Chapter I: Front Matter

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LAMP TO THE PATH:

OR,

THE WORD OF GOD

IN

THE HEART, THE HOME, THE WORKSHOP
AND THE MARKET-PLACE.

BY W. K. TWEEDIE, D.D.

WITH A PREFACE

BY H. L. HASTINGS.

BOSTON:
COPYRIGHT 1884.
H. L. HASTINGS,
SCRIPTURAL TRACT REPOSITORY,
47 CORNHILL.

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CONTENTS.

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PREFACE v

CHAPTER I.

RELIGION IN THE HEART.

The Heathen--The Jew--Jonathan Edwards--John Albert Bengel
--Thomas Halyburton--Pascal. 9

CHAPTER II.

RELIGION IN OUR HOMES.

The Father of the Faithful--Parents and Children--Eli--A
Mother's Power--Alfred the Great--Master and Servant. 36

CHAPTER III.

RELIGION IN THE WORKSHOP.

The Christian Workman--A Workshop--Its Occupants--The
Sabbath--Counsels--Infidelity--Its Root--Secularism
--Harlan Page--John Pounds. 68

CHAPTER IV.

RELIGION IN THE MARKET-PLACE.

The Merchant Princes--Mammon--Counsels--The Perils of
Business--True Enterprise--Its Limits--The Prevalence
of the False--Financial Crises--Joseph Hardcastle. 99

CHAPTER V.

RELIGION IN THE MARKET-PLACE--CONTINUED.

Mercantile Mania--The Tulip Marts of Holland--The
Mississippi Scheme of France--The South Sea Bubble. 136

CHAPTER VI.

RELIGION IN THE PROFESSIONS.

I. THE PHYSICIAN:--Boerhaave[*2]--Harvey--Hey--Jenner
--Dr. John Cheyne. II. THE LAWYER:--Lord Bacon--Sir
Matthew Hale--Sir William Temple. III. MINISTERS OF
RELIGION:--Dr. Dodd--Other Illustrations. 156

CHAPTER VII.

RELIGION IN OUR SOCIAL INTERCOURSE.

The Scriptural Rule--Marriage--The Heroes of Truth
--Luther--Calvin--Knox--Chalmers. 199

CHAPTER VIII.

RELIGION THE CROWN AND GLORY OF MAN'S LIFE.

Its Director--Its Ornament--The Prelude to Life Eternal
--Voltaire--Sir Walter Scott--Conclusion. 216