ACCUSATIONS, divine, 234.
Adam, all involved in the fall of, 240.
Adversity, lessons of, 76.

Ahaz, in fear, 291; a mixed character,
294; his allies, 296.

Angus, Dr., on the Song of Solomon,
134, n.

Appetites, languishing of the, 56.
Arithmetic, the questions of, 341.
Armies, standing, inconsistent with
Christianity, 309.

Asshur, woe to, 319, n.

Assyria, the gods of, 309; the burden

of, 320; a symbol of power, 420.

"Cease to do evil," what is meant by,
206.
Ceremonialism, cursed by God, 204
Character, how easily destroyed, 100,
373; the dignity of, 419.
Charity, the prudence of, 108.
Christ, the love of, 133; rich, yet be-
came poor, ib.; satisfaction in, 161;
invitations of, 177; large proposals of,
183; and his Church, 186; life im-
possible without, 188; names of, 307,
327; the Wonderful Counseller, 307;
God the Mighty One, ib., 327; Father
of Eternity, 307; Prince of Peace,
308. See JESUS CHRIST.
Christian doctrine unassailable, 290.
fellowship, safety of, 143.

preacher, the position of the, 80.
Christianity proved by progress, 170;
what it involves, 230; a prophetic
religion, 309; the resurrection, the
supreme doctrine of, 450.
Church, the, hated by the world, 192;
the ideal, 261; should be a home, ib. ;
the womanly element in, 345.
Civil war, cruelties of, 394.
Classifications, human, destruction of,
315.

Coheleth, the son of David, I; meaning
of the name, I, n.; relates his ex-
perience, 4; complaint of, 5; his
estimate of real wisdom, 7; his great
task, 10; his contribution to human
history, 17; mysteries which puzzled
him, 20; despairs of life, 22; his

hatred of life, 24; a sympathetic man,
35; a philosopher, ib.; his testimony
must be studied, 36; his difficulties,
39; his moralisings, 42; asks a start-
ling question, 57; his memorandum
book, 60; his views of human nature,
65; a moralising Pagan, 90.
Compensations in life, the principle of,
76.

Contrastive days in life, 74.

Conviction, the Cross an answer to,
223.

Creed, the sensualist's, 405.
Crime, only understood through the
Cross, 202.

Culture, life given for, 270.

DAILY bread, the gift of heaven, 396.

life, a religious parable, 16.
Damascus, the burden of, 370; oracle
for, 370, n.; fair metropolis of Syria,
371; her punishment, 372.
Damnation or redemption-no middle
point, 410.

Dance, a time to, 25.

Darkness, a time of, 113; imprisonment
of, 191.

Dead, blessedness of, 89; noble tears

for the, 403.

Death, day of, better than the day of
birth, 61; the one certain event, 85;
graciousness of, in history, 431;
death of, 432; abolished by Jesus
Christ, 432.

birth, wonders of the, 62.
Deborah, the song of, 264.
Deities, called for in the times of trouble,
395.

Delitzsch, on the poetry of Isaiah, 319, n.
Denunciation, a chapter of, 197.
Destruction, power of, a temptation,

99; no place in the divine policy, 336.
Devil, the, how he drives his scholars,
315; existence of the, 398.
Dictionary of the Bible (Smith's), notes
from: (as to horses) 107, n.; (on the
tone of the Preacher) 110, n.; (on
the Canticles) 126, n.; (on the tenor

EARTH, the noblest sight on the, 114.
Ecclesiastes, Book of, interpreted by
the Sermon on the Mount, 34.
Economies, where they should com-
mence, 190.

Education, the wisest method of, 84;
spiritual, a mystery in, 209; never
perfect, 229.

Efforts, misdirected, 350.

Egypt, names of their gods, 309.
Ellicott, Bishop, quoted, 101.
Emphasis, Carlyle on, 350.
English language, its difficulties, 418.
Enjoyment, fleshly, victims of, 91.
Enjoyments, how to be realised, 27.
Enthusiasm, enkindled by Christ, 205.
Everlasting punishment, justice of the
penalty, 388.

Evil, the origin of, 405.

Evildoers, a seed of, 198.

Evildoing, omnipotence against, 317.
Evil-speaker, to be avoided, 97.
Evil-speaking, wickedness of, 97.
Ewald, on the literary qualities of
Isaiah, 214, n.

FAITH, men saved by, 216.
Family, the, when Christian, 233.

Fat things, an oriental expression, 431.
Flies, dead, meaning of, 101.
Flowers, language of the, 154.
Fool, graphic representation of, 40;
frequent use of the word by Solomon,
41; cannot be concealed, 103.
Fools, the burdens of society, 50.
Footprints, whither leading? 149.
Future, not entrusted to man, 63.

GOD, our supreme joy, 32; beneficent
purposes of, 60; patience of, 70;
heartache of his love, 71; sovereign
in the universe, 78; mercy of, con-
trasted with the fitful wrath of man,
88; fearing of, the whole duty of
man, 121; how to be known, 122;
love of, 129; goodness of, ib.; not
deceived by whispers, 141; slumbers
not, 173; his jealousy, 193; his in-
vitation to reason, 209; his ultima-
tum, ib.; the whispers of, 210; can
only cleanse from sin, 212; his appeal
to reason, 213, 214; reasoning with
man, 215; cannot trifle with right-
eousness, 221; his terms of forgive-
ness, 222; his invitation, 224; his
reason for abandoning men, 237; the
impoverishments of, 245; a con-
suming fire, 260; his hold upon the
land, 274; holiness of, 288; works
through human faith, 294; delights
not in destruction, 303; epithetic
names of, 308; gentleness of, 312;
his anger not turned away, ib.; his
hand outstretched, ib.; no respecter
of persons, 315; his delight in the
young, 316; taunts of, ib.; satire of,
326; excellent things done by, 345;
a destroyer of nations, 353; with-
drawment of, 363; purposes of,
366; sarcasm of, 381; in opposition,
384; the rebukes of, 385; his means
of humbling men, 397; his secret way
of working, 406; statesmen in the
hands of, 409; the only lawgiver, 425;
infinite grace of, 427; terrible to
evil, 429; love of, 430; a continual

discovery, 436; the wonder of, 438;
thirsting for, 448; speaks through
men as mediums, 450,
Goodness, self-rewarding, 23.

Gospel, the, not a new invention, 215.
Gossip, mischief of, 97.

Grace, power of divine, 81.
Grape, the, contains a devil, 275.
Gravitation, the law of, 93.

Green, Rev. Dr., on the woes of Asshur,
319, n.

HARVEST, the, a time of testing, 382
Hebrew and Greek languages, the
difference between, 347.

Hell, not a divine invention, 252.
Holiness of God, man's encouragement,
288.

Holy Ghost, men judged by the, 171.
Holy One of Israel, the, a frequent
expression in Isaiah, 199.

Holy Scriptures, contempt in the, 293;
criticism, helpless in, 343.

Hope joined to death, 89.

Horses, their place in Biblical history,

104, 107, n.

House of God, not a debating club, 46;
flippancy, an offence in, 47.
Human ministry, employed by God, 293.

nature, some striking views of,
60; two aspects of, 136; a new view
of, 229.

teacher, how to be regarded,

219.
Hymns, blasphemy in singing, 157.

IMMANUEL, the name in Isaiah, 337.
Immortality, lingering after, 33.
Industry, the medicine of God, 12.
Instinct, the mystery of, 58.
Invitations of Christ, 177.
Isaiah, his parentage, 195; his contem-
poraries, ib.; his sons, ib.; his fami-
liarity with Scripture, 196; his
knowledge of medicine, ib.; division
of his prophecies, ib.; his function,
197; a fire among people, 200; a
physician, 201; his literary qualifi-

cations, 214, n.; the tenor of his
message, 225, n.; still a living man,
227; though ecstatic, still rational,
228; the evangelical prophet, 232;
his vision, 283; foretells the Deliverer,
307; his familiarity with the Book
of Proverbs, 332; what he saw, 348;
his greatness, 393; the power of his
language, ib.; his vocation, 441, n.;
his perception of the Messiah, ib.;
becomes a psalmist, 443; Book of the
prophet, 195; not anonymous, 197;
idolatry denounced in, 225, n. ; quoted
in Micah, 234, n.
Iscariots, a perdition for, 425.

JACOB, the glory of, 374; turned to
emaciation, ib.

Jazer, the weeping of, 367.

Jealousy, cruelty of, 192; range for, 193.
Jerusalem, the ruin of, 249; God the
keeper of, 291; Assyrian march upon,
319, n.; Christ weeping over, 367;
the valley of vision, 401.
Jesse, his obscurity, 331.
Jesus Christ, mighty to save, 69; the
despised and rejected of men, 94;
comes as no other reformer, 100; his
treasury of parables, 153; the Rose
of Sharon, 155; his pre-eminence,
163; the Vine, ib.; the Light of the
world, ib.; not one of a multitude
164; the coming of, 166; the Lord
of all, 176; the Prince of peace, 233;
maledictions of, 272; weeping over
Jerusalem, 367. See CHRIST.
Jewels, three precious, 439.
Judgment, need of the, 123; day of,
coming, 124; not an invention of
the evangelists, 409; began in Eden,
ib.; the wheels of, 426; laughter of
the, 428.

Judgments, a chapter of, 244.

KEDAR, the tents of, 142, n.

King, what is represented by the word,
43.

Kitto's Cyclopædia of Biblical Litera-
ture, notes from: (on Coheleth) I, n.;
(children of Kedar) 142, n.; (design
of the Song of Solomon) 150, n.;
(vocation of Isaiah) 441, n.

LANDMARKS, the sin of removing, 273.
Language, a miracle in, 343.

Law Courts, a means of robbery, 318.
Lebanon, cedar of, a symbol of Assyrian
power, 330.

Life, a wonderful mosaic, 63.

Light, God's gift to the Church, 19.
Liturgy, when an irony, 203.
Loneliness, not happiness, 42.

Lonely heart, the compensation of the,
38.

"Lord," derivation of the word, 350.
the coming of the, 393.

LORD JEHOVAH, the literal rendering
of the name, 446.

Love, a child's word, 127; great prayers
of, ib.; the endless creations of, 152.

MAN, his greatness, an opportunity for
wickedness, 88; his powerlessness,
110; the whole duty of, 116; his
blasphemies, 317.

Manhood, decay of, 118.

Manoah, spoken to by an angel, 307.
Master and servant, the right relation
of, 423.

Mediums, Gol speaking through men
as, 450.

Men, littleness of, 242.
Mercy, the design of, 81.

Metropolis, streets of, an academy, 265.
Midian, the day of, 302.
Midnight, the ministry of, 386.
Military enterprise, lessons from, 349.
Ministers, jealousies of, 65; the just
expectations of, 268.

Mischief-maker, how to be treated, 98.
Moab, oracle for, 357, n.; overtaken
by disaster, 358, n.

Mothers, the crowns of, 173.

Music, in church, value of, 148; an
instrument of judgment, 263.