CONTENTS.

Leading Homilies.

The Relation of Religion to Social Science Rev. J. M. Wilson, M.A.

The Ark of Covenant

Life to the Dead

Whispers of the Spring

Man's Divine Sonship & Human Brother-

hood

Home Memories

Rev. W. Crosbie, M.A., LL.B.

Rev. Colmer B. Symes, B.A.
Rev. James Legge, M.A.

Rev. Canon Percival, M. A., LL.D.
Rev. Canon Percival, M. A., LL.D.

Homiletical Commentary.

HOMILETIC SKETCHES ON THE BOOK OF PSALMS.

Genuine Worship -

BY THE REV. DAVID THOMAS, D.D.

Piety Exulting in Divine Goodness

The Great, the Greater, and the Greatest

A Natural and a Perverse Development of the Human Mind

Worship

Prologue to the One Hundred and Nineteenth Psalm

HOMILETIC SKETCHES ON THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN.
BY THE REV. DAVID THOMAS, D.D.

The Honest Sceptic

The Unexampled Kindness of Christ to His Disciples

The Partialness and the Purpose of the Evangelic Record-

The Relation of Christ to the Secular Life of His Disciples

SKETCHES ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS.

BY THE REV. DAVID THOMAS, D.D.

73

145

217

289

361

11

79

153

223

299

373

19

82

158

229

304

379

A False and a True Method of Estimating Men

The True Sphere of Human Usefulness and the Source of Human Glory -

The Highest Knowledge, and the Noblest Generosity

Self-Misrepresentation

87

Man talking about himself; and the limitation of Apostolic Inspiration 163

NOTES ON THE EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES. BY THE REV. PETER RUTHERFORD.

Painful Soul Moods & their Antidotes Rev. David Thomas, D.D.

Seeds of Sermons.

SEEDS OF SERMONS ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS.

BY THE REV. DAVID THOMAS, D.D.

SEEDS OF SERMONS ON THE EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS.

BY THE REV. DAVID THOMAS, D.D.

The Voice of the Bible in Relation to

War

Rev. Henry Shaw

. 56

Rev. Samuel Davidson, D.D., LL.D. 124

The Victory of Faith, Translated from Schleiermacher, by the Rev. A. Grigs 273

Religious Revivals, by Dr. Austin Phelps. Analysis by Rev. T. B. Knight 345

Selected Acorns from Stalwart Oaks, selected by the Rev. T. B.

Knight

Selected Seedlings.-May Meetings, 1883. Rev. T. B. Knight

The Owl

NATURAL HISTORY HOMILIES.

The Pelican

The Eagle

211, 281, 349

418

BY THE REV. A. F. FORREST.

ZOOLOGICAL PARABLES. BY THE REV. J. G. WOOD, M.A., F.L.S.

Pith of Great Sermons by Great Preachers.

The Safety of a High Standard, by Dean Howson. Analysis by Rev. T. B.
Knight

270

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Goers

283, 350

68

Alcohol Wines and Scripture

283, 351

Parable of the Good Samaritan 143, 212

Open Air Services

352

Shakespeare's Great Omission

143

The Use of Cathedrals

352

Herzog's Encyclopædia

Butler's Use of the Word "Pro-

Our Lord's Divinity

352, 419

419

Eve made out of Adam's Rib

Homoousion and Homoiousion 283, 350

Divine Judgments

Salvation Army

Reviews.

Homiletics (J. M. Hoppin), 69. The Parallel New Testament. 69. Biblical
Theology of the New Testament (Dr. Bernhard Weiss, Translated by Rev. David
Eaton), 70. The Galilean Gospel (Rev. Professor Bruce), 70. The Primitive
Methodist Quarterly Review, Oct., 1882, 71. The Primitive Methodist Magazine,
71. The Christian Messenger, 71. The Teacher's Assistant, 71. The Juvenile
Magazine, 71. The Child's Friend, 71. The Leisure Hour, 71. The Sunday at
Home, 71. The Quiver, 72. Poems and Hymns (George Coster), 72. Dr.
Livingstone (Samuel Mossman), 72. Flora MacLean's Reward (Jane Kippen), 72.
Anna Ross, the Orphan of Waterloo (Grace Kennedy), 72. The Hut in the Bush,
&c. (Robert Richardson), 72. Sermons (Thomas Davies, M. A., Ph.D.), 72. The
Early Days of Christianity (Rev. Canon Farrar), 144. The Mystery of Godliness
(Rev. C. C. Tyte), 144. The Cyclopædia of Practical Quotations (J. K. Holt and
Anna Word), 213. The Girl's Own Annual, 213. The Boy's Own Annual, 213.
An Old Testament Commentary for English Readers, Vol. 1 (Edited by the Right
Reverend Charles John Ellicott, D.D.), 213. The Prophecies of Isaiah; a New
Translation, with Commentary and Indices (Rev. T. K. Cheyne, M.A.) 214.
Heralds of the Cross (F. Arnold Forster), 214. Our Darlings (Edited by Dr.
Barnardo), 215. Fireside Annual for 1882, 215. Home Words for Heart and
Hearth for 1882, 215. The Day of Days Annual for 1882, 215. Footprints:
Nature seen on its Human Side (Sarah Tytler), 215. Flotsam and Jetsam (T.
Gibson Bowles), 215. Handbooks for Bible Classes; Genesis (Rev. Marcus Dodds),
216. Handbooks for Bible Classes; The Reformation (Professor Lindsay), 216.
Memorials of a Consecrated Life, 284. The Highways of Literature (David
Pryde, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.E.), 284. The Messiah King (James Wither), 285.
Intimations of Immortality (W. Garrett Horder), 285. The Work-a-Day World
(E. Wordsworth), 285. Excelsior, 285. Exposition and Sermon (Rev. Dr. Mc.