMAH | 252 |
"WHITHER SHALL I FLEE FROM THY PRESENCE" | 254 |
DEATH OF A BEAUTIFUL BOY | 254 |
EVENING THOUGHTS | 256 |
AFRICAN MOTHER AT HER DAUGHTER'S GRAVE | 260 |
DEATH-BED OF THE REV. DR. PAYSON | 263 |
MISSION HYMN | 265 |
"BLESSED ARE THE DEAD" | 267 |
TO THE MOURNING PARENTS | 269 |
SAILOR'S FUNERAL | 270 |
THE DYING MOTHER'S PRAYER | 273 |
DEATH OF A MISSIONARY IN AFRICA | 275 |
DIRGE | 276 |
BOY'S LAST BEQUEST | 278 |
THE PILGRIM | 280 |
TO THE MEMORY OF MISS HANNAH ADAMS | 282 |
THE DEPARTED FRIEND | 284 |
CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH | 287 |
THE SACRED MINSTREL | 289 |
"CHARITY BEARETH ALL THINGS" | 292 |
THE RUINS OF HEROD'S PALACE | 294 |
THE TOMB OF ABSALOM | 297 |
THE WIDOW'S PRAYER | 300 |
DEATH OF A MISSIONARY AT THE WEST | 302 |
"KEEP SILENCE" | 304 |
THE LIBRARY | 306 |
SABBATH MEDITATIONS | 308 |
DEATH OF A POET | 310 |
LIFE'S EVENING | 311 |
A DOOR OPENED IN HEAVEN | 313 |
THOUGHTS AT THE FUNERAL OF A FRIEND | 315 |
MONODY TO MRS. HEMANS | 318 |
FAREWELL OF THE SOUL TO THE BODY | 321 |
ZINZENDORFF | 325 |
NOTES | 349 |
