_REV. WILLIAM ARNOT._

LONDON:
T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW;
EDINBURGH; AND NEW YORK.

1874.

CONTENTS.

Page
_INTRODUCTION,_ 11

I. _The Sower,_ 43

II. _The Tares,_ 75

III. _The Mustard Seed,_ 101

IV. _The Leaven,_ 111

V. _The Hidden Treasure,_ 128

VI. _The Pearl,_ 144

VII. _The Draw-Net,_ 160

VIII. _The Unmerciful Servant,_ 185

IX. _The Vineyard Labourers,_ 204

X. _The Two Sons,_ 223

XI. _The Wicked Husbandmen,_ 237

XII. _The Royal Marriage Feast,_ 254

XIII. _The Ten Virgins,_ 282

XIV. _The Entrusted Talents,_ 299

XV. _The Seed Growing Secretly,_ 312

XVI. _The Two Debtors,_ 326

XVII. _The Good Samaritan,_ 341

XVIII. _The Friend at Midnight,_ 357

XIX. _The Rich Fool,_ 369

XX. _The Barren Fig-Tree,_ 378

XXI. _The Excuses,_ 387

XXII. _The Lost Sheep,_ 402

XXIII. _The Lost Coin,_ 422

XXIV. _The Prodigal Son,_ 427

XXV. _The Prudent Steward,_ 451

XXVI. _The Rich Man and Lazarus,_ 465

XXVII. _Unprofitable Servants,_ 483

XXVIII. _The Importunate Widow,_ 497

XXIX. _The Pharisee and the Publican,_ 509

XXX. _The Servants and the Pounds,_ 520

INTRODUCTION.

We have been accustomed to regard with affectionate veneration the
life-work of the Reformers, and the theology of the Reformation. Of a
later date, and in our own vernacular, we have inherited from the
Puritans an indigenous theology, great in quantity and precious in
kind,--a legacy that has enriched our age more,