XXIX. THE WISE MEN AND THE SHEPHERDS . . . . . . . . 74 XXX. THE SONG OF THE ANGELS . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 XXXI. THE SECRET OF HEARTS REVEALED . . . . . . . . 78 XXXII. THE GRACE OF JESUS CHRIST . . . . . . . . . . 80 XXXIII. THE EVERLASTING ARMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 XXXIV. THE COMFORT OF THE TRUTH . . . . . . . . . . . 85 XXXV. THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT . . . . . . . . . . . 87 XXXVI. LIFE IS AN ARROW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 XXXVII. THE DECLINE OF ENTHUSIASM . . . . . . . . . . 90 XXXVIII. THE CROWN OF LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 XXXIX. THE HIDDEN MANNA AND THE WHITE STONE . . . . . 96 XL. THE MORNING STAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 XLI. LIVING AS DEAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 XLII. THE OPEN DOOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 XLIII. BEHOLD, I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK . . . . 107 XLIV. HE THAT OVERCOMETH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 XLV. THE PRODIGALITY OF PROVIDENCE . . . . . . . . 113 XLVI. THE HARD LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 XLVII. THE THIN LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 XLVIII. THE CROWDED LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 XLIX. THE PATIENCE OF NATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 L. THE DISTRIBUTION OF TALENTS . . . . . . . . . 124 LI. THE LAW OF INCREASING RETURNS . . . . . . . . 127 LII. THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF WEALTH . . . . . . . 129 LIII. THE AVERAGE MAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 LIV. THE OVERCOMING OF INSIGNIFICANCE . . . . . . . 133 LV. CAPACITY EXTIRPATED BY DISUSE . . . . . . . . 136 LVI. THE PARABLE OF THE VACUUM . . . . . . . . . . 138 LVII. CHRISTIANITY AND BUSINESS . . . . . . . . . . 140 LVIII. MAKING FRIENDS OF MAMMON . . . . . . . . . . . 143 LIX. COMING TO ONE'S SELF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 LX. POPULARITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 LXI. TWO QUESTIONS ABOUT CHRISTIANITY . . . . . . . 151 LXII. AN UNRECORDED DAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 LXIII. THE ANSWER TO PRAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 LXIV. AN IMPOSSIBLE NEUTRALITY . . . . . . . . . . . 159 {ix}