faith and obedience of, 269;
a representative of God, 286.
Accusing, Satan's work, 166–168,
190, 341; fruits of self-righteous-

ness, 151, 210.

Adam and Eve, instructed through
nature, 18; tempted to doubt
God's word, 108; garments of
light, 310, 311; fig-leaf garments,
311.

Agricultural labor, spiritual teach-
ing in, 26, 27, 33, 50, 51, 56, 57,
63-68, 87, 88, 289.
Aim in life, 331, 332.
Amusements, 53-55, 334.
Angels, interest of, in redemption,

102, 190, 192, 197, 237; ministry
of, 176, 177, 298, 318, 332, 341,
342, 373; assist seekers for truth,
44, 59; assist workers for Christ,
149, 197, 232, 388; holy, and
Satan, 72; redeemed men exalted
above, 163.
Appetite, 334, 346.
Atmosphere, spiritual, 298, 339, 419.
Attention, how to win, 338.
Authors, infidel, 41, 108.

BACKSLIDERS, Christ's invi-

tation to, 218.
Belshazzar, 259.

Bible, why not understood, 38, 39,
104-106, 108, 110, 111; all may
understand, 36, 39; how to under-
stand, 59, 60, 111-113; in educa-
tional work, 41, 42, 334; truths
of, illustrated by hidden treasure,
104; reward of searching, 111-114,
133, 134.

Books of record in heaven, 294,
299, 361, 404.

religion, 26, 27, 51, 52, 101, 343,
349, 350, 359, 360.

Business men as workers for Christ,
350; education and training of,
350.

CAIN and Abel, offerings by, 152.

Calamity, Jewish ideas concern-
ing, 213; purpose of, 213, 214.
Care, worldly, 51, 52.
Caste, 386.

Cause and effect, relation of shown
in nature, 84.

Character, is power, 340, 341; trans-
formation of, 97-102, 114, 133,
134, 163, 250, 266, 311, 342, 419,
420; to be perfect, 330-332; de-
velopment of, through Christian
work, 330, 342, 353, 354, 361;
tested in little things, 355-360;
God's estimate of, 403; individ-
ual responsibility for, 411, 412.
Character-building, 331, 332.
Cheerful service, 364, 402, 403.
Child-training, lessons for, in na-
ture, 80-88.

Children and youth, duties of in
the home, 345; Christ's example
for, 83, 345.

Christ, divinity of, 17, 33, 36, 38,
169, 244; Creator, 18; Advocate,
148, 156, 168, 169; Judge, 74;
pearl, 115; leader and teacher of
Israel, 23, 24, 287, 288; foundation
of the Jewish economy, 34, 126,
127, 290; in nature, 81; revealed
through church, 285, 286, 296; love
of, 118, see Love; communion
with, 129, 130; in humanity, 36,
129; risk of, 196; child, 83, 345;
carpenter, 345; teacher, 17-27, 35,

40, 43, 124, 127, 186, 192, 273,
288, 338, 368, 369, 377-380; His
audiences, 19, 21, 22, 76, 95, 185,
186, 219, 273, 338; methods, 77,
338, 418; miracles of healing, 33,
34, 273; loyalty to God's law, 171,
282, 304, 311, 312; lament over
Jerusalem, 302; persecution, 171,
293-295; would have died for one
soul, 187, see Sacrifice.
Christian growth, 65-67, 78.
Christian experience, relating, 125,
298-300, 338, 339.

Christian work, 279, 281-283, 300,

303; opportunities for, 191, 193–
197, 229-236, 339, 343, 344, 370-
375, 386, 387; preparation for,
333-335, 353, 354; motive in, 48-
50, 283, 349, 402, 403; tact in, 339;
see Erring; inability for, 365;
neglect of, 279, 280, 291, 292,
303, 304, 355, 362; benefit of, 58,
68, 69, 353, 354, 361, 373, 374,
388, 389.

Church, fairs and festivals, 54;
church covenant, 279.
Church, beloved of God, 142, 165,
166, 176; of Christ, 118, see
Love; God's agency, 70; God's
purpose for, 284-291, 296; His

Conscience, freedom of, 77; sti-
fling, 84, 85.

Controversy, to be shunned, 40;
shunned by Christ, 377, 379.
Conversion, 96-99, 163; superfi-
cial, 47, 48; work of Scriptures
in, 100.
Conversation, 102, 125, 161, 162,
196, 299, 300, 336-339, 341, 342,
363; telling of difficulties, 146;
Christ's example in, 336, 338, 339.
Cooking, 359.

Co-operation of man with God, 82,
279, 282, 283, 349, 350, 361, 403;
condition of, 350.

66

'Corrupt communication," 337
Countenance, beautified, 102.
Courtesy, 102, 336.

Courts, civil, injustice in, 171; ap-
pealing to, 248, 249.

Covetousness, 253, 254, 267, 318;
is death, 259.

Creation, God's purpose in, 290.
Criticism, of the Scriptures, 38-40;

of gospel-preaching and preach-
ers, 43-46; of repenting sinner,
190, 210; fruit of self-righteous-
ness, 151, 210.
Cumberer of the ground, 216.

317.

Church, good and evil in, 71, 122,

123; members unconverted, 270;
conforming to world, 315; com-
pared to Israel, 296–306; separat-
ing members from, 71, 72, 249,

250.

City life, 54, 55.

Civil controversies, 253, 254; civil
power, use of by church, 73, 74,
248, 249.

Compassion, 244, 245.

Confessing Christ, 124, 125, 262.
Confession of sin, 144, 151, 152,
158, 160, 202, 204; God's accept-
ance of, 204; how we should
receive, 249, 250.

Consecration, 36, 37, 48, 49, 58, 101,
116-118, 142, 143, 159, 160, 223,
312, 350, 359, 393, 394, 395, 402,
403; the test of, 283; Daniel's
example of, 350.

ANIEL, faithfulness of, 332;
in little things, 356; consecra-
tion of, 351; prime minister and
prophet, 350, 351.

Darkness of the world, misappre-
hension of God, 415.

Dead, state of, 270; Jewish ideas
concerning, 263.

Death to self, illustrated by death
of seed, 86, 87.

Debtors, treatment of, 247.

Defeat turned to victory, 331, 332.
Destruction of wicked, 75, 84, 85,

123; in Noah's day, 178; of Jeru-
salem, 213, 269, 295, 296, 309; at
end of world, 179; to God a
strange work, 123, 190.
Disciples of Christ, 393–395.
Dispatch, 344..

Display in religious worship, 297,
298.

Domestic labor, 344, 359.

Doubt of God's word, 108.

Economy, 334, 352.

Education, the higher, 22-27, 108,
285-290, 299, 334; spiritual, men-
tal, physical, 330, 334, 336, 344,
345, 348, 349, 353-355, 359, 360;
results of, 114, 131-133, 333, 334,
341, 342, 418, 419; in eternity,
134, 332.

Egypt, Israelites in, 286.

Elder brother of prodigal, 207-209.
Enoch, 332.

Erring, Satan's work to discour-
age, 190; neglect and criticism
of, 190-192; how to deal with,
71, 72, 248-251, 337, 386-388;
God's example toward Satan,
72; Christ's example toward
man, 73, 185-197; see Love.
Example, power of, 304, 339, 340,
383.

Exclusiveness, 353.

FAITH, 158, 172, 358, 360; in

Bible study, 59, 112, 113; in
prayer, 145-149; in natural and
spiritual sowing, 64, 65; and
God's promises, 205, 206; of
Syrophenician woman, 175; and
love, 404; and works, 312.
Faithfulness, 402-404.
False brethren, 122.
Family, a symbol, 290; responsi-
bility of, for souls therein, 194,
195, 224, 225.

Father, God, 141, 142, 388; His

claim to service as, 282, 283.
Fear, the true, 161.

Feast, sacred, significance of to
Jews, 219-221.
Fig-tree, parable of, 212.

Fellowship with Christ, 361, 373,
374, 388, 413.
Flattery, 161, 162.

Foolish rich man, parable of, 360.
Force, gospel never employs, 74,

Fruits of character, 61, 67, 68, 285,
289, 296, 297, 301, 306, 385, 386.

GALILEE, Sea of, scene of

Christ's teaching, 33, 34-
Galileans, slain in temple, 212, 213.
Garden of heart, 87, 88.
Garments of sin taken away, 168–
170, 206.

Gennesaret, plain of, scene of par-
able of sower, 34.

Getting, the principle of Satan's
kingdom, 259.

Giving, 300; God delights in, 141;
the principle of Christ's king-
dom, 259; the condition of re-
ceiving, 142, 143, 148, 149, 369,
370.

Gloom and sadness, cause of, 162.
God, our counselor, 172; long-
suffering of, 177; avenger of His
people, 177-180; misrepresented
by Satan, 204, 414, 415.
Gospel-preaching, gathers good
and evil, 122; by patriarchs, 126;
gospel minister, his source of
power, 130, 131; topics for, 40;
gospel invitation, why rejected,
222-225; given to Jews, 222, 229,
287, 308; to Gentiles, 226, 290,
309; for all, 228-235; the world's
need, 254; danger in rejecting,
237; warning of second advent,
226-228; the final call, 237.
Good-ground hearers, 58-61.
Good Samaritan, parable of, 376.
Gossip, 45, 46.

Grace of God, agency in conver-
sion, 96, 97; our only hope, 250.
Gratitude, 299, 300.

Growth in Christian experience,
65, 66.

HABITS, power of evil, 281;

formation of, 356.

Harvest, spiritual lessons from,
84, 85.
Healing, 419.

Health, 346; through obedience to
God's law, 288.

Heathen, work of Holy Spirit in,
385, 386; God's purpose toward,
286, 289, 290, 418.

Holiness, 48, 49; makes no boast,
159, 160.

Holy Spirit, 56, 70; in creation, 415;
conversion, 96, 408, 411; trans-
formation of character, 419, 420;
gospel work, 149, 328; among
heathen, 385; imparted to Christ,
139; in the word, 132; interpreter
of Scripture, 36, 59, 110, 113, 127,
131, 132, 408; teaching of, through
nature, 24; prayer for and by,
147; responds to heart's desire,
206; working of, recorded, 361;
fruits of, 61, 68, 69, 385; gifts of,
327; oil a symbol of, 407; sin
against, 56, 218, 236, 237, 281;
outpouring of, 121, 327; to be
repeated, 121.

Home-missionary work, 196; for
youth and children, 345.
Hospitality taught through Moses,

220.

Hospitals, none in Christ's day, 261.
Householder, parable of, 124.
Humility, 402, 404; through be-
holding Christ, 159, 160; not
indolence, 363.

DLENESS, 343, 345, 346, 352,
353, 364, 365.

Illustrations, use of by Christ, 17-22.
Image of God in human soul, 194.
Incarnation, 17.

Indolence, 247, 280.
Infidel authors, 41, 108.
Influence, illustrated by harvest,

85; power of, 224, 304; of Christ,
339; possessed by all, 339, 340.
Ingratitude, 198-201, 291, 292, 302.
Intellectual vigor through obedi-
ence to God's law, 288, 346.
Inventive power the gift of God,
349.

Israel, from Egypt to Canaan, 286,
287; to be gospel teachers, 290;
kingdom of, 290; see Jewish peo-
ple.

USALEM destroyed, 295,

JERUSALEM

Jewish economy, Christ the foun-
dation of, 35, 105, 126; for our
study, 133.

Jewish people, God's purpose for,
220, 221, 229, 284-290; frustrated,
214, 215, 268, 269, 290–296; train-
ing of, 23, 24, 218, 286-288, 289,
298, 299; their devotion to tradi-
tion and ceremony, 34, 35, 38, 39,
105, 292; exclusiveness, 185, 219;
love of world, 366; self-right-
eousness, 185, 209, 294, 390, 400;
self-seeking, 291, 292; and Sa-
maritans, 380, 381; fate of, 295,
296.

Jewish teachers, their opposition
to Christ, 22, 185, 186, 273-276,
293-295, 304, 305; substitution of
human for divine teaching, 18,
35, 38, 39, 105, 110, 292, 304; self-
righteousness, 276; self-seeking,
292, 293; love of display, 297, 298;
false shepherds, 185, 186, 192.
John the Baptist, 274, 276, 277-
Joseph a representative of Christ,

286.

Last days, 79, 269; perils of, 170,

171, 228, 414, 415.

Late hours, 346.

Lawyer questions Christ, 377.
Lawyers, appealing to, 248, 249.
Law, moral and physical, disre-
garding, 108, 109, 291, 305.
Law of God, transcript of His
character, 305, 315; hedge about
vineyard, 287; test in Judgment,
283, 314, 316; giving of, 276.
Law, and prophets, 39, 127, 128,
265; and gospel, 128; set aside,
by Jewish teachers, 278, 292, 304,
by religious teachers to-day, 305;
obeyed by Christ, 171, 282, 304,
311, 312; obeyed through Christ,
378; established by His death,
314; fulfilled by love, 283, 377-
379, 381, 382, 384, 385, 392; bless-
ings of, to obedient, 288–290;

condition of eternal life, 377, 391.
Lazarus of Bethany, raising of, 265.
Leaven, parable, double signifi-
cance of, 95, 96.

Liberality taught in seed-sowing,
85, 86.

Light, all receive sufficient, 265,
266; ours greater than Israel's,
317; in good works, 415-417;
Christ, 416, 417.
Light-bearers, 414-421.
Lily, consider, 19.
Lineage, spiritual, 268.

Little things, faithfulness in, 355,
356, 360; example of Daniel and
of Christ, 356, 357; benevolence
in, 383.

Lost sheep, parable, occasion of,
185, 186; this world, 190, 191.
Lost coin, parable of, 192-196.
Love, true, 101, 258, 384, 385; in
service and sacrifice, 49; for

Manual labor, 334; Christ's exam-
ple of, 345, 348, 349; co-workers
with God in, 349, 350, 359, 360.
Marriage feast, parable of, com-
pared with parable of great
supper, 307, 308.
Meditation, 59, 60.

Mental training, 332-335, 344.
Messiah, Jews' expectation of, 35,
76, 77.

Ministry of gospel, its source of
power, 63-65; support of, 300; to
body, precedes ministry to soul,
233, 338, 339, 387; to poor and
suffering, 373, 388.

Miracles, not in place of law and
prophets, 265, 266.

Moments, value of, 342-344.
Money, use of, 256, 261, 262, 266,

351, 352, 370-372; gifts of, not
in place of Christian work, 343.
Moses in cleft of rock, 162.
Murmuring, 363.
Music, 299, 301.

Mustard seed, parable of, 76.
Mysteries of the gospel, 128, 129.

NATURE-TEACHING, 17-24,

33, 62-65, 80-88, 107, 125, 126,
289, 302.
Nature, man's inability to interpret,
107; laws of, the laws of God,
305, 347, 348.

Neighbor, Christ's definition of,

ness, 210, 211, 251; motive of
obedience, 209, 283; in gospel
work, 235 384; qualification for
heaven, 158; love God with mind,
333.

Love of God for His people, 142,

165, 166, 175, 176, 298; for the
sinner, 186, 187, 194. 204, 222,
223, 233, 234, 386, 388; can not

284, 296, 301, 302.
Obedience to God's law, 247;
taught in nature, 81, 82; the con-
dition of understanding truth,
112; of salvation, 117, 142-145;
the evidence of conversion, 313;
the test of character, 283; Christ's
example of, 282; motive in, 283;
blessing of, 287-290, 305.