Chapter V: AUTOGRAPH CONCLUSION.--1. The Judaisers' motive (ch. vi. 12, 13) (44)

+II. Christianity is intolerant of an ignoble indolence.+--"For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies" (ver. 11). The disorderly are the idle tattlers, who make a pretence of work by busying themselves with all kinds of things but their own duty. They are triflers, wasting their own time and other people's; and they do serious mischief. In certain foreign parts, where insects abound in such swarms as to be a pest to the people and destructive enemies to young growing plants, an electric apparatus has been constructed to destroy the brood wholesale. The appliance consists of a strong electric light attracting the moths and insects, a suction-fan drawing them into a shaft as they approach the light, and a small mill in the shaft where the victims are ground up and mixed with flour, thus converting them into poultry-food. Cannot some genius contrive a means of putting an end--short of grinding them into chicken-food: let us be merciful, even to our enemies!--to those social pests who go buzzing about our homes and Churches, worrying with their idle gossip and stinging with their spiteful venom the innocent and inoffensive? If these busybodies would devote, in doing their duty, the energy they waste, they would be able to produce quite a respectable amount of honest work. But they find it easier to sponge on the generosity and simplicity of others. They are parasites; and all parasites are the paupers of nature. Parasitism is a crime--a breach of the law of evolution.

+III. Christianity enforces the necessity of a steady and independent industry.+--"We command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread" (ver. 12). The apostle, having the authority of Christ for what he counsels, _commands_; and as a man addressing his fellow-men, he _exhorts_ and persuades. The law of Christianity is both stern and gentle: unbending in principle, and flexible only in manifold persuasions to translate the principle into actual living practice. It rouses man from yielding to a sinful listlessness and helps him to develop a robust Christian manhood. When an Indian candidate for the ministry was asked the question, "What is original sin?" he frankly replied, "He did not know what other people's might be, but he rather thought that his was laziness." Idleness is the prolific source of many evils: work is at once a remedy and a safeguard. A clergyman once said, "A Christian should never plead spirituality for being a sloven; if he be but a shoe-cleaner, he should be the best in the parish." We are honouring Christianity most when we are doing our best to observe the precepts, "Working with quietness and eating our own bread." An American preacher once said, "You sit here and sing yourselves away to everlasting bliss; but I tell you that you are wanted a great deal more out in Illinois than you are in heaven."

+Lessons.+--1. _Christianity encourages and honours honest toil._ 2. _Fearlessly denounces unprincipled idlers._ 3. _Is an inspiration to the highest kind of work._

_GERM NOTES ON THE VERSES._

Ver. 10. _Industry the True Charity._--When the palace and church buildings of Caprarola were completed, Borromeo, the great patron of idle almsgiving, came to see it, and complained that so much money had not been given to the poor instead. "I have let them have it all little by little," said Alexandro Farnese; "but I have made them earn it by the sweat of their brow."

Ver. 11. _Idleness and Death._--Ælian mentions a witticism of Alcibiades when some one was vaunting to him about the contempt the Lacedæmonians had for death. "It is no wonder," said he, "since it relieves them from the heavy burden of an idle and stupid life."

Ver. 12. _The Way to Value Quietness._--"How dull and quiet everything is. There isn't a leaf stirring," said a young sparrow perched on the bough of a willow tree. "How delicious a puff of wind would be!" "We shall have one before long," croaked an old raven; "more than you want, I fancy." Before many hours a tempest swept over the country, and in the morning the fields were strewn with its ravages. "What a comfort the storm is over," said the sparrow, as he trimmed his wet fathers. "Ah!" croaked the raven, "you've altered your mind since last night. Take my word for it, there's nothing like a storm to teach you to value a calm."--_G. Eliot._

_MAIN HOMILETICS OF VERSE_ 13.

_A Call to do the Best Work._

The apostle has shown the necessity and duty of work--that honest industry is a law of Christianity. Now he inculcates unwearied diligence in accomplishing the best work, designated by the comprehensive and suggestive phrase "well-doing." Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. No man has done his best till he has done all he can. A man's highest work is the outcome of his best endeavours. Observe:--

+I. Doing the best work is well-doing.+--"Be not weary in well-doing." We may define to ourselves this duty of well-doing by seeking answers to two questions:--

1. _How can I get the most good?_--The ancient philosophers discussed the question of the supreme good with amazing subtlety of logic; but they started their investigations with the erroneous assumption that the supreme good must be a human product. The question is not how to get good, but the most good--the highest, the best. We get the most good by bringing the soul into complete submission to the highest law of its being--voluntary and full surrender to the will of God. Call it getting saved, getting converted; call it what you like, so long as you get the thing itself--the love of God in the soul through faith in the Lord Jesus.

2. _How can I do the most good?_--These two questions are closely linked together, and are mutually interpretative of each other--the one being the qualification and motive for the other. It may be asserted we get the most good by doing the most good. The rose cannot diffuse the fragrance it does not possess, however much like a rose it may look. The question here, again, is not how I can do good, but the most, the highest, and best. We do the most good by beginning with the duty that lies nearest to us and doing it at once. The earnest worker never lacks opportunity: there is the home, the Church, the perishing multitude, ever within easy reach. "He that winneth souls is wise" (Prov. xi. 30). The highest plaudit of heaven is, "Well done, good and faithful servant" (Matt. xxv. 21).

+II. The best work is not done without encountering difficulties.+--"Be not weary." The exhortation implies there are difficulties. These arise:--

1. _From vague and imperfect views of duty._--We have no sympathy with the rhapsody of the mystic who said, "Man is never so holy and exalted as when he does not know where he is going." We must know clearly what we would be at, what is within the compass of our power and opportunity, where our efforts must necessarily end, and room left for the play of other influences. We must be practical and methodical. Clearness is power. Confusion of ideas creates difficulties.

2. _From unrealised ideals._--We have formed lofty conceptions of what is to be done, and what we must do. We have elaborated extensive organisations, and worked them with unflagging zeal. But the result has been disappointing. Because we have not accomplished all we wished, we are discouraged; our success has not been commensurate with our ambition, and we are tempted to slacken our endeavours. "Be not weary." We are not the best judges of what constitutes success. If it does not come in the form we expected, we must not hastily conclude our work is vain.

3. _From the loss of spiritual power._--We have neglected prayer and the cultivation of personal piety. We have been so absorbed in the external details of our work as to overlook the duty of keeping up spiritual communion with the Highest. We begin to frame excuses--a sure sign of moral decadence. "We have no talents." Then we should seek them. We have more talents than we suspect, and resolute working will develop them. "Our adversaries are numerous and fierce." If we keep at our work, they will not trouble us long.

+III. The best work demands incessant diligence.+--"But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing." The best state of preparedness for the coming of the Lord is to be busily employed in the duty of the hour. Every moment has its duty. Opportunity has hair in front; behind she is bald. If you seize her by the forelock, you may hold her; but if suffered to escape, not Jupiter himself can catch her again. Arnauld, the Port Royalist, when hunted from place to place, wished his friend Nicolle to assist him in a new work, when the latter observed, "We are old; is it not time to rest?" "Rest!" returned Arnauld. "Have we not all eternity to rest in?" A man's work does not ennoble him, but he ennobles it.

+Lessons.+--_The text is a spiritual motto to be adopted_--1. _By ministers and Sabbath-school teachers._ 2. _By parents seeking the spiritual good of their children._ 3. _By all discouraged Christian workers._

_GERM NOTES ON THE VERSE._

_Weary in Well-doing._

+I. The text by implication brings before us a state of mind to which believers are liable.+--"Weary in well-doing." 1. _From a lamentable want of fitness for spiritual duties and employments._ 2. _From the opposition of the world._ 3. _From the hostile agency of spiritual wickedness._ 4. _From the dimness of our conceptions of the things which should especially influence us._ 5. _From failing to lay hold on the Divine strength._

+II. The text an exhortation suited to those in the state referred to.+--"Be not weary." 1. _Because you are engaged in well-doing._ 2. _Because the time is short._ 3. _Because your associates are glorious._ 4. _Because the issue is certain._ 5. _Because sufficient strength is provided.--Stewart._

_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.--Verses_ 14, 15.

_Treatment of the Refractory._

After all the warnings of the apostle against erroneous views and his exhortations to Christian diligence, he foresees there may be some refractory members of the Church who still persist in their extravagances, reject all counsel, and defy all rule and order. In these verses he gives explicit directions how to deal with such. The inveterately lazy are often something worse than lazy and are not easily reclaimed. When disobedience settles into a habit, stringent measures are necessary to arouse the victim to a sense of duty; and the efforts of restoration must be both resolute and kind.

+I. It should be made evident that his conduct is an obstinate defiance of authority.+--"And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man" (ver. 14). Not only note that his disorderly behaviour is a scandal to Christianity and an example to be avoided, but let it be brought home to him, by direct and faithful dealing, that it is a grave breach of the highest law. We can make nothing of a Fool till he is first convinced of his folly. The first step in the process of reformation is conviction of the need of reformation. It is said of Thoreau, the author, that "he was by nature of the opposition; there was a constitutional 'No' in him that could not be tortured into 'Yes.'" There are many like him, even in the Christian Church. It may seem a difficult, almost an impossible task, to convince the refractory of his error; but it is the first thing to be done, and persevered in. When the hearers of Austin resented his reproofs, he used to say, "Change your conduct, and I will change my conversation."

+II. With the view of bringing him to repentance he is to be excluded from Christian fellowship.+--"And have no company with him, that he may be ashamed" (ver. 14). The refractory practically excludes himself from every circle that loves order, harmony, and peace; for who can bear the rasping chatter of an irresponsible gossip who is constantly raking up and turning over everybody's faults but his own? But the Church must take action unitedly in dealing with the contumacious. He must be deliberately and pointedly shunned, and, when compelled to be in his company, the members must show, by the reserve of their bearing towards him, how deeply he is grieving the hearts of the brethren and sinning against God. In the days when there was only one Church, and exclusion from it was regarded as the greatest calamity and disgrace, the fear of utter excommunication could not fail to have some effect upon those thus threatened with it. Few people can bear the test of being left severely alone. It gives them the opportunity for reflection, remorse, and reform.

+III. Efforts should be made in the spirit of Christian brotherhood to effect his recovery.+--"Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother" (ver. 15). Though shunned and threatened with exclusion from Church fellowship, he is not to be passed by with contemptuous silence. He is not a heretic or a blasphemer, nor is he guilty of any monstrous crime. He is sinning against the good order of society and the peace of the Church. He is still a brother, troublesome and unreasonable though he be; and while there is the least hope of his restoration, he should be faithfully admonished. He is not to be accused and slandered to outsiders; this will only aggravate his riotousness and make him more defiant. He must be seen privately and spoken to faithfully, but with the utmost tenderness. The Christian spirit teaches us to be discreet in all things, and especially in administering reproof. Virtue ceases to be virtuous when it lacks discretion, the queen of ethics. "To be plain," writes Felltham, "argues honesty; but to be pleasing argues discretion. Sores are not to be anguished with rustic pressure, but gently stroked with a ladied hand. Physicians fire not their eyes at patients, but minister to their diseases. Let reproof be so as the offender may see affection, without arrogancy."

+Lessons.+--1. _It is an important part of Church discipline to control the unruly._ 2. _It is in the power of one discontented person to work much mischief._ 3. _Church discipline must be administered with fidelity and Christian tenderness._

_GERM NOTES ON THE VERSES._

Vers. 14, 15. _The Disobedient_--

+I. Should be specially noted.+

+II. Should not be admitted to intimate friendship without
repentance.+

+III. Should be kindly but faithfully admonished.+

Ver. 14. _Obedience should be prompt._--When a large passenger steamer was sinking, the question whether scores of her passengers and crew would be saved or drowned was settled within fifteen minutes. And millions have decided the momentous question of their eternal salvation or perdition in even less time than that. It seems to have been short work with Simon Peter when Jesus bade him quit the nets and follow Him. Peter obeyed at once. Prompt obedience honours God. It puts the soul immediately within the Almighty's hold; and when Jesus has His omnipotent grasp of love upon me, none shall be able to pluck me out of His hands (John x. 28). Prompt obedience saves.--_Cuyler._

_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.--Verses_ 16-18.

_Apostolic Courtesy._

The epistle is coming to a close, and the Christian courtesy of the apostle comes out in the spirit in which he expresses his farewell. If he has spoken out plainly and even severely, it has not been in vindictiveness and anger. All that he has said and written is in the interests of peace. His sharpest reproofs and most faithful admonitions have been suffused with an undercurrent of loving-kindness; and his concluding words drop with the gentleness of refreshing dew.

+I. Apostolic courtesy supplicates the blessing of the Divine peace and presence.+--"Now the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all" (ver. 16). Prayer was the life-breath of the apostle, as we have frequently pointed out in the study of these epistles. Considering the dissensions that disturbed the harmony of the Thessalonian Church, this epistle appropriately closes with a prayer for peace. First, and most important of all, peace with God and the individual conscience; then mutual peace and concord one with another--peace, such as keeps the mind in an even and heavenly frame, as a sentinel that guards a door, lest foes should get in and make havoc where God hath commanded peace. Where God's presence is manifested, there is peace; hence the apostle adds, "The Lord be with you all." Peace is a Divine gift, and a Divine experience in man; it is the peace of "the Lord of peace" that we share.

+II. Apostolic courtesy is expressed in an emphatic Christian salutation.+--"The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write" (ver. 17). This epistle was written by an amanuensis, probably Silas or Timothy, at the dictation of Paul; and the apostle wrote his own signature, adding the salutation and benediction. This act not only stamped the genuineness of the epistle but indicated in a most unmistakable manner the anxiety of the apostle to thoroughly identify himself with all that was expressed in the epistle, and to assure the Thessalonians of his personal interest in and love towards them. Christianity is the soul of courtesy. Bolingbroke once said, "Supposing Christianity to be a mere human invention, it is the most amiable and successful invention that ever was imposed on mankind." When the courtiers of Henry IV. of France expressed their surprise that he returned the salutation of a poor man, who bowed down before him at the entrance of a village, the king replied, "Would you have your king exceeded in politeness by one of the lowest of his subjects?" As he is the best Christian who is most humble, so is he that truest gentleman that is most courteous.

+III. Apostolic courtesy is indicated in the solemn invocation of the abiding grace of God.+--"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen" (ver. 18). A farewell full of pathos, full of solemnity, full of peace, full of admiration and love for the people--all good wishes condensed into a single phrase. Even an apostle can desire for the Church, or any of its members, no richer benediction than that comprehended in "the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ."

+Lessons.+--1. _Peace is a prime essential in Church prosperity._ 2. _The Christian spirit is the essence of true courtesy._ 3. _We can invoke no higher blessing on others than to be kept in the enjoyment of Divine grace._

_GERM NOTES ON THE VERSES._

Ver. 16. _The Omnipresent God_--

+I. In history.+--Shaping the course and destiny of nations.

+II. In providence.+--1. _Guarding._ 2. _Guiding His people._

+III. In grace.+--1. _Manifesting His goodness in Christ._ 2. _Giving inclination and power to do His will._ 3. _Demanding and bestowing personal holiness._ 4. _Ensuring constant peace._

_Peace in Danger._--During the great earthquake in London, when thousands were running about and crying in terror, when buildings were falling and the ground rocking like the ocean in a storm, Wesley gathered a few of his followers in one of their little chapels, and calmly read to them the forty-sixth Psalm, "God is our refuge and strength."

Vers. 17, 18. _Christian Courtesy_--

+I. Takes pains to make itself evident.+--"So I write."

+II. Is a hearty expression of personal regard.+--"The salutation of
Paul with mine own hand."

+III. Invokes the blessing of Divine grace on all+ (ver. 18).

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- Page 553, notes on chapter i., verse 5, apply RC to "Divine"; add
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commas from "Thessalonica, and" and "Christians, and"; apply RC to
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- Page 555, same lesson, point IV, remove comma from "them, and."
Application ("Lessons"), point 2, apply RC to "Divine." Germ note,
each of points 1 1 and II 2, apply RC to "Word."

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apply RC to "Divinely." Point III 1, apply RC to "Divinely"; add
comma to "Thessalonians the." Point III 2, apply RC to "Divinely."

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"Gospel." Point IV, apply RC to "Divine." Lesson "Judgment,"
introduction, apply RC to "Divine" and "Word." Point I 1, apply RC
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note, point V, apply RC to "Divine." Lesson "Prayer,"
introduction, apply RC to "Divine." Point I, apply RC to "Divine"
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"Divine"; add "Phil. ii. 9" reference; remove comma from "nature,
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lives." Notes on chapter ii., verse 1, tag the word "Parousia" as
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commas from "friends, and," "consolation, and," and "bowels, and."
Each of points III and III 1, apply RC to "Divine."

- Page 570, same lesson, point III 2, apply RC to "Divine." "Prayer"
note, point II 1, apply RC to "Divine." "Good Hope" note, point
I 3, apply RC to "Gospel." Point III 3, change "self dependence"
to "self-dependence."

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do not" to "_esprit de corps_ does not." Verse 16, add em-dash before
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introduction, remove comma from "lazy, and."

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be anguished."

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"Christian Courtesy" note, point III, apply RC to "Divine."

+INDEX.+

[H. = Homily; N. = Note; I. = Illustration]

Abraham, all nations blessed in, N. Gal. Abraham's faith, imitators of, H. Gal. Abrahamic gospel, H. Gal. Abuse of Christian Liberty, H. Gal. Abuse of public worship, H. 1 Thess. Access to Father, privilege of, H. Eph. Access to God, H. Eph. Access to God revealing Trinity in unity, H. Eph. Active faith, righteousness attained by, N. Gal. Adopting love of God, H. Eph. Adoption, H. Gal. Adoption and its claims, I. Gal. Adoption of children by Jesus Christ, H. Eph. Adoption of sons, Christ's mission for, in fullness of time, H. Gal. Advent, second, of Christ, H. 1 Thess. Affection and meekness, power of, N. Gal. Affections, religious, are attended with change of nature, H. Eph. Affliction, necessity and perils of, H. 1 Thess. Aim high, H. Phil. Alarm, false, H. 2 Thess. All and in all, Christ, H. Col. All are one in Christ, H. Gal. All concluded under sin, N. Gal. All, knowledge of Christ intended for, N. Eph. All nations blessed in Abraham, N. Gal. Alone, bearing our burdens, H. Gal. Ambassador, Gospel, H. Eph. Angels, evil, H. Eph. Anger and meekness, H. Eph. Anger sinful, H. Eph. Antichrist portrayed, H. 2 Thess. Antidote to contention, humility an, N. Phil. Anxiety, ministerial, N. Gal. Anxiety, ministerial, H. Col. Anxiety, prayer and expression of, H. 2 Thess. Anxieties of ministerial life, H. Phil. Anxious care, H. Phil. 362 Apathy one of our trials, N. Gal. Apostle, erring, H. Gal. Apostle, religious life of, H. Gal. Apostle's view of his ministry, H. Eph. Apostleship, Divine call to, H. Gal. Apostleship, practical proof of, H. Gal. Apostolic assurance of supernatural character of Gospel, N. Gal. Apostolic benediction, H. Eph. Apostolic courtesy, H. 2 Thess. Apostolic credentials, H. Gal. Apostolic estimate of Christian character, H. Col. Apostolic exposure of false teachers, H. Gal. Apostolic greeting, H. Phil. Apostolic greeting, phases of, H. 1 Thess. Apostolic greeting, phases of, H. 2 Thess. Apostolic introduction to Epistle, H. 1 Thess. Apostolic praise of order and stability, H. Col. Apostolic prayer, comprehensive, H. Col. Apostolic prayer, comprehensive, H. 1 Thess. Apostolic preaching, H. Col. Apostolic preaching characterised by transparent truth, H. 1 Thess. Apostolic preaching, perversion of, H. Gal. Apostolic salutation, H. Eph. Apostolic salutation, H. Col. Apostolical care for Church, H. Eph. Apprehension of spiritual blessings, H. Eph. Armour, Christian's, N. Eph. Ascension and its results, H. Eph. Asceticism, H. Col. Aspirations of soul, higher, H. Col. Association, H. Gal. Assurance of Christian inheritance, H. Eph. Atheism, practical, H. Eph. Attainment of resurrection, H. Phil. Attainment, spiritual, H. Phil. Attitude of Church towards second coming of Christ, H. 1 Thess. Attractiveness of worth, I. Gal. Author and End of creation, Christ, H. Col. Authority, best, to be obeyed, I. Gal. Authority, ministerial, Divine blessing highest sanction of, N. Gal. Authority of messenger of God, H. Gal. Awakening, slumbering souls and their, H. Eph.

Bad and good examples, H. Phil. Bad companions, I. Gal. Bad manners, reform of, H. Gal. Baptism, H. Gal. Baptism, teaching of, H. Gal Baptism, true, H. Col. Bear one another's burdens, H. Gal. Bear one another's burdens, N. Gal. Believer complete in Christ, H. Col. Believer crucified with Christ, and Christ living in believer, H. Gal. Believer exalted together with Jesus Christ, H. Eph. Believer's life in Christ, features of, H. Phil. Believer's perfection, Divine fulness of Christ's pledge of, H. Col. Believer's portion in both worlds, H. Phil. Believer's salvation, grounds of confidence in, H. Phil. Believers, benefit conferred by Spirit on, H. Eph. Believers, characteristics of, H. Eph. Believers, children of promise, H. Gal. Believers, duty of, in evil day, H. Eph. Believers, enemies of, H. Eph. Believers, Paul as example to, H. Phil. Believers, steadfastness of, a source of true ministerial satisfaction, H. 1 Thess. Believing soul, manner in which Gospel comes to, H. 1 Thess. Benediction, apostolic, H. Eph. Benediction, concluding, H. Gal. Benediction, suggestive, H. Eph. Beneficence, opportunity of, H. Gal. Benefit conferred by Spirit on believers, H. Eph. Benevolence, practical Christian, H. Phil. Best authority to be obeyed, I. Gal. Best work, call to do, H. 2 Thess. Bible sword of Spirit, H. Eph. Biblical account of sin, N. Gal. Blameless life, lustre of, H. Phil. Blessedness, man's final condition of, H. Col. Blessing, Divine, highest sanction of ministerial authority, N. Gal. Blessing of redemption, great, H. Col. Blessings of reconciliation, personal, H. Col. Blessings, spiritual, H. Eph. Boasting, empty, H. Gal. Body, human, resurrection of, H. Phil. Body of Christ, Church the, H. Col. Body of Christ, members of, H. Eph. Body, one, and one spirit, H. Eph. Body, resurrection of, H. 1 Thess. Boldness a duty in a minister, H. Eph. Boldness, Christian, H. Phil. Bond of unity, peace the, H. Eph. Bonds, Paul's, ministry of, H. Phil. Bondage and liberty, H. Gal. Bondage, freedom from, N. Gal. Bondage, spiritual, ignorance of God a, N. Gal. Bondwoman and her son, cast out, N. Gal. Book, names in, H. Phil. Bravery, Christian, exhortation to, H. Phil. Bravery, moral, picture of, H. Eph. Bread, wheat is better than, H. Col. Brethren, false, and their treatment, H. Gal. Bride, Christ and His, H. Eph. Brotherhood, Christian, H. Gal. Brotherhood of man, Christian, H. Eph. Brotherly love in action, H. Eph. Brotherly love, a proof of true sanctification, H. 1 Thess. Brotherly reproof, N. Gal. Burden, every man has his own, H. Gal. Burden or a glory, cross, H. Gal. Burdens, bear one another's, H. Gal. Burdens, bear one another's, N. Gal. Burdens, our twofold, N. Gal. Burden-bearing, H. Gal. Burden-bearing, mutual sympathy in, H. Gal. Business, mind your own, H. 1 Thess.

Call, Divine, to apostleship, H. Gal. Call, Gospel and, to preach it, H. Gal. Call of Gospel to sinners, H. Eph. Call to Christian fortitude, H. Eph. Call to do best work, H. 2 Thess. Calling of Gentiles, H. Eph. Care, anxious, H. Phil. Care, cure of, H. Phil. Causes of ministerial thanksgiving, H. Col. Censure, Church, N. Gal. Ceremonial and zeal in religion, H. Col. Ceremonial in religion transitory and unsatisfying, H. Col. Change effected by Gospel, H. 1 Thess. Change great, effected in man by Gospel, H. Eph. Change of life, religion, H. Col. Change of nature, religious affections are attended with, H. Eph. Character and privileges of children of God, H. Gal. Character Christian, essentials of, H. Col. Character, love perfection of, N. Gal. Characteristics of believers, H. Eph. Charge, a father's, H. Eph. Charity, industry the true, I. 2 Thess. Charity, nature, properties, and acts of, H. Eph. Children, adoption of, by Jesus Christ, H. Eph. Children and parents, duties of, H. Eph. Children and parents, duties of, H. Col. Children of darkness and of light, H. Eph. Children of God, H. Gal. Children of God, character and privileges of, H. Gal. Children of promise, believers, H. Gal. Children of wrath, H. Eph. Christ a revelation because equal to Father, H. Col. Christ all, and in all, H. Col. Christ, all are one in, H Gal. Christ and creation, N. Eph. Christ and His bride, H. Eph. Christ, Author and End of creation, H. Col. Christ, believer complete in, H. Col. Christ, believer's life in, features of, H. Phil. Christ, Church complete in, H. Eph. Christ, the body of, H. Col. Christ, coming of, H. 1 Thess. Christ, contrasted humiliation and exaltation of, H. Eph. Christ, crucified, H. Gal. Christ, death and life with, H. Col. Christ, dignity and dominion of, H. Eph. Christ, Divine fulness of, pledge of believer's perfection, H. Col. Christ, enthusiasm for, H. Phil. Christ, exaltation of, H. Phil. Christ, excellent knowledge of, H. Phil. Christ, Firstborn from dead, H. Col. Christ, fulness of, H. Col. Christ, gift of, H. Gal. Christ, gifts of, to His church, H. Eph. Christ, glorified in His people, N. 2 Thess. Christ, glorying in cross of, H. Gal. Christ, God known in, N. Eph. Christ, great Peacemaker, H. Eph. Christ, growth into, in love and truth, H. Eph. Christ, Head of Church, H. Eph. Christ, heroic devotion to, H. Phil. Christ, hidden treasures of wisdom in, H. Col. Christ, humiliation of, a pattern of supreme unselfishness, H. Phil. Christ, in practical life, H. Col. Christ in you the hope of glory, H. Col. Christ, indwelling Word of, H. Col. Christ, knowledge of, intended for all, N. Eph. Christ, Law preparing for, H. Gal. Christ, life in, present condition and future glory of, H. Col. Christ, life of, only true idea of self-devotion, H. Phil. Christ living in believer, and believer crucified with Christ, H. Gal. Christ, love of, H. Eph. Christ, loving, in sincerity, H. Eph. Christ, members of body of, H. Eph. Christ, name of, doing all in, H. Col. Christ, obedient to Law, H. Gal. Christ, odium of cross of, H. Gal. Christ, our Life, H. Col. Christ, our Pattern, H. Phil. Christ, our Sacrifice, H. Gal. Christ, poor representative of, I. Gal. Christ, redemption through, H. Eph. Christ, relation of, to God and all created things, H. Col. Christ, relation to moral creation, H. Col. Christ, riches of, N. Eph. Christ, risen with, H. Col. Christ, sacrifice of, H. Eph. Christ, second advent of, H. 1 Thess. Christ, coming of, attitude of Church towards, H. 1 Thess. Christ, servant of, H. Gal. Christ, the Christian's life, H. Phil. Christ, the Inheritance of saints, N. Eph. Christ, the only gain, H. Phil. Christ the Reconciler, H. Col. Christ the Redeemer, H. Phil. Christ, true knowledge of, external religionism incomparable with, H. Phil. Christ, unsearchable riches of, N. Eph. Christ, worthy of universal homage, H. Phil. Christ's crucifixion, H. Phil. Christ's love for the Church, H. Eph. Christ's mission for adoption of sons in fulness of time, H. Gal. Christ's resurrection, power of, H. Phil. Christ's sacrifice of Himself explained, and man's duty to offer spiritual sacrifice inferred and recommended, H. Eph. Christ's sufferings, fellowship of, H. Phil. Christ's truth in relation to our daily conversation, H. Col. Christian benevolence, practical, H. Phil. Christian boldness, H. Phil. Christian bravery, exhortation to. H. Phil. Christian brotherhood, H. Gal. Christian brotherhood of men, H. Eph. Christian character, apostolic estimate of, H. Col. Christian character, essentials of, H. Col. Christian character, love perfection of, H. Col. Christian character, malice incompatible with, H. Eph. Christian Church a family, H. Eph. Christian circumcision, H. Col. Christian citizenship, H. Phil. Christian conduct, rule of, N. Eph. Christian consistency, H. Gal. Christian consistency, H. Phil. Christian consistency, H. 2 Thess. Christian contentment, H. Phil. Christian conversation, H. Col. Christian courtesy, H. Phil. Christian courtesy, H. 2 Thess. Christian, dead to law, H. Gal. Christian duty, suggestive summary of law of, H. Col. Christian duty to poor, N. Gal. Christian equity, H. Phil. Christian ethics, Paul's doctrine of, H. Eph. Christian ethics, science of, H. Phil. Christian excellence, eulogy of, H. Phil. Christian experience, highest type of, H. Phil. Christian fidelity, H. 2 Thess. Christian forgiveness, H. Eph. Christian forgiveness. H. Col. Christian fortitude, call to, H. Eph. Christian generosity, H. Gal. Christian generosity, H. Phil. Christian greeting, H. Phil. Christian greetings and counsels, H. Col. Christian holiness, H. 1 Thess. Christian humility, H. Col. Christian humility, illustrated in character of Paul, H. Eph. Christian inheritance, assurance of. H. Eph. Christian joy, H. Phil. Christian law of marriage, H. Eph. Christian law of prayer, H. Eph. Christian liberty, H. Gal. Christian liberty, love the highest law of, H. Gal. Christian life a Divine creation, H. Eph. Christian life a race, H. Gal. Christian life, dignity of, H. Eph. Christian life, liberality a fruit of, H. Phil. Christian life, Lord's Supper sample of, H. Col. Christian life, perpetual thanksgiving of, H. 1 Thess. Christian life, poetry of, H. Col. Christian life, suggestive features of, H. Col. Christian love, prayer for, H. Phil. Christian manhood, true, H. Eph. Christian maturity, H. Eph. Christian minister, devoted, H. Phil. Christian ministry, H. Col. Christian ministry, efficacy of, H. Gal. Christian ministry, pre-eminent honour and sublime theme of, H. Col. Christian ministry, real and counterfeit in, H. Phil. Christian ministry, solemn and responsible trust, H. Col. Christian mirth _versus_ drunken mirth, H. Eph. Christian mission, projected, H. Phil. Christian obedience, H. 2 Thess. Christian perseverance, hope a stimulus to, H. Col. Christian prayer, witness of Christian citizenship, H. Eph. Christian precepts, group of, H. 1 Thess. Christian principles applied to common life, H. Eph. Christian principles, tendency of, to produce contentment, H. Phil. Christian rectitude, H. Phil. Christian reformation, H. Gal. Christian religion, truth and dignity of, H. Eph. Christian salutation, N. Gal. Christian servitude, N. Eph. Christian sobriety inculcated, H. Eph. Christian spirit a new spirit, H. Eph. Christian steadfastness, H. 2 Thess. Christian steadfastness, glad tidings of, H. 1 Thess. Christian sympathy, practical, H. Gal. Christian temper, the same mind which was in Christ, H. Phil. Christian, true glory of, H. Gal. Christian truth, the girdle of, H. Eph. Christian unity, H. Col. Christian unity, an occasion of joy, H. Phil. Christian waiting for his Deliverer, H. 1 Thess. Christian warfare, H. Eph. Christian warrior equipped, H. Eph. Christian wisdom, H. Eph. Christian work, disappointed hopes in, H. Gal. Christian zeal, H. Gal. Christian's armour, N. Eph. Christian's estimate of living and dying, H. Phil. Christian's imitation, duty and object of, H. Eph. Christian's life, Christ the, H. Phil. Christian's power, source of, H. Phil. Christian's truest test and excellence, H. Eph. Christians, doubtful, H. Gal. Christians, examples to world, H. Phil. Christians of different denominations, temper to be cultivated by, toward each other, H. Phil. Christianity and persecution, H. Gal. Christianity and poverty, H. Gal. Christianity and work, H. 2 Thess. Christianity, harmony of, in its personal influence, H. Eph. Christianity, hearty, H. Col. Christianity, inviolability of, H. Gal. Christianity, mercantile virtues without, H. Phil. Christianity, nullified by legalism, H. Gal. Christianity, superior to external rites, H. Gal. Christly character, H. Gal. Christmas of soul, N. Gal. Church a Divine edifice, H. Eph. Church a witness, N. Gal. Church, apostolical care for, H. Eph. Church, attitude of, towards second coming of Christ, H. 1 Thess. Church, censure, N. Gal. Church, Christ Head of, H. Eph. Church, Christ's love for the, H. Eph. Church, Christian, a family, H. Eph. Church, complete in Christ, H. Eph. Church concord, H. 1 Thess. Church, Divine ideal of the, H. Eph. Church edification, public reading of Holy Scriptures important means of, H. Col. Church, future glory of the, H. Eph. Church, generous, H. Phil. Church, gifts of Christ to His, H. Eph. Church, growth of, H. Eph. Church, how a, lives and grows, H. Col. Church, joy of suffering for, H. Col. Church, prosperous, congratulatory features of, H. 2 Thess. Church quarrels, N. Gal. Church, sevenfold unity of, reflected in Trinity of Divine persons, H. Eph. Church, the body of Christ, H. Col. Church, the habitation of God, N. Eph. Church, the temple of God, N. Eph. Church, troubles of, judgment on, H. Gal. Church, unity and concord in, H. Phil. Church, unity and concord of, H. Eph. Church, universal, Jerusalem type of, H. Gal. Church, welfare of, ministerial anxiety for, N. Phil. Church-life, disorderly in, H. 2 Thess. Church-life, side-lights on, in early times, H. Col. Church-life, true, N. Eph. Circumcision, Christian, H. Col. Circumcision, spiritual, H. Phil. Circumcision, true, H. Col. Citizenship, Christian, H. Phil. Citizenship, Christian prayer witness of Christian, H. Eph. City, great, solitude of, H. 1 Thess. Cities, large, dissipation of, H. Eph. Claims, imperative, of Divine commission, H. Gal. Clearer discernment in Divine things desired, H. Eph. Closing words, H. 1 Thess. College life, H. Eph. Colossians, Epistle to--Colossæ and its people, N. Col. Colossians, Epistle to--outline of Epistle, N. Col. Colossians, Epistle to--style of Epistle, N. Col. Colossians, Paul's prayer for, H. Col. Comfort, religious, elements of, H. Eph. Comforting one another, duty of, H. 1 Thess. Coming of Christ, H. 1 Thess. Commencement of Gospel at Philippi, H. Phil. Commission, Divine, imperative claims of, H. Gal. Commission, exalted, ministerial, H. Eph. Common life, Christian principles applied to, H. Eph. Communion of saints, H. Eph. Companions, bad, I. Gal. Complete man, sanctification of, H. 1 Thess. Completeness of moral character, prayer for, H. 2 Thess. Completing of soul, H. Col. Comprehensive and sublime prayer, H. Eph. Comprehensive apostolic prayer, H. Col. Comprehensive apostolic prayer, H. 1 Thess. Comprehensiveness of Gospel, N. Eph. Concluding benediction, H. Gal. Concord and unity in Church, H. Phil. Concord, Church, H. 1 Thess. Condition of man's final blessedness, H. Col. Conduct, Christian, rule of, N. Eph. Conduct of life, wise, H. Eph. Confidence in believer's salvation, grounds of, H. Phil. Confirmatory proofs of Divine call, H. Gal. Conflict and suffering, H. Phil. Conflict between Law and faith, H. Gal. Congratulatory features of prosperous Church, H. 2 Thess. Conscientiousness, reason for, I. 1 Thess. Conscientiousness, respect for, I. 1 Thess. Consecrated life, development of events in, H. Phil. Consistency, Christian, H. Gal. Consistency, Christian, H. Phil. Consistency, Christian, H. 2 Thess. Constant joy, I. Gal. Contention, humility an antidote to, N. Phil. Contentment, Christian, H. Phil. Contentment, true, tendency of Christian principles to produce, H. Phil. Conversation, Christian, H. Col. Conversation, daily, Christ's truth in relation to our, H. Col. Conversion and its evidences, H. 1 Thess. Conversion and vocation of Paul, H. Gal. Conversion, condition of Ephesians before, H. Eph. Conversion, power of God in, N. Eph. Conversion, test of suffering, H. 1 Thess. Converts, joy of minister in his, H. 1 Thess. Converts, new, dealing with, H. 1 Thess. Co-operation of Divine and human in man's salvation, H. Phil. Correct estimate of gospel truth, H. 1 Thess. Counsels and greetings, Christian, H. Col. Counterfeit and real in Christian ministry, H. Phil. Counterfeits, godly zeal and its, H. Gal. Courage under suffering, N. Eph. Courtesy, apostolic, H. 2 Thess. Courtesy, Christian, H. Phil. Covenant of promise, Divine, H. Gal. Covenants, Divine and human, H. Gal. Covetousness which is idolatry, H. Col. Cowardly retreat, I. Gal. Created things, all, relation of Christ to God and, H. Col. Creation, Christ and, N. Eph. Creation, Divine, Christian life a, H. Eph. Creation, new spiritual, N. Eph. Creature, new, N. Gal. Credentials, apostolic, H. Gal. Cross a burden or a glory, H. Gal. Cross, enemies of, H. Phil. Cross, of Christ, glorying in, H. Gal. Cross, odium of, H. Gal. Cross, triumph of, H. Col. Crucifixion, Christ's, H. Phil. Crucifying flesh, H. Gal. Culture, Divine, H. Phil. Cure of care, H. Phil Cure of vice and vain-glory, H. Gal. Curse and sentence of Law, N. Gal.

Daily conversation, Christ's truth in relation to our, H. Col. Danger of grieving Him, office of Holy Spirit and, H. Eph. Danger, peace in, I. 2 Thess. Darkness, children of, and of light, H. Eph. Darkness, light in, N. Eph. Darkness to light, from, H. Col. Darkness, works of, N. Eph. Day, happy, and its sequel, H. Phil. Day of judgment, H. 2 Thess. Day of Lord, H. 1 Thess. Dead, Christ Firstborn from, H. Col. Dead, resurrection of, an object to aim at, H. Phil. Dead, sorrow for, H. 1. Thess. Dead, to Law by Law, H. Gal. Dealing with new converts, H. 1 Thess. Death a peacemaker, N. Eph. Death and life with Christ, H. Col. Death and spiritual life, H. Col. Death, Christian's life and, H. Phil. Death, idleness and, I. 2 Thess. Death, state of sin a state of, H. Eph. Death to life, transition from, H. Col. Deceived, be not, H. Gal. Deceived sowers to flesh, H. Gal. Deceivers and deceived, case of, considered, H. Eph. Deceptive glamour of error, H. Gal. Defence, fearless, of fundamental truth, H. Gal. Defender of faith, astute, H. Gal. Definiteness in prayer, H. Phil. Deity, incarnate, H. Phil. Deliverer, Christian waiting for his, H. 1 Thess. Delusions, strong, H. 2 Thess. Denominations, temper to be cultivated by Christians of different towards each other, H. Phil. Departed, faithful, sleep of. H. 1 Thess. Dependence, mutual, law of, H. Eph. Despise not prophesyings, H. 1 Thess. Despiser, word to, H. 1 Thess. Destiny, glorious, of human body, N. Phil. Destructive subtlety of sin, H. 2 Thess. Development of events in consecrated life, H. Phil. Devil, wiles of, H. Eph. Devoted Christian minister, H. Phil. Devotion, true, H. Col. Devout doxology, H. Eph. Difference between Law and Gospel, H. Gal. Difference, sowing to flesh and to Spirit, H. Gal. Difficult and important mission, H. 1 Thess. Dignified and touching farewell, H. Gal. Dignity and dominion of Christ. H. Eph. Dignity of Christian life, H. Eph. Dignity of sonship with God, H. Gal. Dilemma of turn-coats, H. Gal. Disagreement, feminine, H. Phil. Disappointed hopes in Christian work, H. Gal. Discernment, clearer, in Divine things desired, H. Eph. Discrimination, spiritual, H. Phil. Disintegrating force of error, N. Gal. Disobedience, folly of, H. Gal. Disobedient, H. 2 Thess. Disorderly in Church-life, H. 2 Thess. Dissipation of large cities, H. Eph. Distinctive features of true sanctification, H. 1 Thess. Disturber of faith, H. Gal. Divine act, salvation a, H. 2 Thess. Divine and human covenants, H. Gal. Divine and human, co-operation of, in man's salvation, H. Phil. Divine blessing highest sanction of ministerial authority, N. Gal. Divine call, confirmatory proofs of, H. Gal. Divine call to apostleship, H. Gal. Divine commission, imperative claims of, H. Gal. Divine covenant of promise, H. Gal. Divine creation, Christian life a, H. Eph. Divine culture, H. Phil. Divine edifice, Church a, H. Eph. Divine faithfulness, H. 2 Thess. Divine fulness of Christ pledge of believer's perfection, H. Col. Divine grace, frustrating, N. Gal. Divine grace, glory of, H. Eph. Divine grace, salvation an act of, H. Eph. Divine ideal of the Church, H. Eph. Divine Judge, H. 2 Thess. Divine life, positiveness of, H. Gal. Divine love and patience, H. 2 Thess. Divine peace, rule of, H. Col. Divine, Trinity of, sevenfold unity of Church reflected in, H. Eph. Divine promise, Law not contrary to, H. Gal. Divine retribution, H. 2 Thess. Divine strength, H. Col. Divine things, clearer discernment in, desired, H. Eph. Divinity and truth of Christian religion, H. Eph. Doctrine of Christian ethics, Paul's, H. Eph. Doctrine of predestination, N. Eph. Doing all for God, H. Col. Doing all in name of Christ, H. Col. Doing good, on, H. Gal. Dominion and dignity of Christ, H. Eph. Double harvest, H. Gal. Doubtful Christians, H. Gal. Doxology, devout, H. Eph. Drunken mirth _versus_ Christian mirth, H. Eph. Drunkenness, vice of, H. Eph. Duty and object of Christian imitation, H. Eph. Duty, Christian, suggestive summary of law of, H. Col. Duty of believers in evil day, H. Eph. Duty of comforting one another, H. 1 Thess. Duty of thanksgiving, H. Eph. Duties of children and parents, H. Eph. Duties of children and parents, H. Col. Duties of servants and masters, H. Eph. Duties of servants and masters, H. Col. Duties of wives and husbands, H. Eph. Duties of wives and husbands, H. Col. Dying and living, Christian's estimate of, H. Phil.

Early Christians, faith of, H. Eph. Early Church, glimpses of life in, H. Phil. Early times, side-lights on Church-life in, H. Col. Earnest of inheritance, Holy Spirit an, H. Eph. Earth, heaven and, family in, H. Eph. Edification, Church, public reading of Holy Scriptures important means of, H. Col. Edifice, Divine, Church a, H. Eph. Effective preaching, secret of, H. Col. Effects, evidences and, of revival, H. 1 Thess. Effects of Gospel upon those who receive it, H. Phil. Effectual mediator, I. Gal. Efficacy of Christian ministry, H. Gal. Efficacy of prayer, H. Col. Efficacy of Word of God, and way of receiving it, H. 1 Thess. Ejaculatory prayer, and self-recollectedness, H. 1. Thess. Election, mystery of, N. Eph. Election of God, H. 1 Thess. Elements, essential, of success in preaching, H. 1 Thess. Elements of religious comfort, H. Eph. Empty boasting, H. Gal. Enchanted ground, pilgrims on, H. 1 Thess. End of creation, Christ Author and, H. Col. Enemies of believers, H. Eph. Enemies of cross, H. Phil. Enemies of man, invisible, H. Eph. Enjoyment, spiritual, H. Eph. Enlarged Gospel, H. Eph. Enlightenment, spiritual, N. Eph. Enmity of heart, power of Gospel to dissolve, N. Eph. Enthusiasm for Christ, H. Phil. Ephesians before conversion, conditions of, H. Eph. Ephesians, Epistle to--analysis of Epistle, N. Eph. Ephesians, Epistle to--genuineness of Epistle, N. Eph. Ephesians, Epistle to--practical design of Epistle, N. Eph. Ephesians, Epistle to--to whom sent, N. Eph. Ephesians, Paul's prayer for, H. Eph. Equal to Father, Christ a revelation because, H. Col. Equity, Christian, H. Phil. Erring apostle, H. Gal. Erring, restoration of, H. Gal. Error, deceptive glamour of, H. Gal. Error, disintegrating force of, N. Gal. Error, safeguards against, H. Phil. Errors respecting forgiveness of sin, H. Eph. Essential elements of success in preaching, H. 1 Thess. Essentials of Christian character, H. Col. Estimate of Gospel truth, correct, H. 1 Thess. Eternal praise should be offered unto God, H. Phil. Ethics, Christian, Paul's doctrine of, H. Eph. Ethics, science of, H. Phil. Eulogy of Christian excellence, H. Phil. Evangelical consistency, H. Phil. Every man has his own burden, H. Gal. Evidence, truth its own, H. Gal. Evidences and effects of revival, H. 1 Thess. Evidences of conversion, H. 1 Thess. Evidences of sonship, H. Gal. Evil angels, H. Eph. Evil day, duty of believers in, H. Eph. Evils, worst of, H. Eph. Exaltation, contrasted humiliation and, of Christ, H. Eph. Exaltation of Christ, H. Phil. Exaltation of labour, Paul's, H. Eph. Exalted ministerial commission, H. Eph. Example, power of, N. Gal. Example, power of, H. 1 Thess. Examples, good and bad, H. Phil. Excellence, Christian, eulogy of, H. Phil. Excellence, Christian's truest test and, H. Eph. Excellency of knowledge of Christ, H. Phil. Excellent knowledge of Christ, H. Phil. Excitement, sensual and spiritual, H. Eph. Exhortations, earnest, to higher sanctity, H. 1 Thess. Experience, Christian, highest type of, H. Phil. Exposure, apostolic, of false teachers, H. Gal. External religionism incomparable with true knowledge of Christ, H. Phil. External rites, Christianity superior to, H. Gal. Extremity, joy of good man in, H. Phil.