"And unto the angel of the Church in Sardis write; These things saith He that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. Be watchful and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God."—REV. iii. 1, 2. Reading the last clause a little more literally will more fully bring out the meaning: "For I have found no works of thine fulfilled before my God."—R.V. V. A LESSON IN CHRISTIAN HELP 133 "Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the [en]∆feeble[d] knees; and make straight [smooth] paths for [with] your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed [or, in order that that which is lame may not be caused to go astray, but may rather be healed]."—HEB. xii. 12, 13. VI. JOSEPH'S FAITH 149 (_Preached on Sunday Evening, October 20th, 1889, in St. John's Wood Presbyterian Church._) "By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones."—HEB. xi. 22. VII. THE BRAZEN SERPENT 162 "He [Hezekiah] removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan."—2 KINGS xviii. 4. VIII. THE GRADATIONS OF DOUBT 175 PSALM lxxiii. IX. THE STORY OF QUEEN ESTHER 192 (_Preached in Balham Congregational Church, on Sunday Evening, August 11th, 1889._) ESTHER iv. 13-17. X. THE EXAMPLE OF THE PROPHETS 205 "Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example."—JAMES v. 10. XI. THE MAKING OF A PROPHET 220 (_Preached at Nottingham, before the Congregational Union of England and Wales, on Monday Evening, October 8th, 1888._)