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Scripture Texts Illustrated by General Literature

by Francis Jacox

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  1. 1Epigraph — Fellowship in Achan’s Fall
  2. 2Silent Sympathy
  3. 3The Tempter’s “It Is Written”
  4. 4Royalty Reminded of the Poor
  5. 5Wind, Earthquake, Fire, and Still Small Voice
  6. 6Haman Hanged on His Own Gallows
  7. 7To-Day’s Sufficing Evil, and To-Morrow’s Forecast Care
  8. 8Medicamental Music
  9. 9Free From Righteousness
  10. 10The Service of Freedom
  11. 11The Discreet Silence of Folly
  12. 12Penal Prevision
  13. 13Beatific Vision and Overshadowing Cloud
  14. 14The Spreading Gourd and the Speeding Worm
  15. 15Self-Praise
  16. 16Painted Face, Tired Head, & Exposed Skull
  17. 17The Carcase of Jezebel on the Face of the Field
  18. 18“Consider the Lilies”
  19. 19A Histrionic Aspect of Life
  20. 20Pharaoh’s Alternations of Amendment and Relapse
  21. 21Sleep and Death
  22. 22Eliab and David in the Valley of Elah
  23. 23The Prophet in His Own Country
  24. 24Desired Boon: Realized Bane
  25. 25“And He Died”
  26. 26An Ultra-Protester
  27. 27Fleeting Shadows
  28. 28Haran Taken: Terah Left
  29. 29The Mote and the Beam
  30. 30Strangers and Pilgrims
  31. 31The Falsity of the Familiar Friend
  32. 32“Judge Not”
  33. 33Part-Knowledge
  34. 34Ruling the Waves
  35. 35In Deadly Peril Unawares
  36. 36No Leisure
  37. 37A Prophylactic Knife to the Throat
  38. 38Hazael’s Abhorrent Repudiation of His Future Self
  39. 39The Open Right Hand’s Secret From the Left
  40. 40To-Morrow
  41. 41The Divine Authorship of Order
  42. 42Sweet Sleep, and Its Forfeiture
  43. 43Once Denied, Thrice Denied
  44. 44Linked Lies
  45. 45A Time to Weep, and a Time to Laugh
  46. 46Disallowed Designs
  47. 47Man Devising, God Directing
  48. 48A Pursebearer’s Protest Against Purposeless Waste
  49. 49Light at Evening-Time
  50. 50Wished-for Day
  51. 51The More Than Brotherhood of a Bosom Friend
  52. 52Many Years to Enjoy Life: This Night to Die
  53. 53Great Babylon Built: A Builder’s Boast
  54. 54Invocation and Inaction
  55. 55Co-Operant Units
  56. 56Subordinate, Not Superfluous; or, Depreciated Membership
  57. 57The Wrath-Dispelling Power of a Soft Answer
  58. 58A Twice-Told Tale of Years
  59. 59Daybreak No Solace: Nightfall No Relief
  60. 60Buyer’s Bargain and Boast
  61. 61Gray-Haired Unawares
  62. 62Restrained Anger
  63. 63Evanescence of the Early Dew
  64. 64Ears to Hear
  65. 65Not Alone in the Valley of Shadows

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