PAGE CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS 9 1. The Christmas Angels: Dost Thou Remember? 9 2. Room for Jesus 10 3. Well-Springs of Joy 13 4. To Join in the Song 15 5. The Joy of Understanding 18 6. The Faith of a Little Child 21 THOUGHTS FOR THE NEW YEAR 24 1. To See Like the Angels 24 2. The Hidden Life 28 THE WORTH OF YOUR SOUL 32 THAT WHICH IS HIDDEN SHALL BE REVEALED 36 NOT IN WORD, NEITHER IN TONGUE 39 SEEST THOU THIS WOMAN? 42 WHAT ABOUT THE DEVIL? 45 TWO EPISODES OF THE CIVIL WAR 49 1. Looting Those Who Fell 49 2. Removed Because of Mischief 51 YOUR WORDS 55 BEHIND THE SHIELD 59 LOVE ME--AND TELL ME SO! 66 TO BEAR BURDENS 71 BE STEADFAST IN PRAYER 74 1. A Gain and a Protection 74 2. What Mother Taught Me 75 3. The Evening-Prayer: A Protection 77 4. The Morning-Prayer: A Gain 80 ZACCHÆUS 84 1. To Be Home By Oneself 84 2. All Forgiven--Nothing in Vain 87 3. During the Following Days 89 THE MARCH OF EVENTS 92 THE LITTLE WHILE 97 THE MIRACLE IN OUR AGE 105 1. The Miracle and Nature 106 2. The Miracle and the Church of the Lord 111 AMERICA--YOU ARE THE HOPE OF THE WORLD TO-DAY 119 RELIGIOUS THOUGHTS FOR EVERYBODY A CHRISTMAS GIFT CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS 1. _The Christmas Angel's: Dost thou remember?_ I WAS sitting in my study. Darkness was gathering, and it was Christmas Eve. Then it was as though a kind and soothing voice whispered into my ear: Dost thou remember Christmas Eve at home? Do I?--Indeed, I remember it as it were but yesterday. I remember so plainly how we, all finely dressed, gathered at the long table. There father was sitting at one end reading aloud from the old hymn book while we all listened, our hands folded.