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CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | |||
| THE SECRET WALK WITH GOD | |||
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| Need of watching and prayer over three departments of a Minister's life—The secret department—Temptations in it from work—From solitude—Secret Devotion—The Morning Watch—Physical precautions—Evening hours—A Minister's prayers must sometimes forget the Ministry—This will be to the advantage of the Ministry—"Tell Him all" | 1 | ||
| CHAPTER II. | |||
| THE SECRET WALK WITH GOD (ii.). | |||
| Secret intercourse with God the life of a Minister's life—The Example of Jesus Christ—Testimony of von Machtholf—Special need of divine communion at the present day—The cry for effort and enterprize—Secularizing theories of religion and the Ministry—A call to young English Clergymen—A caution from Laodicea—Study of the Holy Scriptures—"The New Testament about twice a week"—What says the Ordinal?—M. Henri Lasserre on Devotional Literature and the Gospels—Study the Bible unprofessionally—Bridges' quotation from Witsius—Ridley in the Orchard | 21xii | ||
| CHAPTER III. | |||
| SECRET STUDY OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. | |||
| A fragmentary chapter—Higher Criticism—A technical and innocent term—Actual assertions of certain critics—"Do not follow this Book; follow Christ"—Weigh facts before theories—Testimony of Nature and History to Scripture—The Duke of Argyll in the Nineteenth Century—Prediction—Problem of the Human Knowledge of Jesus Christ—Current fulfilments of Prophecy—Methods of Bible Study—The plough—The spade—Specimen of spade-husbandry, in a Church Congress Study of the Epistle to the Philippians | 45 | ||
| CHAPTER IV. | |||
| THE DAILY WALK WITH OTHERS (i.). | |||
| Secret Communion with God must accompany everything else—We are watched—Self-respect—Consistency largely means Considerateness—"A consistent gentleman"—The Tongue—St Augustine's couplet for the dinner-table—The Clergy-House, its opportunities and risks—The duty of Example—Is it remembered as it used to be?—"For their sakes I sanctify Myself"—"Others" and their claims on us—Manner—Temper—Simeon's patience—The Secret of the Presence | 79 | ||
| CHAPTER V. | |||
| THE DAILY WALK WITH OTHERS (ii.). | |||
| "Take heed unto thyself"—Relations with Woman—Christian chivalry—And Christian caution—Specialxiii difficulties—"Know thyself"—Celibacy—The Clergyman's Wife—The problem of means—The Clergyman and money—Pecuniary intemperance—Accurate accounts—Investment circulars—"Lay not up for yourselves" | 101 | ||
| CHAPTER VI. | |||
| THE DAILY WALK WITH OTHERS (iii.). | |||
| Curate and Incumbent—A Chancellor on Curates—The ideal Incumbent—No Incumbent perfect—And no parish perfectly content—Loyal watchfulness needed accordingly—The Curate's Party—"The lost grace, humility"—Subordination—Take sides against yourself—A letter to The Record on Curates' grievances. | 123 | ||
| CHAPTER VII. | |||
| PASTOR IN PARISH (i.). | |||
| A boundless subject—Visiting—All-important—Prepare for the round with prayer—Method—Brevity but not hurry—An example—Courtesy—It must be impartial—Visitation of the sick—Its special demands—Punctuality always a duty—Use of the Bible—The advantage of coming as "the Clergyman"—Mistaken for the undertaker—Come to the point—Lying in wait for the occasion—Happy rebukes to timid reticence | 147 | ||
| CHAPTER VIII. | |||
| PASTOR IN PARISH (ii.). | |||
| Teach as you go—Urgent need of teaching—About Christ—And the Holy Spirit—And Sacraments—Common mistakes about the teaching of the Church—Sin—Evidences—Recollectionsxiv of a visiting round—The retired tradesman—The sceptical blacksmith—The invalid artizan—The civil-servant—The consumptive—The dying printer—The cripple—Aged poor saints—Saddening visits—Humbling memories—A bright conversion at eighty-two | 173 | ||
| CHAPTER IX. | |||
| THE CLERGYMAN AND THE PRAYER BOOK. | |||
| "As bad as inspired"—Imperfections in the Book—Yet it is priceless—Spirituality of the Prayer Book—What it takes for granted in the worshipper—A remarkable reason for secession—The Prayer Book as a weapon—Its Scripturality—Its compilers jealous for the Word of God—Ministerial use of the Prayer Book—Put yourself into it—We are not to preach the prayers—Yet we are to pray them—Reading of the Lessons—Baptism—Marriage—Burial—The Holy Communion—Reverence—Of what sort—Instruction-addresses on the Prayer Book—"Less worship" | 201 | ||
| CHAPTER X. | |||
| PREACHING (i.). | |||
| The Pulpit a central point in the Ministry—Mutual influence of "parish-work" and preaching—"Truth through personality"—Let us "labour in the Word"—"Litho Sermons"—Addison's village-parson and his sermons—Attractive preaching—Is a duty—Audibility—Of the right sort—Good English—Why to be cultivated—Mr Spurgeon's style—French hearers of an English preacher—Good effects on his style—"Written or extempore?"—Length—Action | 225xv | ||
| CHAPTER XI. | |||
| PREACHING (ii.). | |||
| Further remarks on Attractiveness—And, in passing, on Ministerial Considerateness—This is to be practised in preaching—As well as in other functions—Attractiveness to be guarded by Faithfulness—Requisites to attractiveness—"Preach the Gospel earnestly, interestingly, fully"—Jesus Christ is the Gospel—Personal conviction the essence of Earnestness—"Matter-of-Fact"—Interest sustained by anecdote and illustration—But still more by intelligibility and practicality—Expository sermons—Fulness in the message—Jesus Christ for us—And in us—The Holy Spirit must work with the Word | 249 | ||
| CHAPTER XII. | |||
| PREACHING (iii.). | |||
| Notes from a Sermon-Lecture—On diction, arrangement, fidelity to the text, proportion of parts, accuracy—On statements about revelation, justification, faith, grace—A paper in The Churchman on Old Sermons—Be a preacher indeed, whatever be the fashion of the time—The Directory of 1645—Its instructions on "the Preaching of the Word"—Spiritual Power in Preaching—How sought and received—Farewell | 273 | ||
| Fordington Pulpit | 301xvi | ||
"What contradictions meet
In Ministers' employ!
It is a bitter sweet,
A sorrow full of joy;
No other post affords a place
For equal honour or disgrace"
Olney Hymns.
"The Interpreter had Christian into a private Room, and bid his Man open a Door; the which when he had done, Christian saw a Picture of a very grave Person hang up against the Wall, and this was the fashion of it: It had eyes lift up to Heaven, the best of Books was in its hand, the Law of Truth was written upon its lips, the World was behind his back; it stood as if it Pleaded with Men, and a Crown of gold did hang over its head."
Pilgrim's Progress.
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