vii, 238 pages ; 23 cm

I. Discussions and arguments -- Against evil-speaking -- Atheism -- How bad men die -- Private baptism -- Who are our 'betters'? -- How is the Bible inspired? -- The Bible a plain book -- The Bible to be reverenced -- Chance no explanation of the word -- Christianity -- Christianity and Christians -- Christmas amusements -- The church, catholic or Roman? -- The church of Rome -- Confession -- Two defects of our Christianity -- The difficulty of goodness -- Do it now -- Education -- Emotion -- The Eucharist -- Faction in religion -- The faith of Abraham -- Faith and belief -- Faith and providence -- Faith's weak points -- Fear as a religious motive -- Forgiveness -- The attributes of God -- God's great mercy -- Grace at meals -- Heaven -- Heaven not a hospital -- Hypocrisy -- The judgments of God -- Love your enemies -- What is man? -- Religious melancholy -- Religious metaphors -- Miracles -- Missions -- Mothers should nurse their babes -- Objections to Jesus -- On using our opportunities -- Orthodoxy -- Penitence -- Why Christians persecute -- Prayer -- Providence -- The reality of God -- The reformation -- Religion -- National religion -- Religion, natural and revealed -- Remember God -- The satirical spirit -- Sin -- The sin of Eli -- Sincerity in speech -- Socrates and others -- The soul -- The stage -- Time wasted -- Unity -- The will for the deed? -- Wisdom -- Youth Zeal not according to knowledge -- II. Passages of exposition -- III. Sayings and sentences

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