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A Book of Gems

by Benjamin Franklin

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2The Shortness of Human Life
  3. 3The Grand Work Before Us
  4. 4The Work of Creation
  5. 5Lotteries
  6. 6No Preachers on Dancing, etc.
  7. 7Hardening Pharaoh’s Heart
  8. 8Our Census
  9. 9True Missionaries
  10. 10No Departure From the Jerusalem Church
  11. 11Born of Water and the Spirit
  12. 12A Higher Morality Required
  13. 13Poimeen — Shepherd — Evangelist — Overseer
  14. 14Call No Man Reverend
  15. 15Preacher Did Not Suit
  16. 16The Old and New Testaments
  17. 17Will You Also Go Away
  18. 18The Ground of Union
  19. 19In Season and Out of Season
  20. 20Eating the Lord’s Flesh and Drinking His Blood
  21. 21Church Organization
  22. 22The Christian Ministry
  23. 23Progressing Backward
  24. 24No Division Can Come
  25. 25Some Things Can Not Be Settled
  26. 26Outward Appearance
  27. 27Little Matters
  28. 28One Idea Ism
  29. 29Ministering Angels
  30. 30No Side Structure
  31. 31Light Within
  32. 32Be Firm in the Right
  33. 33The Bible Will Save the World
  34. 34Not Receiving the Reformation, but Christ
  35. 35Lifted Above Sects and Parties
  36. 36Making the Bible Support Human Systems
  37. 37Pioneers, Support, etc.
  38. 38Universalism
  39. 39Support Workers
  40. 40Reckless Twaddle
  41. 41The Kind of Preaching Required
  42. 42We Are a Missionary People
  43. 43Resurrection of Lazarus
  44. 44Fine Clothes
  45. 45Subtleties About Immersion
  46. 46All Things Common
  47. 47Deluded
  48. 48Reformation a Success
  49. 49What We Are for
  50. 50A Suggestion
  51. 51Annihilation — Future Punishment
  52. 52Design of Miracles
  53. 53Cain’s Wife
  54. 54What Is Essential
  55. 55What We Know Is Right
  56. 56Infant Sin — Infant Salvation
  57. 57Our Authoritative Religion
  58. 58Reflections for Dancers
  59. 59Spirit of Indifference
  60. 60Apology for Creeds
  61. 61Hear Ye Him
  62. 62Evangelists and Evangelizing
  63. 63A Working Ministry
  64. 64Present Punishment Will Not Save
  65. 65The Mission of Infidels
  66. 66Is It Possible to Arouse the People?
  67. 67A Mother’s Grave
  68. 68Tendency of Universalism
  69. 69Value of Learning
  70. 70The Bible Infallibly Safe
  71. 71Excuse for Creeds
  72. 72Over and Through the Mountains
  73. 73Reason, Providence, and the Spirit of God, Teach Us to Obey God
  74. 74What Is Campbellism?
  75. 75Young Preachers Must Be Practical
  76. 76Christianity
  77. 77Keep Politics Out of the Church
  78. 78Unprofitable Servants
  79. 79Boundary Line of Repentance
  80. 80Receiving Sinners Without Baptism
  81. 81The Fall of Beecher
  82. 82Speak Pleasantly
  83. 83Various Kinds of Scepticism
  84. 84Christ the Center
  85. 85Riches of Faith
  86. 86One Baptism
  87. 87Disturbing Element
  88. 88Women in the Church
  89. 89Who Crucified the Savior
  90. 90Christian Zeal
  91. 91Judgment, the Ground of Repentance
  92. 92The Genealogy of Christ
  93. 93Adhering to the Bible
  94. 94Exchanging Pulpits
  95. 95Kind of Preachers and Preaching Needed
  96. 96Where Is the Power?
  97. 97Communion
  98. 98Wandering Pilgrims
  99. 99Dedication of Church Edifices
  100. 100The Church in the Wilderness
  101. 101Sound Men
  102. 102Christmas
  103. 103Preachers Belonging to No Church
  104. 104A Choir
  105. 105Courtesy in Fellowship
  106. 106Praise God by Singing
  107. 107Christ Will Come
  108. 108One Religion
  109. 109A. Campbell’s Successors and Critics
  110. 110Authority of a Single Congregation
  111. 111Classification of Missionary Men
  112. 112Influence of the Dance
  113. 113No Modification of the Divine Plan
  114. 114One Way to God
  115. 115Popular Union Meetings
  116. 116Where Is the Army of the Lord?
  117. 117Future Success of the Lord’s Army
  118. 118Feet Washing
  119. 119Success to Good Men
  120. 120Our Plea
  121. 121No Campbellites
  122. 122Converting the Cities
  123. 123A Happy Meeting
  124. 124Church Decisions
  125. 125Reign of a Thousand Years
  126. 126Methodist Clerical Pretensions
  127. 127Moody and Sankey
  128. 128Too Late for the Cars
  129. 129Lord’s Day Meetings
  130. 130Laying the Corner Stone of a Catholic Cathedral
  131. 131Universalism Unbelief
  132. 132Personality of the Devil
  133. 133Clerical Young Pastors
  134. 134Everlasting and Eternal
  135. 135Enduring Hardness as Good Soldiers
  136. 136How a Preacher May Stand Fair
  137. 137Delay in Turning to the Lord
  138. 138Wielding the Sword of the Spirit
  139. 139We Are No Sect
  140. 140Maintain a Pure Faith and Worship
  141. 141Things Not Forbidden
  142. 142Branches of the Church
  143. 143Whom the Lord Receives
  144. 144Not of One Class
  145. 145How the World Regards Dancers
  146. 146Saved Without Baptism
  147. 147Recognition of, by Sects
  148. 148Wealth of Alexander Campbell
  149. 149Faith, Repentance, and Baptism, Do Not Pardon
  150. 150Protracted Meetings, Excitements. etc.
  151. 151Scene — in a Hotel
  152. 152“Faith Comes by Hearing”
  153. 153What Must I Do to Be Saved?
  154. 154Evangelists — Pastors
  155. 155The Secret of Success in Preaching
  156. 156Tediousness in Public Devotions
  157. 157Resurrection — Adamic Sin
  158. 158Paying Preachers a Stipulated Sum
  159. 159Self-Laudation
  160. 160Preach Christ, Not Ourselves
  161. 161The Church of Christ a Proselyting Institution
  162. 162Observing the Sabbath
  163. 163Mark Those Who Cause Divisions
  164. 164Religion and Politics
  165. 165Prayer Books
  166. 166Upward Tendency — Reformation Not a Failure — Missionary Work
  167. 167Men Can Believe and Do Believe
  168. 168Church Membership
  169. 169Believers Only to Be Baptized
  170. 170The Knowledge Necessary Before Baptism
  171. 171Paul and James, on Justification by Faith
  172. 172Controversy
  173. 173Controversy About the Spirit
  174. 174Sectarianism
  175. 175Dancing Is a Healthful Exercise
  176. 176Prayer
  177. 177We Have a Perfect Gospel to Preach
  178. 178Bible Names
  179. 179Individuality After Death
  180. 180Belief in the Bible Is Infallibly Safe
  181. 181Revelation of the Mystery
  182. 182Earnestly Contending for the Faith
  183. 183Thirty Years Ago
  184. 184Jesus Revealed as the Savior
  185. 185Can Not a Man Know That He Is a Christian?
  186. 186Exalted Position of Jesus
  187. 187Public Opinion — Infant Damnation
  188. 188The Warning
  189. 189How the Cause of Reformation Was Advanced
  190. 190A Phalanx of Young Men
  191. 191Bodies Resurrected, Not Spirits
  192. 192Anointing With Oil
  193. 193Giving Up Principles
  194. 194My Church
  195. 195The Bible and Bible Men
  196. 196Baptism of the Holy Spirit
  197. 197Small Improprieties and Annoyances
  198. 198One Immersion
  199. 199Innovations in the Church of Christ
  200. 200The Bible Ground
  201. 201The Work of the Disciples
  202. 202Not to Keep Company
  203. 203Extent of One Man’s Influence
  204. 204Pulpits
  205. 205Why Infidels Oppose the Bible
  206. 206Miracles
  207. 207“Affirmative Gospel”
  208. 208Household Baptisms
  209. 209Knowing and Not Doing
  210. 210The Bible vs. Human Creeds
  211. 211Glorying in the Cross of Christ
  212. 212The Pardoning Power Is Only in God
  213. 213The Action of Baptism
  214. 214Shorter Catechism for Universalians
  215. 215Popular Amusements
  216. 216Activity in the Ministry
  217. 217Summary of Arguments on the Action of Baptism
  218. 218“A Mighty Good Foundation”
  219. 219A Hard Question for Preachers
  220. 220Man’s Accountability
  221. 221The New and the Old
  222. 222“My Kingdom Is Not of This World”
  223. 223Policy in Preaching
  224. 224The Cause of Christ Is Above Partisan Politics
  225. 225“Come Out of Babylon”
  226. 226Preach “First Principles”
  227. 227Developing the Talents of the Young
  228. 228What a Preacher Must Be
  229. 229Theory and Practice
  230. 230The Converting Power
  231. 231Imperfect Medium for a Perfect Revelation
  232. 232Overlooking Humble but Good Men
  233. 233Suggestions to a Young Sceptic
  234. 234Dialogue About the Preacher
  235. 235“The Love of Christ Constrains”
  236. 236Conclusion of the Year

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