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Secular annotations on scripture texts

Secular annotations on scripture texts

by Francis Jacox

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Author
Jacox, Francis, 1825-1897
Title
Scripture texts illustrated by general literature
Original Publication
United States: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1871.
Credits
Tim Lindell, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Language
English
LoC Class
BV: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Practical theology, Worship
Subject
Homiletical illustrations
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 70412
Release Date
March 30, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.SECULAR ANNOTATIONS ON SCRIPTURE TEXTS. — FELLOWSHIP IN ACHAN’S FALL.
  4. 4.SILENT SYMPATHY.
  5. 5.THE TEMPTER’S “IT IS WRITTEN.”
  6. 6.ROYALTY REMINDED OF THE POOR.
  7. 7.WIND, EARTHQUAKE, FIRE, AND STILL SMALL VOICE.
  8. 8.HAMAN HANGED ON HIS OWN GALLOWS.
  9. 9.TO-DAY’S SUFFICING EVIL, AND TO-MORROW’S FORECAST CARE.
  10. 10.MEDICAMENTAL MUSIC.
  11. 11.FREE FROM RIGHTEOUSNESS.
  12. 12.THE SERVICE OF FREEDOM.
  13. 13.THE DISCREET SILENCE OF FOLLY.
  14. 14.PENAL PREVISION.
  15. 15.BEATIFIC VISION AND OVERSHADOWING CLOUD.
  16. 16.THE SPREADING GOURD AND THE SPEEDING WORM.
  17. 17.SELF-PRAISE.
  18. 18.PAINTED FACE, TIRED HEAD, & EXPOSED SKULL.
  19. 19.THE CARCASE OF JEZEBEL ON THE FACE OF THE FIELD.
  20. 20.“ CONSIDER THE LILIES. ”
  21. 21.A HISTRIONIC ASPECT OF LIFE.
  22. 22.PHARAOH’S ALTERNATIONS OF AMENDMENT AND RELAPSE.
  23. 23.SLEEP AND DEATH.
  24. 24.ELIAB AND DAVID IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH.
  25. 25.THE PROPHET IN HIS OWN COUNTRY.
  26. 26.DESIRED BOON: REALIZED BANE.
  27. 27.“ AND HE DIED. ”
  28. 28.AN ULTRA-PROTESTER.
  29. 29.FLEETING SHADOWS.
  30. 30.HARAN TAKEN: TERAH LEFT.
  31. 31.THE MOTE AND THE BEAM.
  32. 32.STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS.
  33. 33.THE FALSITY OF THE FAMILIAR FRIEND.
  34. 34.“ JUDGE NOT. ”
  35. 35.PART-KNOWLEDGE.
  36. 36.RULING THE WAVES.
  37. 37.IN DEADLY PERIL UNAWARES.
  38. 38.NO LEISURE.
  39. 39.A PROPHYLACTIC KNIFE TO THE THROAT.
  40. 40.HAZAEL’S ABHORRENT REPUDIATION OF HIS FUTURE SELF.
  41. 41.THE OPEN RIGHT HAND’S SECRET FROM THE LEFT.
  42. 42.TO-MORROW.
  43. 43.THE DIVINE AUTHORSHIP OF ORDER.
  44. 44.SWEET SLEEP, AND ITS FORFEITURE.
  45. 45.ONCE DENIED, THRICE DENIED.
  46. 46.LINKED LIES.
  47. 47.A TIME TO WEEP, AND A TIME TO LAUGH.
  48. 48.DISALLOWED DESIGNS.
  49. 49.MAN DEVISING, GOD DIRECTING.
  50. 50.A PURSEBEARER’S PROTEST AGAINST PURPOSELESS WASTE.
  51. 51.LIGHT AT EVENING-TIME.
  52. 52.WISHED-FOR DAY.
  53. 53.THE MORE THAN BROTHERHOOD OF A BOSOM FRIEND.
  54. 54.MANY YEARS TO ENJOY LIFE: THIS NIGHT TO DIE.
  55. 55.GREAT BABYLON BUILT: A BUILDER’S BOAST.
  56. 56.INVOCATION AND INACTION.
  57. 57.CO-OPERANT UNITS.
  58. 58.SUBORDINATE, NOT SUPERFLUOUS; OR, DEPRECIATED MEMBERSHIP.
  59. 59.THE WRATH-DISPELLING POWER OF A SOFT ANSWER.
  60. 60.A TWICE-TOLD TALE OF YEARS.
  61. 61.DAYBREAK NO SOLACE: NIGHTFALL NO RELIEF.
  62. 62.BUYER’S BARGAIN AND BOAST.
  63. 63.GRAY-HAIRED UNAWARES.
  64. 64.RESTRAINED ANGER.
  65. 65.EVANESCENCE OF THE EARLY DEW.
  66. 66.EARS TO HEAR.
  67. 67.NOT ALONE IN THE VALLEY OF SHADOWS.
  68. 68.FOOTNOTES
  69. 69.INDEX.
  70. 70.HODDER & STOUGHTON’S WORKS IN THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS LITERATURE. — BY REV. T. BINNEY. — WORKS BY DR. PRESSENSÉ. — BY J. BALDWIN BROWN, B.A. — BY REV. CHARLES STANFORD. — BY JOSEPH PARKER, D.D. — BY REV. E. PAXTON HOOD.

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