The Project Gutenberg E-text of The Warfare of the Soul

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Author

Hughson, Shirley Carter, 1867-1949

Title

The Warfare of the Soul: Practical Studies in the Life of Temptation

Credits

Produced by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

BT: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Doctrinal theology, God, Christology

Subject

Temptation

Category

Text

eBook-No.

33194

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33194

Release Date

July 18, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE WARFARE OF THE SOUL
2. 2.PRACTICAL STUDIES IN THE LIFE OF TEMPTATION — BY — SHIRLEY C. HUGHSON — PRIEST OF THE ORDER OF THE HOLY CROSS — WITH A PREFACE BY THE REV. ALFRED G. MORTIMER, D.D. Rector of St. Mark's, Philadelphia — LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. — FOURTH AVENUE & 30TH STREET, NEW YORK LONDON, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA 1910 — PREFACE — TO THE READER
3. 3.CONTENTS — CHAPTER I — THE WARFARE OF THE SOUL — CHAPTER II — THE TEMPTER: HIS HISTORY AND NATURE — CHAPTER III — THE TEMPTER: HIS CHARACTERISTICS AND METHODS — CHAPTER IV — THE UNIVERSALITY OF TEMPTATION — CHAPTER V — THE SPIRIT OF SOLICITUDE — CHAPTER VI — OUR PREPARATION FOR TEMPTATION — CHAPTER VII — TRAINING THE INNER LIFE — CHAPTER VIII — THE STAGES OF THE BATTLE — CHAPTER IX — IN THE HOUR OF BATTLE — CHAPTER X — THE TESTS OF VICTORY AND DEFEAT — CHAPTER XI — THE SCHOOL OF THE HOLY GHOST — CHAPTER XII — THE RETURN FROM CAPTIVITY — CHAPTER XIII — THE GROUND FOR CHRISTIAN COURAGE — CHAPTER I — THE WARFARE OF THE SOUL — I. A Personal Issue — II. Not Peace, but a Sword — III. The Terms of the Warfare — IV. The Nature of Temptation — V. Precept and Counsel — CHAPTER II — THE TEMPTER: HIS HISTORY AND NATURE — I. Satan's Fall and its Effects — II. The Hopelessness of his Warfare — III. The Limitations of the Tempter — IV. The Restraint of the Divine Decrees — CHAPTER III — THE TEMPTER: HIS CHARACTERISTICS AND METHODS — I. Satan, the Deceiver — II. The Fact of his Personality — III. His Experience and Wisdom — IV. The Methods of his Might — V. The Soul's Safety — CHAPTER IV — THE UNIVERSALITY OF TEMPTATION — I. The Common Lot — II. Enduring Hardship — III. The Sufferings of the Saints — IV. Satan in the Sanctuary — V. The Sacrament of Temptation — CHAPTER V — THE SPIRIT OF SOLICITUDE — I. True and False Anxiety — II. Worry Versus Faith — III. The Cure of a Doubting Spirit — IV. God's Sympathy — CHAPTER VI — OUR PREPARATION FOR TEMPTATION — I. A Double Weapon — II. The Spirit of Vigilance — III. Prayer and Temptation — CHAPTER VII — TRAINING THE INNER LIFE — I. Environment and Character — II. Educating the Memory — III. Guiding the Imagination — IV. The Practice of Constancy — V. The Practice of Calmness — VI. The Practice of Patience — VII. The Practice of Diligence — CHAPTER VIII — THE STAGES OF THE BATTLE — I. The Satanic Suggestion — II. The Response of the Natural Heart — III. The "Inferior" and "Superior" Wills — IV. The Fatal Consent — CHAPTER IX — IN THE HOUR OF BATTLE — I. Realizing God's Friendship — II. The Divine Example of Humility — III. Instant in Prayer — IV. A Holy Perversity — V. Scorning the Tempter — VI. Staying not the Hand — VII. The Final Phase of Victory — CHAPTER X — THE TESTS OF VICTORY AND DEFEAT — I. The Test of Common Sense — II. The Test of Doubt — III. Signs of the Soul's Victory — IV. Spiritual Safety, Spiritual Victory — V. The Truest Test — CHAPTER XI — THE SCHOOL OF THE HOLY GHOST — I. The Teaching of Temptation — II. The Bulwark of Love — III. The Lesson of Humility — IV. The Lessons of Consolation — V. How to Learn our Lessons — CHAPTER XII — THE RETURN FROM CAPTIVITY — I. Hastening to Repent — II. A Tranquil Sorrow — III. A Spirit of Reparation — IV. The Work of Amendment — V. The Gainsaying of Satan — CHAPTER XIII — THE GROUND FOR CHRISTIAN COURAGE — I. Members One of Another — II. The Church's Treasury of Grace — III. God's Interest in Our Victory

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