XXIV. THE MEEK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
XXV. THE HUNGER FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS . . . . . . . . . 64
XXVI. THE MERCIFUL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
XXVII. THE PURE IN HEART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
XXVIII. THE TWO BAPTISMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

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XXIX. THE WISE MEN AND THE SHEPHERDS . . . . . . . . 74
XXX. THE SONG OF THE ANGELS . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
XXXI. THE SECRET OF HEARTS REVEALED . . . . . . . . 78
XXXII. THE GRACE OF JESUS CHRIST . . . . . . . . . . 80
XXXIII. THE EVERLASTING ARMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
XXXIV. THE COMFORT OF THE TRUTH . . . . . . . . . . . 85
XXXV. THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT . . . . . . . . . . . 87
XXXVI. LIFE IS AN ARROW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
XXXVII. THE DECLINE OF ENTHUSIASM . . . . . . . . . . 90
XXXVIII. THE CROWN OF LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
XXXIX. THE HIDDEN MANNA AND THE WHITE STONE . . . . . 96
XL. THE MORNING STAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
XLI. LIVING AS DEAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
XLII. THE OPEN DOOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
XLIII. BEHOLD, I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK . . . . 107
XLIV. HE THAT OVERCOMETH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
XLV. THE PRODIGALITY OF PROVIDENCE . . . . . . . . 113
XLVI. THE HARD LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
XLVII. THE THIN LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
XLVIII. THE CROWDED LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
XLIX. THE PATIENCE OF NATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
L. THE DISTRIBUTION OF TALENTS . . . . . . . . . 124
LI. THE LAW OF INCREASING RETURNS . . . . . . . . 127
LII. THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF WEALTH . . . . . . . 129
LIII. THE AVERAGE MAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
LIV. THE OVERCOMING OF INSIGNIFICANCE . . . . . . . 133
LV. CAPACITY EXTIRPATED BY DISUSE . . . . . . . . 136
LVI. THE PARABLE OF THE VACUUM . . . . . . . . . . 138
LVII. CHRISTIANITY AND BUSINESS . . . . . . . . . . 140
LVIII. MAKING FRIENDS OF MAMMON . . . . . . . . . . . 143
LIX. COMING TO ONE'S SELF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
LX. POPULARITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
LXI. TWO QUESTIONS ABOUT CHRISTIANITY . . . . . . . 151
LXII. AN UNRECO