INDEXESI.PERSONS AND AUTHORITIES CITEDAristotle,on the “Blessed Life,”18on pity,39on the use of the drama,39Augustine,St.,on the relation of Old and New Testaments,1,56on the law and grace,4his prayer,108Bacon (Francis),note-books illustrate Christ’s method,12his scientific method applied to prayer,147Bengel, on self-mortification,70Buddha,on the “Blessed Life,”18on pity,38–9“Carton, Sidney,”106Cassian, on sorrow,32Chase (Bp.), on the Lord’s Prayer,132,135Chichester, Dean of, on Christ under semi-false accusation,88Chrysostom, on the Beatitudes,28Didaché,on reconciliation and communion,65on almsgiving,100on duty to neighbour,181n.“Dream of Gerontius,”44Edward the Confessor, story of,98–9Esau and Jacob, essential difference between,57Franks, conversion of, low standard,51Gnostics, and the “Mysteries,”174Gospel, uncanonical, record of a word of Christ on prayer,143Hermas, on alms,101Hillel (Rabbi), on duty to neighbour,181Irenaeus, on Old and New Testament,55Jacob and Esau, essential difference between,57Jehoshaphat’s reforms,62Job,his detachment (poverty of spirit),25“seeing God,”43Kant, on duty to neighbour,182Law (Wm.), indiscriminate charity,102Les Miserables,99Maurice (F. D.), and fasting,123Mill (J. S.), on Christ’s moral teaching,8Mohammedanism,51–2Mozley, on the imprecatory psalms,103Newman (J. H.), and the cardinalate,119Origen, onPs. xii, and Christ’s teaching,8Plato,Symposium,9,181n.Pusey,on Mill,8on fasting,123“Sidney Carton,”106Simeon (Chas.), and fasting,123Tale of Two Cities,106Trent, Council of, its catechism,132Wisdom, Book of, and the world,22Xavier’s hymn,112
Aristotle,on the “Blessed Life,”18on pity,39on the use of the drama,39Augustine,St.,on the relation of Old and New Testaments,1,56on the law and grace,4his prayer,108Bacon (Francis),note-books illustrate Christ’s method,12his scientific method applied to prayer,147Bengel, on self-mortification,70Buddha,on the “Blessed Life,”18on pity,38–9“Carton, Sidney,”106Cassian, on sorrow,32Chase (Bp.), on the Lord’s Prayer,132,135Chichester, Dean of, on Christ under semi-false accusation,88Chrysostom, on the Beatitudes,28Didaché,on reconciliation and communion,65on almsgiving,100on duty to neighbour,181n.“Dream of Gerontius,”44Edward the Confessor, story of,98–9Esau and Jacob, essential difference between,57Franks, conversion of, low standard,51Gnostics, and the “Mysteries,”174Gospel, uncanonical, record of a word of Christ on prayer,143Hermas, on alms,101Hillel (Rabbi), on duty to neighbour,181Irenaeus, on Old and New Testament,55Jacob and Esau, essential difference between,57Jehoshaphat’s reforms,62Job,his detachment (poverty of spirit),25“seeing God,”43Kant, on duty to neighbour,182Law (Wm.), indiscriminate charity,102Les Miserables,99Maurice (F. D.), and fasting,123Mill (J. S.), on Christ’s moral teaching,8Mohammedanism,51–2Mozley, on the imprecatory psalms,103Newman (J. H.), and the cardinalate,119Origen, onPs. xii, and Christ’s teaching,8Plato,Symposium,9,181n.Pusey,on Mill,8on fasting,123“Sidney Carton,”106Simeon (Chas.), and fasting,123Tale of Two Cities,106Trent, Council of, its catechism,132Wisdom, Book of, and the world,22Xavier’s hymn,112
Aristotle,
on the “Blessed Life,”18
on pity,39
on the use of the drama,39
Augustine,St.,
on the relation of Old and New Testaments,1,56
on the law and grace,4
his prayer,108
Bacon (Francis),
note-books illustrate Christ’s method,12
his scientific method applied to prayer,147
Bengel, on self-mortification,70
Buddha,
on the “Blessed Life,”18
on pity,38–9
“Carton, Sidney,”106
Cassian, on sorrow,32
Chase (Bp.), on the Lord’s Prayer,132,135
Chichester, Dean of, on Christ under semi-false accusation,88
Chrysostom, on the Beatitudes,28
Didaché,
on reconciliation and communion,65
on almsgiving,100
on duty to neighbour,181n.
“Dream of Gerontius,”44
Edward the Confessor, story of,98–9
Esau and Jacob, essential difference between,57
Franks, conversion of, low standard,51
Gnostics, and the “Mysteries,”174
Gospel, uncanonical, record of a word of Christ on prayer,143
Hermas, on alms,101
Hillel (Rabbi), on duty to neighbour,181
Irenaeus, on Old and New Testament,55
Jacob and Esau, essential difference between,57
Jehoshaphat’s reforms,62
Job,
his detachment (poverty of spirit),25
“seeing God,”43
Kant, on duty to neighbour,182
Law (Wm.), indiscriminate charity,102
Les Miserables,99
Maurice (F. D.), and fasting,123
Mill (J. S.), on Christ’s moral teaching,8
Mohammedanism,51–2
Mozley, on the imprecatory psalms,103
Newman (J. H.), and the cardinalate,119
Origen, onPs. xii, and Christ’s teaching,8
Plato,Symposium,9,181n.
Pusey,
on Mill,8
on fasting,123
“Sidney Carton,”106
Simeon (Chas.), and fasting,123
Tale of Two Cities,106
Trent, Council of, its catechism,132
Wisdom, Book of, and the world,22
Xavier’s hymn,112
II.SUBJECTSAct, sin of,63Advertisement, self-,190Altar, of new kingdom,65Answer to prayer,177–8Anxiety,for health,160in holidays,161for success,161worldly,157–60Christ’s freedom from,160Appreciation, power of, necessary for reception of religious truth,172–3,175Asceticism,69Christian, compared with Indian,71Atonement,nature of true,199need for,198Bad motives, playing upon,118Beatitudes, order of,20Beggars, attitude to,99–102Benevolence, impartial,175Best thing in the world,108“Blessed Life,”16–21according to Buddha,18according to Aristotle,18Body not evil,71–2Body relation to spirit,69–70Brotherhood of Christians,68Burdens, bearing others’,30Carelessness, moral,71Character,188–9in the new kingdom,16of Christ’s teaching,16Christian, in the world,47–53of Christ, the best thing in the world,108of Pharisees,164–5CHRIST,His authority,60bearing our burdens,30character of, the most precious thing in the world,108Divine nature,6,56–7,179only foundation of life,193His freedom from anxiety,160His freedom illustrated byPs. cxxvii,160gives principles, not laws,109Judge of all,191–2His methods,92–4His method to give principles,64,67,109parable of unmerciful servant,41Prince of Peace,44principle of interpretation of all laws,64use of proverbs,92–3proverbial manner,159,168was He revolutionary?54saying about prayer, an uncanonical,143His superiority over other teachers,180His teaching unique,15,16,180teaching of truthfulness,81under semi-false accusation,89the WORD,6His words the foundation of life,193His words the foundation of the Church,193Church, test of,196–7Conditions,of power of reception of truth,173–4,175of the offer of spiritual privileges,174Conduct,motive of,107,118social, principle of,181Conscience,155–6Conversation,80Courts of Law, Jewish,62–3Covenant, old, check on savage human instincts,86Criticism,the temper of,165–9wrong,167right,167“Daily,” significance of the word in the Lord’s Prayer,132Dealing, laws of the Divine,40–1,54–5,85,134“Detachment” = poverty of spirit,25“Detachment” of Christ in the Incarnation,25Devil, existence of,136–7Discipline, of self,69Divorce,72–8in law of the Church of England,77in the Eastern Church,76“innocent party” in,76Duty,threefold, to God, neighbour, and self,114–5to self, fasting the expression of,115to self = making the best of ourselves,115Education, of man, God’s method of,56Enlightenment of conscience,153–4Fall of man,179–80Fasting,expression of duty to self,115abuse of,122–3examples of practice,123Fictitious pity,40Forgiveness,nature of,133for the past, by itself no real remedy,199Foundation,of life,193of the Church,193Freedom, the end of self-discipline,72GOD,centre of all in Christ’s teaching,19character of,187dealings with imperfection,55dealings with us,40–1,54–5,85,134Fatherhood of,129,141–2love of, how learned,153and mammon,154method of education,56nature of,154–5Name = His revelation,129not tied to His own ordinances,191Presence of, degrees of,82purpose,55seeing Him,43–4sole object of new righteousness,111and the world,22Gradation of crime in Jewish law,62Health and anxiety,160Heathen teaching in relation to Sermon on the Mount,6–10“Heaven,”129,152treasure in,152Hiding money,151Holidays and anxiety,161Holy Spirit, and good character,191Humility,165Hunger after righteousness,36–7illustrated by boat-race,37Hypocrisy,189–90English,189Imperfection, God’s dealing with,55Imprecatory psalms,103–4Impurity, antidote to,42Injustice, legal, resistance to,96Intention = sin,68Jewishcourts of law,62–3gradation of crime,62Judgement,Christ’s coming to,191duty of,166,169standards of, to be maintained,48–9,167–8Justice, public, and private feeling,89–90Kindness to enemies, effect of,105Lambeth Conference, on divorce,76Law, old,relation to new,1,4,54check on savage human instincts,86Lawful subjects of prayer,149–50“Letter,” of the Commandments, the meaning of,3Life of Blessedness,16–21Lord’s Prayer,128–49type and model of all prayer,138converging point of all ancient liturgies,138in Morning and Evening Prayer,139paraphrased,145–8Lost, and saved, number of,186–7Loveof self, a true,113of God, how learned,153Mammon, and God,154Man, fallen state of,179Matthew, record of the Sermon on the Mount, his,14Maxims, of the world,24,28,33Meekness,34Mendicity,99et seq.Mohammedanism, compared with Christianity,51–2Money, hiding of,151Motives,109,111–27bad, playing upon,118of religious life,151test of,118,151Mourning,for sin,29false,32–3of sympathy,30Name, God’s, His revelation of Himself,129“National Church,” idea of, danger of,52Oath,defined,79accepted by Christ,82accepted bySt.Paul,82Ordinances, God not tied to His own,191Peace,44–5,157Peacemakers,44–6Perfection, to be striven after,108Pharisaic religion,59–60Pharisaism of the Publican,66Pharisees, character of,59,165Pity,38–42Aristotle’s,39Buddha’s,38–9“dramatic,”39Poverty,of spirit,25–8voluntary,28Prayer,definition of,147answer to,178effective,178“in Name of Christ,”140,142in the region of uncertainty,149= intercourse with God,126–7its reward,118lawful,149–50Lord’s,128–49and scientific method,147and selfishness,144spirit of, depends on idea of God,129test of,141,142uncanonical saying of Christ about,143wheels and flags (Buddhist),125Presence of God, degrees of,82Prevision, is not anxiety,160Pride,42Principle,of safe life, applied to art,70of social conduct,181Principles,of Commandments,64Christ’s method to give,63,65,109new, in Seventh Commandment,69Proverbs, Christ’s use of,92–3Psalms, imprecatory,103–4Public justice and private feeling,89–90Purity of heart,42Rates and taxes,96Reception of religious truth, condition of,172–3,175Reciprocity in life,171Relief cases, how to deal with,99–100Religion,outward, visible,112,121–2Pharisaic,59–60Religious life,true motive of,151orders, and voluntary poverty,28Remarriageof “innocent party,”78Lambeth Conference of 1888 upon,76“Reserve”in Christian teaching,171–4in early Church,174–6Resistance to legal injustice,96Revenge,law of,84and public justice,89–90Rewards,112–3,118–9Righteousness, definition of,36Salvation, dependent on three great principles,187Sanhedrin, nature of,62Saved, and lost, number of,186–7“Seeing God,”43–4Self-discipline,69Self-love, true,113Sin,nature of,133forgiveness of,133Single-mindedness,43,154Sinsof act,63in intention,68of thought,64Social conduct, principle of,181Social law, for Christians,109Socialism and the Sermon on the Mount,183Sonship, of Christians,142Spirit, relation to body,69–70,124Spiritualfabrics, test of,193–6privileges, offer of,174Standard,of Christianity, compared with Mohammedanism,51–2of judgement, to be maintained,167–8danger of lowering,51–2Story of the Confessor and the scullion thief,98–9Story of the Bishop and Jean Valjean,99Success and anxiety,161Sympathy,30Taxes, and rates,96Teaching,discrimination in,167–70of Christ, universal,16Temper, critical,165–9Test,of Christianity,199of the Church,196–7of motives,115,151of prayer,141,142of spiritual fabrics,193–6Thought, sins of,64Transport service of the Empire,97Treasure in heaven,152Truth, religious, condition of reception of,172–3,175Truthfulness,as taught by Christ,81enjoined by Third Commandment,81Uncertainty, as to lawfulness of subjects for prayer,149Victory, final, of Christ’s kingdom,198Ways, the two, in life,185–6Westminster Abbey, old sculpture in,98Wordsv.character,185“World,”definition of,21in Book of Wisdom,22in Old Testament,24maxims,24,28,33
Act, sin of,63Advertisement, self-,190Altar, of new kingdom,65Answer to prayer,177–8Anxiety,for health,160in holidays,161for success,161worldly,157–60Christ’s freedom from,160Appreciation, power of, necessary for reception of religious truth,172–3,175Asceticism,69Christian, compared with Indian,71Atonement,nature of true,199need for,198Bad motives, playing upon,118Beatitudes, order of,20Beggars, attitude to,99–102Benevolence, impartial,175Best thing in the world,108“Blessed Life,”16–21according to Buddha,18according to Aristotle,18Body not evil,71–2Body relation to spirit,69–70Brotherhood of Christians,68Burdens, bearing others’,30Carelessness, moral,71Character,188–9in the new kingdom,16of Christ’s teaching,16Christian, in the world,47–53of Christ, the best thing in the world,108of Pharisees,164–5CHRIST,His authority,60bearing our burdens,30character of, the most precious thing in the world,108Divine nature,6,56–7,179only foundation of life,193His freedom from anxiety,160His freedom illustrated byPs. cxxvii,160gives principles, not laws,109Judge of all,191–2His methods,92–4His method to give principles,64,67,109parable of unmerciful servant,41Prince of Peace,44principle of interpretation of all laws,64use of proverbs,92–3proverbial manner,159,168was He revolutionary?54saying about prayer, an uncanonical,143His superiority over other teachers,180His teaching unique,15,16,180teaching of truthfulness,81under semi-false accusation,89the WORD,6His words the foundation of life,193His words the foundation of the Church,193Church, test of,196–7Conditions,of power of reception of truth,173–4,175of the offer of spiritual privileges,174Conduct,motive of,107,118social, principle of,181Conscience,155–6Conversation,80Courts of Law, Jewish,62–3Covenant, old, check on savage human instincts,86Criticism,the temper of,165–9wrong,167right,167“Daily,” significance of the word in the Lord’s Prayer,132Dealing, laws of the Divine,40–1,54–5,85,134“Detachment” = poverty of spirit,25“Detachment” of Christ in the Incarnation,25Devil, existence of,136–7Discipline, of self,69Divorce,72–8in law of the Church of England,77in the Eastern Church,76“innocent party” in,76Duty,threefold, to God, neighbour, and self,114–5to self, fasting the expression of,115to self = making the best of ourselves,115Education, of man, God’s method of,56Enlightenment of conscience,153–4Fall of man,179–80Fasting,expression of duty to self,115abuse of,122–3examples of practice,123Fictitious pity,40Forgiveness,nature of,133for the past, by itself no real remedy,199Foundation,of life,193of the Church,193Freedom, the end of self-discipline,72GOD,centre of all in Christ’s teaching,19character of,187dealings with imperfection,55dealings with us,40–1,54–5,85,134Fatherhood of,129,141–2love of, how learned,153and mammon,154method of education,56nature of,154–5Name = His revelation,129not tied to His own ordinances,191Presence of, degrees of,82purpose,55seeing Him,43–4sole object of new righteousness,111and the world,22Gradation of crime in Jewish law,62Health and anxiety,160Heathen teaching in relation to Sermon on the Mount,6–10“Heaven,”129,152treasure in,152Hiding money,151Holidays and anxiety,161Holy Spirit, and good character,191Humility,165Hunger after righteousness,36–7illustrated by boat-race,37Hypocrisy,189–90English,189Imperfection, God’s dealing with,55Imprecatory psalms,103–4Impurity, antidote to,42Injustice, legal, resistance to,96Intention = sin,68Jewishcourts of law,62–3gradation of crime,62Judgement,Christ’s coming to,191duty of,166,169standards of, to be maintained,48–9,167–8Justice, public, and private feeling,89–90Kindness to enemies, effect of,105Lambeth Conference, on divorce,76Law, old,relation to new,1,4,54check on savage human instincts,86Lawful subjects of prayer,149–50“Letter,” of the Commandments, the meaning of,3Life of Blessedness,16–21Lord’s Prayer,128–49type and model of all prayer,138converging point of all ancient liturgies,138in Morning and Evening Prayer,139paraphrased,145–8Lost, and saved, number of,186–7Loveof self, a true,113of God, how learned,153Mammon, and God,154Man, fallen state of,179Matthew, record of the Sermon on the Mount, his,14Maxims, of the world,24,28,33Meekness,34Mendicity,99et seq.Mohammedanism, compared with Christianity,51–2Money, hiding of,151Motives,109,111–27bad, playing upon,118of religious life,151test of,118,151Mourning,for sin,29false,32–3of sympathy,30Name, God’s, His revelation of Himself,129“National Church,” idea of, danger of,52Oath,defined,79accepted by Christ,82accepted bySt.Paul,82Ordinances, God not tied to His own,191Peace,44–5,157Peacemakers,44–6Perfection, to be striven after,108Pharisaic religion,59–60Pharisaism of the Publican,66Pharisees, character of,59,165Pity,38–42Aristotle’s,39Buddha’s,38–9“dramatic,”39Poverty,of spirit,25–8voluntary,28Prayer,definition of,147answer to,178effective,178“in Name of Christ,”140,142in the region of uncertainty,149= intercourse with God,126–7its reward,118lawful,149–50Lord’s,128–49and scientific method,147and selfishness,144spirit of, depends on idea of God,129test of,141,142uncanonical saying of Christ about,143wheels and flags (Buddhist),125Presence of God, degrees of,82Prevision, is not anxiety,160Pride,42Principle,of safe life, applied to art,70of social conduct,181Principles,of Commandments,64Christ’s method to give,63,65,109new, in Seventh Commandment,69Proverbs, Christ’s use of,92–3Psalms, imprecatory,103–4Public justice and private feeling,89–90Purity of heart,42Rates and taxes,96Reception of religious truth, condition of,172–3,175Reciprocity in life,171Relief cases, how to deal with,99–100Religion,outward, visible,112,121–2Pharisaic,59–60Religious life,true motive of,151orders, and voluntary poverty,28Remarriageof “innocent party,”78Lambeth Conference of 1888 upon,76“Reserve”in Christian teaching,171–4in early Church,174–6Resistance to legal injustice,96Revenge,law of,84and public justice,89–90Rewards,112–3,118–9Righteousness, definition of,36Salvation, dependent on three great principles,187Sanhedrin, nature of,62Saved, and lost, number of,186–7“Seeing God,”43–4Self-discipline,69Self-love, true,113Sin,nature of,133forgiveness of,133Single-mindedness,43,154Sinsof act,63in intention,68of thought,64Social conduct, principle of,181Social law, for Christians,109Socialism and the Sermon on the Mount,183Sonship, of Christians,142Spirit, relation to body,69–70,124Spiritualfabrics, test of,193–6privileges, offer of,174Standard,of Christianity, compared with Mohammedanism,51–2of judgement, to be maintained,167–8danger of lowering,51–2Story of the Confessor and the scullion thief,98–9Story of the Bishop and Jean Valjean,99Success and anxiety,161Sympathy,30Taxes, and rates,96Teaching,discrimination in,167–70of Christ, universal,16Temper, critical,165–9Test,of Christianity,199of the Church,196–7of motives,115,151of prayer,141,142of spiritual fabrics,193–6Thought, sins of,64Transport service of the Empire,97Treasure in heaven,152Truth, religious, condition of reception of,172–3,175Truthfulness,as taught by Christ,81enjoined by Third Commandment,81Uncertainty, as to lawfulness of subjects for prayer,149Victory, final, of Christ’s kingdom,198Ways, the two, in life,185–6Westminster Abbey, old sculpture in,98Wordsv.character,185“World,”definition of,21in Book of Wisdom,22in Old Testament,24maxims,24,28,33
Act, sin of,63
Advertisement, self-,190
Altar, of new kingdom,65
Answer to prayer,177–8
Anxiety,
for health,160
in holidays,161
for success,161
worldly,157–60
Christ’s freedom from,160
Appreciation, power of, necessary for reception of religious truth,172–3,175
Asceticism,69
Christian, compared with Indian,71
Atonement,
nature of true,199
need for,198
Bad motives, playing upon,118
Beatitudes, order of,20
Beggars, attitude to,99–102
Benevolence, impartial,175
Best thing in the world,108
“Blessed Life,”16–21
according to Buddha,18
according to Aristotle,18
Body not evil,71–2
Body relation to spirit,69–70
Brotherhood of Christians,68
Burdens, bearing others’,30
Carelessness, moral,71
Character,188–9
in the new kingdom,16
of Christ’s teaching,16
Christian, in the world,47–53
of Christ, the best thing in the world,108
of Pharisees,164–5
CHRIST,
His authority,60
bearing our burdens,30
character of, the most precious thing in the world,108
Divine nature,6,56–7,179
only foundation of life,193
His freedom from anxiety,160
His freedom illustrated byPs. cxxvii,160
gives principles, not laws,109
Judge of all,191–2
His methods,92–4
His method to give principles,64,67,109
parable of unmerciful servant,41
Prince of Peace,44
principle of interpretation of all laws,64
use of proverbs,92–3
proverbial manner,159,168
was He revolutionary?54
saying about prayer, an uncanonical,143
His superiority over other teachers,180
His teaching unique,15,16,180
teaching of truthfulness,81
under semi-false accusation,89
the WORD,6
His words the foundation of life,193
His words the foundation of the Church,193
Church, test of,196–7
Conditions,
of power of reception of truth,173–4,175
of the offer of spiritual privileges,174
Conduct,
motive of,107,118
social, principle of,181
Conscience,155–6
Conversation,80
Courts of Law, Jewish,62–3
Covenant, old, check on savage human instincts,86
Criticism,
the temper of,165–9
wrong,167
right,167
“Daily,” significance of the word in the Lord’s Prayer,132
Dealing, laws of the Divine,40–1,54–5,85,134
“Detachment” = poverty of spirit,25
“Detachment” of Christ in the Incarnation,25
Devil, existence of,136–7
Discipline, of self,69
Divorce,72–8
in law of the Church of England,77
in the Eastern Church,76
“innocent party” in,76
Duty,
threefold, to God, neighbour, and self,114–5
to self, fasting the expression of,115
to self = making the best of ourselves,115
Education, of man, God’s method of,56
Enlightenment of conscience,153–4
Fall of man,179–80
Fasting,
expression of duty to self,115
abuse of,122–3
examples of practice,123
Fictitious pity,40
Forgiveness,
nature of,133
for the past, by itself no real remedy,199
Foundation,
of life,193
of the Church,193
Freedom, the end of self-discipline,72
GOD,
centre of all in Christ’s teaching,19
character of,187
dealings with imperfection,55
dealings with us,40–1,54–5,85,134
Fatherhood of,129,141–2
love of, how learned,153
and mammon,154
method of education,56
nature of,154–5
Name = His revelation,129
not tied to His own ordinances,191
Presence of, degrees of,82
purpose,55
seeing Him,43–4
sole object of new righteousness,111
and the world,22
Gradation of crime in Jewish law,62
Health and anxiety,160
Heathen teaching in relation to Sermon on the Mount,6–10
“Heaven,”129,152
treasure in,152
Hiding money,151
Holidays and anxiety,161
Holy Spirit, and good character,191
Humility,165
Hunger after righteousness,36–7
illustrated by boat-race,37
Hypocrisy,189–90
English,189
Imperfection, God’s dealing with,55
Imprecatory psalms,103–4
Impurity, antidote to,42
Injustice, legal, resistance to,96
Intention = sin,68
Jewish
courts of law,62–3
gradation of crime,62
Judgement,
Christ’s coming to,191
duty of,166,169
standards of, to be maintained,48–9,167–8
Justice, public, and private feeling,89–90
Kindness to enemies, effect of,105
Lambeth Conference, on divorce,76
Law, old,
relation to new,1,4,54
check on savage human instincts,86
Lawful subjects of prayer,149–50
“Letter,” of the Commandments, the meaning of,3
Life of Blessedness,16–21
Lord’s Prayer,128–49
type and model of all prayer,138
converging point of all ancient liturgies,138
in Morning and Evening Prayer,139
paraphrased,145–8
Lost, and saved, number of,186–7
Love
of self, a true,113
of God, how learned,153
Mammon, and God,154
Man, fallen state of,179
Matthew, record of the Sermon on the Mount, his,14
Maxims, of the world,24,28,33
Meekness,34
Mendicity,99et seq.
Mohammedanism, compared with Christianity,51–2
Money, hiding of,151
Motives,109,111–27
bad, playing upon,118
of religious life,151
test of,118,151
Mourning,
for sin,29
false,32–3
of sympathy,30
Name, God’s, His revelation of Himself,129
“National Church,” idea of, danger of,52
Oath,
defined,79
accepted by Christ,82
accepted bySt.Paul,82
Ordinances, God not tied to His own,191
Peace,44–5,157
Peacemakers,44–6
Perfection, to be striven after,108
Pharisaic religion,59–60
Pharisaism of the Publican,66
Pharisees, character of,59,165
Pity,38–42
Aristotle’s,39
Buddha’s,38–9
“dramatic,”39
Poverty,
of spirit,25–8
voluntary,28
Prayer,
definition of,147
answer to,178
effective,178
“in Name of Christ,”140,142
in the region of uncertainty,149
= intercourse with God,126–7
its reward,118
lawful,149–50
Lord’s,128–49
and scientific method,147
and selfishness,144
spirit of, depends on idea of God,129
test of,141,142
uncanonical saying of Christ about,143
wheels and flags (Buddhist),125
Presence of God, degrees of,82
Prevision, is not anxiety,160
Pride,42
Principle,
of safe life, applied to art,70
of social conduct,181
Principles,
of Commandments,64
Christ’s method to give,63,65,109
new, in Seventh Commandment,69
Proverbs, Christ’s use of,92–3
Psalms, imprecatory,103–4
Public justice and private feeling,89–90
Purity of heart,42
Rates and taxes,96
Reception of religious truth, condition of,172–3,175
Reciprocity in life,171
Relief cases, how to deal with,99–100
Religion,
outward, visible,112,121–2
Pharisaic,59–60
Religious life,
true motive of,151
orders, and voluntary poverty,28
Remarriage
of “innocent party,”78
Lambeth Conference of 1888 upon,76
“Reserve”
in Christian teaching,171–4
in early Church,174–6
Resistance to legal injustice,96
Revenge,
law of,84
and public justice,89–90
Rewards,112–3,118–9
Righteousness, definition of,36
Salvation, dependent on three great principles,187
Sanhedrin, nature of,62
Saved, and lost, number of,186–7
“Seeing God,”43–4
Self-discipline,69
Self-love, true,113
Sin,
nature of,133
forgiveness of,133
Single-mindedness,43,154
Sins
of act,63
in intention,68
of thought,64
Social conduct, principle of,181
Social law, for Christians,109
Socialism and the Sermon on the Mount,183
Sonship, of Christians,142
Spirit, relation to body,69–70,124
Spiritual
fabrics, test of,193–6
privileges, offer of,174
Standard,
of Christianity, compared with Mohammedanism,51–2
of judgement, to be maintained,167–8
danger of lowering,51–2
Story of the Confessor and the scullion thief,98–9
Story of the Bishop and Jean Valjean,99
Success and anxiety,161
Sympathy,30
Taxes, and rates,96
Teaching,
discrimination in,167–70
of Christ, universal,16
Temper, critical,165–9
Test,
of Christianity,199
of the Church,196–7
of motives,115,151
of prayer,141,142
of spiritual fabrics,193–6
Thought, sins of,64
Transport service of the Empire,97
Treasure in heaven,152
Truth, religious, condition of reception of,172–3,175
Truthfulness,
as taught by Christ,81
enjoined by Third Commandment,81
Uncertainty, as to lawfulness of subjects for prayer,149
Victory, final, of Christ’s kingdom,198
Ways, the two, in life,185–6
Westminster Abbey, old sculpture in,98
Wordsv.character,185
“World,”
definition of,21
in Book of Wisdom,22
in Old Testament,24
maxims,24,28,33