PART I. DOCTRINAL AND EXPERIMENTAL | |
THE CROSS OF CHRIST | 3 |
THE PRAYER FOR DIVING REMEMBRANCE ANSWERED | 5 |
THE SEARCH AFTER HAPPINESS | 7 |
HAPPINESS WHERE TO BE FOUND | 10 |
THE GRAND RESOURCE | 14 |
LONGING FOR THE RETURN OF THE BELOVED | 15 |
INVITATION | 17 |
RESIGNATION | 18 |
THE LORD, THE BANNER OF HIS PEOPLE | 19 |
THE REST FOR WEARY PILGRIMS FOUND | 22 |
SUPPLICATING THE ENJOYMENT OF PARDON | 23 |
THE LORD'S KNOWLEDGE OF HIS PEOPLE | 25 |
INCREASING AFFLICTIONS SOFTENED | 27 |
SOLITARY SABBATHS ENLIVENED | 29 |
THE BELIEVER'S SORROWS ALLEVIATED | 31 |
THANKSGIVING | 32 |
THE RESOLUTION OF YOUTH | 33 |
A FRAGMENT | 34 |
THE COURTS OF THE LORD PRIZED AND DESIRED | 35 |
CONFIDENCE AMIDST INWARD TRIALS | 37 |
CONQUEST | 39 |
ENCOURAGEMENT AMIDST THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE WAY | 40 |
DESIRING TO DEPART | 42 |
SEEKING | 45 |
THE DISCOVERY | 47 |
THE BELIEVER'S CONFIDENCE UNDER DARK DISPENSATIONS | 48 |
THE ENTREATY | 50 |
LIGHT SHINING IN DARKNESS | 51 |
THE ENQUIRY | 52 |
LONGING FOR CONSOLATION | 54 |
THE TREMBLING SUPPLIANT ENCOURAGED | 56 |
AFFLICTIONS SANCTIFIED | 59 |
PAST DELIVERANCE | 61 |
HAPPINESS PROMISED BUT NEVER FOUND | 63 |
THOUGHTS OF HOME | 66 |
THE BELIEVER'S ASSURANCE OF IMMORTALITY AND GLORY 67 | |
SOLITARY MUSINGS | 68 |
THE CHRISTIAN'S CONSOLATION UNDER AFFLICTION | 70 |
THE GRACIOUS DEDICATION | 73 |
PART II. WRITTEN ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS | |
LETTER TO MRS. S ON THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND | 79 |
ELEGIAC LINES TO MR. S'S MEMORY | 81 |
ON LEAVING LONDON FOR MY NATIVE VILLAGE | 83 |
TO MY BROTHER AND SISTER, T.S.G. | 84 |
A DREAM | 86 |
ANOTHER DREAM | 86 |
FOR MY NEPHEW I.S.G. TO RECITE ON HIS BIRTH-DAY | 90 |
A TOKEN OF REMEMBRANCE | 91 |
CONSOLATORY ADDRESS TO MY SISTER S.J.G. | 93 |
REFLECTIONS ON THE MORNING OF THE LORD'S DAY | 97 |
MUSINGS AT MIDNIGHT ON THE BANKS OF THE CROUCH | 99 |
HOME | 101 |
TO MY MOTHERLESS NEPHEWS I. AND W.S. | 102 |
TO MY BROTHER D. ON HIS BIRTH-DAY | 106 |
ON READING MISS SMITH'S WORKS | 108 |
RECOLLECTIONS IN THE WILDERNESS | 111 |
TO MY PEN | 115 |
ON MY OWN DEPARTURE | 117 |
RECOLLECTED PLEASURES | 118 |
TO THE FAIR SEX | 119 |
THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP | 122 |
REFLECTIONS ON THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR | 125 |
TO MY FAMILY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY | 128 |
TO THE MEMORY OF AN AFFECTIONATE FEMALE SERVANT | |
ELIZABETH-SARAH TO SARAH-JANE | 135 |
LINES FOR MY NEPHEW W, I, G, S, TO RECITE | 139 |
THE TIES OF NATURE | 141 |
THE GRATEFUL MEMORIAL | 142 |
REFLECTIONS ON MY BIRTH-DAY | 145 |
ON BEHOLDING MY BROTHER'S CHILDREN | 147 |
MIDNIGHT MUSINGS | 148 |
RECOLLECTED KINDNESS | 150 |
ODE. TO MY SISTER'S BIRD | 152 |
REMEMBRANCE OF RURAL WALKS | 153 |
A MEMENTO OF AFFECTION | 155 |
THE REQUEST | 157 |
TO THE MEMORY OF MRS. H. CHAMBERLAIN | 160 |
TO MY NEPHEW AND NIECE D. AND E. | 163 |
FILIAL EFFUSIONS | 166 |
MEMORIAL OF GRATITUDE | 168 |
TO THE MEMORY OF DEAR DEPARTED FATHER AND SISTER | 171 |
TO A CHRISTIAN MOTHER ON HER SON'S COMING OF AGE | 174 |
THE CHRISTIAN MOTHER'S ADDRESS TO HER SON | 177 |
A MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION | 181 |
