Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes

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Author

Maclaren, Alexander, 1826-1910

Credits

Produced by Tiffany Vergon, David King and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

BS: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: The Bible, Old and New Testament

Subject

Bible. Hagiographa -- Commentaries

Category

Text

eBook-No.

7883

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7883

Release Date

April 1, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE — EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE — CONTENTS — THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS — THE SECOND BOOK OF CHRONICLES — EZRA — THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH — THE BOOK OF ESTHER — THE BOOK OF JOB — THE PROVERBS — ECCLESIASTES; OR, THE PREACHER
2. 2.THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS — THE STORY OF HAZAEL — IMPURE ZEAL — JEHOIADA AND JOASH — METHODICAL LIBERALITY — THE SPIRIT OF POWER — A KINGDOM'S EPITAPH — DIVIDED WORSHIP — HEZEKIAH, A PATTERN OF DEVOUT LIFE — 'HE UTTERED HIS VOICE, THE EARTH MELTED' — THE REDISCOVERED LAW AND ITS EFFECTS — THE END
3. 3.THE FIRST BOOK OF CHRONICLES — THE KING'S POTTERS — DAVID'S CHORISTERS — DRILL AND ENTHUSIASM — DAVID'S PROHIBITED DESIRE AND PERMITTED SERVICE — DAVID'S CHARGE TO SOLOMON — THE WAVES OF TIME
4. 4.THE SECOND BOOK OF CHRONICLES — THE DUTY OF EVERY DAY — CONTRASTED SERVICES — THE SECRET OF VICTORY — ASA'S REFORMATION, AND CONSEQUENT PEACE AND VICTORY — ASA'S PRAYER — THE SEARCH THAT ALWAYS FINDS — JEHOSHAPHAT'S REFORM — AMASIAH — 'A MIRROR FOR MAGISTRATES' — A STRANGE BATTLE — HOLDING FAST AND HELD FAST — JOASH — GLAD GIVERS AND FAITHFUL WORKERS — PRUDENCE AND FAITH — JOTHAM — COSTLY AND FATAL HELP — A GODLY REFORMATION — SACRIFICE RENEWED — A LOVING CALL TO REUNION — A STRANGE REWARD FOR FAITHFULNESS — MANASSEH'S SIN AND REPENTANCE — JOSIAH — JOSIAH AND THE NEWLY FOUND LAW — THE FALL OF JUDAH
5. 5.EZRA — THE EVE OF THE RESTORATION — ALTAR AND TEMPLE — BUILDING IN TROUBLOUS TIMES — THE NEW TEMPLE AND ITS WORSHIP — GOD THE JOY-BRINGER — HEROIC FAITH — THE CHARGE OF THE PILGRIM PRIESTS
6. 6.THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH — A REFORMER'S SCHOOLING — THE CHURCH AND SOCIAL EVILS — 'OVER AGAINST HIS HOUSE' — DISCOURAGEMENTS AND COURAGE — AN ANCIENT NONCONFORMIST — READING THE LAW WITH TEARS AND JOY — THE JOY OF THE LORD — SABBATH OBSERVANCE
7. 7.THE BOOK OF ESTHER — THE NET SPREAD — ESTHER'S VENTURE — MORDECAI AND ESTHER — THE NET BROKEN
8. 8.THE BOOK OF JOB — SORROW THAT WORSHIPS — THE PEACEABLE FRUITS OF SORROWS RIGHTLY BORNE — TWO KINDS OF HOPE — JOB'S QUESTION, JESUS' ANSWER — KNOWLEDGE AND PEACE — WHAT LIFE MAY BE MADE — 'THE END OF THE LORD'
9. 9.THE PROVERBS — A YOUNG MAN'S BEST COUNSELLOR — WISDOM'S CALL — THE SECRET OF WELL-BEING — THE GIFTS OF HEAVENLY WISDOM — THE TWO PATHS — MONOTONY AND CRISES — FROM DAWN TO NOON — KEEPING AND KEPT — THE CORDS OF SIN — WISDOM'S GIFT — WISDOM AND CHRIST — THE TWO-FOLD ASPECT OF THE DIVINE WORKING — THE MANY-SIDED CONTRAST OF WISDOM AND FOLLY — THE POOR RICH AND THE RICH POOR — THE TILLAGE OF THE POOR — SIN THE MOCKER — HOLLOW LAUGHTER, SOLID JOY — SATISFIED FROM SELF — WHAT I THINK OF MYSELF AND WHAT GOD THINKS OF ME — A BUNDLE OF PROVERBS — TWO FORTRESSES — A STRING OF PEARLS — THE SLUGGARD IN HARVEST — BREAD AND GRAVEL — A CONDENSED GUIDE FOR LIFE — THE AFTERWARDS AND OUR HOPE — THE PORTRAIT OF A DRUNKYARD — THE CRIME OF NEGLIGENCE — THE SLUGGARD'S GARDEN — AN UNWALLED CITY — THE WEIGHT OF SAND — PORTRAIT OF A MATRON
10. 10.ECCLESIASTES; OR, THE PREACHER — WHAT PASSES AND WHAT ABIDES — THE PAST AND THE FUTURE — TWO VIEWS OF LIFE — 'A TIME TO PLANT' — ETERNITY IN THE HEART — LESSONS FOR WORSHIP AND FOR WORK — NAKED OR CLOTHED? — FINIS CORONAT OPUS — MISUSED RESPITE — FENCES AND SERPENTS — THE WAY TO THE CITY — A NEW YEARS SERMON TO THE YOUNG — THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER

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