CONTENTS, 9 PAGE The Christ ...................... Emmanuel ....................... The Elect One....................... The Judge ................... ...... The Two Brothers .............. The Friend I have Above ......... Rich, yet Poor; Poor, yet Rich!.. How Samuel Williams was made Happy • 127 Man's Folly, and God's Testimony Our Prospect and Provision ... My Brother, Where is your Heart?.... The Friends of Christ. ... ................ 166 What does God Require? ............... .......... 289 PAGE The Invitation of Boaz to Ruth The Striking Change ........... Abel ; or the Young Man's Offering Enoch; or the Young Man's Walk.. 228 Joseph; or, the Young Man's Trials .. 235 Moses; or, the Young Man's Choice.. 244 Joshua ; or, the Young Man's Courage .. 253 Daniel; or, the Young Man's Purity 263 Sarah; or, the Power of Faith ..... Miriam ; or, the Power of Gratitude .... 281 Ruth; or, the Power of Affection .... Hannah; or, the Power of Prayer ..... 298 Abigail ; or, the Power of Prudence......: 308 Mary; or, the Power of Penitence ........ 318 The Lord's Day ...........iiii...... Can you spare Two Minutes ? ..... To the Children of Godly Parents Some one to Blame............iiii.ro Why should I Fear? .............inki My Hope is in Jesus ............... The Position and Practice of the Bride .... 352 Are you a Christian?.......... Have you heard the News ? .............. 361 Grace Displayed ..............csorisoon. What can I Do?............. iri ...ti Decision ................. ..........: 372 Religion in a few Words.................. 377 GOOD SEED FOR THE LO RD'S FIELD. THE SAVING NAME. “ His name was called JESUS.”—Luke ü. 21. Many and glorious are the names given to our adorable Redeemer, in the inspired word; but there is a peculiar sweetness in this name, JESUS. We are always using it, and yet we never weary of it. The very pronouncing of it sometimes sounds sweet as the choicest music. We love the name, Jesus, and the great fact represented by it. Jesus signifies Saviour ; a Divine Saviour. The angel said, “ Call His name Jesus :" Mary said “His name is Jesus." The circumcising priest pronounced Him, Jesus. Overlooking angels shouted, Jesus. O! Spirit of God, unfold to us the glories of this precious name, sculpture it deep on our hearts, and pronounce it day by day in the hearing of our souls ! “His name was called JESUS,” for He engaged to save. His far-reaching and all-see The Invit The Strik What do When wil Abel; or Enoch ; 0 Joseph; a Moses ; 01 Joshua ; u Daniel ; 01 Sarah ; or, Miriam ; as Ruth ; or, Hannah; Abigail ; o Mary; or, The New I The Lord's What is F Can you si To the Chi Some one t Why shoul My Hope i Are you Sa The Prayer The Positio Are you at Have you l Grace Disp What can 1 Decision Religion in Have your Lines on thi cation. And at length He came forth from His obscurity, was baptized by John, received the Holy Spirit from His father, wrestled with and conquered Satan in the desert, proclaimed the good news of the coming kingdom, wrought many mighty works, and ac. tively fulfilled all the requirements of the holy law. What He did, He did as God's righteous servant; what He did, He did as man's substitute and surety; what He did, He did to merit and deserve the name He wore, even Jesus, the Saviour of His people from their sins. When he had finished His active obedience, He presented himself before His Father's omniscient eye, and with meek countenance, honest heart and humble voice, said : “Father, the hour is come, glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may glorify Thee. I have glorified Thee on the earth ; I have fi. nished the work which Thou gavest me to do.” "He was called JESUS," for He died to save. All His tremendous and unparalleled sufferings, which terminated in His death on the accursed tree, were the desert of our sins. Our sins were imputed to Him according to the arrangements of the everlasting cove. nant, and being imputed to Him, He was punished for them. Our desert was put into a cup; that cup was presented to Him by His Father; in taking it his nature shuddered, His soul was troubled, His body was baptised in its own blood, and He feared |