company not only of saints and heroes but of plain people whose supreme thought is of God, whose lives are lived in the sight of God. They are in constant contact with the invisible world, from which they receive the benedictions of grace. They have the secret of the new heavens and the new earth. They are strengthened against temptation, and directed in perplexity, and find comfort in the midst of extraordinary and continued afflictions. Here are the prayers which they prayed, providing words for our prayers; and the praises in which they glorified God; and the precepts which they tried to follow. And here, especially, the flower of their religion, is Jesus Christ, in whom the supreme ideal of the good life is revealed. To attend to his words, and to enter into some measure of his spirit, is to attain salvation, which means the good health of the soul, both in this life and in the life to come. THE END INDEX Ahab and Elijah, 97-102. Ai, siege of, 70, 71. Amos: his prophecies, 105-107; the prophet and the priest, 107- 109. Apocrypha, 213, 215. Apostles, Acts of, 257-263. Baal, strife against, 92, 102. Babylon (-Rome), fall of, 340, 341. Balaam, Oracles of, 59-61. Baruch, the prophet, 218. Bel and the Dragon, 216. Carmel, Elijah on, 98, 99. Colossians, Epistle to, 301-303. Corinthians: First Epistle to, 280-291; Second Epistle to, 291-294. D in Pentateuchal Alphabet, 34-37. Daniel: Book of, 164-167; in story of Susanna, 215; in story of Dead, resurrection of, 288, 289. Deborah, Song of, 56. Deuteronomy: discovery of, 34; problem of pain in, 73. Diatessaron, 33. Divisions in Corinthian church, 280, 281. E and J in Pentateuchal Alphabet, 43-47. Ecclesiastes, Book of, 199-205. Elijah and Ahab, 97-102. Elisha in Moab, 15. End of the World, 67, 269. Ephesians, Epistle to, 303-305. Esdras, Books of, 216, 217. Esther, story of, 162. Ezekiel, his prophecies, 144-148. Faith: definition of, 276-278; in Hebrews, 319-321. Galatians, Epistle to, 269-271. Gilgamesh, Epic of, 66. Gog from Magog, 147. 357 |