Table of Contents
Table of Contents
THE WORKS OF F. B. MEYER, Vol 1
FROM THE EDITOR
CHAPTER 1: ARISE, GO UP TO BETHEL
CHAPTER 2: THE SONG OF THE LORD BEGAN
CHAPTER 3: HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD
CHAPTER 4: THE TRINITY OF TEMPTATION
CHAPTER 5: THE RULE OF OUR THOUGHTS
CHAPTER 6: THE STRONG MAN ARMED
CHAPTER 7: GOD'S RUBBISH HEAP
CHAPTER 8: THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THIS DISPENSATION
CHAPTER 9: THE GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED
CHAPTER 10: LIFE, A POEM
PREFACE
Chapter 1: THE EIGHT GATES INTO THE CITY OF BLESSEDNESS
Chapter 2: THE KEY TO THE KINGDOM
Chapter 3: THE SECRET OF COMFORT
Chapter 4: THE HERITAGE OF THE EARTH
Chapter 5: HUNGRY— THIRSTY— FILLED
Chapter 6: IT GOETH FORTH AND RETURNETH
Chapter 7: THE BEATIFIC VISION
Chapter 8: SWORDS INTO PRUNING-HOOKS
Chapter 9: MARTYRS AND PROPHETS
Chapter 10: THROUGH THE GATES
Preface
Chapter 1: The Wondrous Cross
Chapter 2: The Resurrection
Chapter 3: Ascension Day
Chapter 4: Christ In You The Hope
Chapter 5: Spiritual Environment
Chapter 6: The Exorcism Of Self
Chapter 7: Agonizing Unto Perfection
Chapter 8: The Peace That Guards
Chapter 9: The Art Of Sitting Still
Chapter 10: The Supreme Gift Of The Ascension
Preface
Introductory Words
Chapter 1: CHRIST THE KEY TO THE OLD TESTAMENT
Chapter 2: "THE LOVE OF CHRIST, WHICH PASSETH KNOWLEDGE."
Chapter 3: "THE ETERNAL PURPOSE WHICH HE PURPOSED IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD."
Chapter 4: THE SECOND MAN, THE LORD
Chapter 5: THE CAPTAIN OF OUR SALVATION
Chapter 1: The Hidings of God.
Chapter 2: Suffered to Hunger.
Chapter 3: "There is a River!"
Chapter 4: The Soul's True Affinity.
Chapter 5: Christ One and Many-sided.
Chapter 6: How to Become Like Christ.
Chapter 7: The Immanence of Christ
Chapter 8: The Other Advocate.
Chapter 9: Escape from the World's Corruption.
Chapter 10: Other Worldliness.
Chapter 11: "The Pitcher and God's Well."
Preface
Chapter 1: A Good Start.
Chapter 2: Tempers, And What To Do With Them
Chapter 3: Exaggeration
Chapter 4: On Falling In Love.
Chapter 5: On Being Straight.
Chapter 6: On Doing A Good Day’s Work
Chapter 7: Savorless Salt.
Chapter 8: Our Holidays.
Chapter 9: How To Spend Sunday.
Chapter 10: AMUSEMENTS.
Chapter 11: The Use Of The Senses.
Chapter 12: Christmas
Introduction
One: The Chambers Of The King.
Two: The Lost Chord Found.
Three: The Secret Of Victory Over Sin.
Four: The First Step Into The Blessed Life.
Five: With Christ In Separation.
Six: How To Read Your Bible.
Seven: The Common Task.
Eight: Young Men, Don't Drift!
Nine: Words Of Help For Christian Girls
Ten: Seven Rules For Daily Living.
Chapter 1: GOD IS NEAR
Chapter 2: TOUCH NO UNCLEAN THING.
Chapter 3: A VISION OF THE NEW LIFE
Chapter 4: THE FAIR MITRE
Chapter 5: THE POWER OF APPROPRIATION.
Chapter 6: TAKE! TAKE! TAKE!
Chapter 7: THE BLAMELESS LIFE.
Chapter 8: REIGNING IN LIFE.
Chapter 9: LIVING THE LIFE OF JESUS.
Chapter 10: THE SECRET OF FRUITFULNESS.
Chapter 11: THE GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP.
Preface
Chapter 1: A Form Of Dedication
Chapter 2: The Marks Of Genuine Faith
Chapter 3: "Wilt Thou Be Made Whole?"
Chapter 4: "When I Had Ceased From My Struggles"
Chapter 5: "Bid Me Come!"
Chapter 6: Not "Attain," But "Obtain"
Chapter 7: At The Gate Of The Will
Chapter 8: The Control Of Our Thoughts
Chapter 9: Not Joy, But Christ
Chapter 10: The Hour Of Temptation
Chapter 11: The Conqueror From Edom
Chapter 12: Our Ideals
Chapter 13: How To Receive
Chapter 14: Our Equableness
Chapter 15: Unspotted
Chapter 16: Use Your Senses
Chapter 17: The Light Of That Day
Chapter 18: The Secret Of Continuance
Chapter 19: One Of God's Noes
Chapter 20: Forgetting
Chapter 21: Stay Where You Are
Chapter 22: What Have You To Give?
Chapter 23: The Presence Of God
Chapter 1: THE SECRET OF GUIDANCE
Chapter 2: WHERE AM I WRONG?
Chapter 3: THE SECRET OF CHRIST’S INDWELLING
Chapter 4: FACT, FAITH, FEELING!
Chapter 5: WHY SIGN THE PLEDGE?
Chapter 6: BURDENS, AND WHAT TO DO WITH THEM
Chapter 7: HOW TO BEAR SORROW
Chapter 8: IN THE SECRET OF HIS PRESENCE
Chapter 9: THE FULLNESS OF THE SPIRIT
Preface
Chapter 1: The Shepherd Psalm
Chapter 2: The Shepherd Lord
Chapter 3: Pastures Of Tender Grass And Waters Of Rest
Chapter 4: He Restoreth My Soul
Chapter 5: The Shepherd's Leading
Chapter 6: The Valley Of Shadow
Chapter 7: Comfort Through The Rod And Staff
Chapter 8: The Banquet
Chapter 9: Thou Anointest My Head With Oil
Chapter 10: The Overflowing Cup
Chapter 11: The Celestial Escort
Chapter 12: The House Of The Lord For Ever
PREFACE.
Chapter 1: The Bells Of Is.
Chapter 2: Melbourne Hall, Leicester.
Chapter 3: Launching Out.
Chapter 4: At the Gaol Gates.
Chapter 5: My First Case.
Chapter 6: Our System of Relief.
Chapter 7: My Work as Banker.
Chapter 8: A Brace of Fowls.
Chapter 9: Prisoners' and Societies.
Chapter 10: My Relations with the Publicans.
Chapter 11: "Providence House".
Chapter 12: I become a Firewood Merchant.
Chapter 13: Various Methods.
Chapter 14: The Streets.
Chapter 15: "The Cathedral."
Chapter 16: On the Race-Course.
Chapter 1: THE WORD OF GOD
Chapter 2: THE DIGNITY OF CHRIST
Chapter 3: THE GLORY OF CHRIST’S OFFICE
Chapter 4: DRIFTING
Chapter 5: WHAT IS MAN?
Chapter 6: PERFECT THROUGH SUFFERINGS
Chapter 7: THE DEATH OF DEATH
Chapter 8: CHRIST’S MERCIFUL AND FAITHFUL HELP
Chapter 9: A WARNING AGAINST UNBELIEF
Chapter 10: THE GOSPEL OF REST
Chapter 11: THE WORD OF GOD AND ITS EDGE
Chapter 12: TIMELY AND NEEDED HELP
Chapter 13: GETHSEMANE
Chapter 14: IMPOSSIBLE TO RENEW TO REPENTANCE
Chapter 15: THE ANCHORAGE OF THE SOUL
Chapter 16: THE PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST
Chapter 17: THE SUPERLATIVE GREATNESS OF CHRIST
Chapter 18: THE TRUE TABERNACLE
Chapter 19: THE TWO COVENANTS
Chapter 20: THE HEAVENLY THINGS THEMSELVES
Chapter 21: TEACHING BY CONTRAST
Chapter 22: THE BLOOD OF CHRIST
Chapter 23: ONCE
Chapter 24: AN ANCIENT HEBREW CUSTOM
Chapter 25: DRAWING BACK
Chapter 26: FAITH AND ITS EXPLOITS
Chapter 27: STRIPPING FOR THE RACE
Chapter 28: CHASTISEMENT
Chapter 29: THE IDEAL LIFE
Chapter 30: SINAI AND ZION
Chapter 31: THE THINGS THAT CANNOT BE SHAKEN
Chapter 32: GOD A CONSUMING FIRE
Chapter 33: THE UNCHANGING SAVIOR
Chapter 34: THE ESTABLISHED HEART
Chapter 35: THE CLOSING PRAYER
Preface.
Chapter 1: The Interest of his Biography.
Chapter 2: The House of Zacharias.
Chapter 3: His Schools and Schoolmasters.
Chapter 4: The Prophet of the Highest.
Chapter 5: The First Ministry of the Baptist.
Chapter 6: Baptism unto Repentance
Chapter 7: The Manifestation of the Messiah
Chapter 8: Not that Light, but a Witness.
Chapter 9: "We must increase, but I must decrease."
Chapter 10: The King's Courts
Chapter 11: "Art Thou He?"
Chapter 12: None greater than John the Baptist, yet…
Chapter 13: A Burning and Shining Lamp.
Chapter 14: Set at Liberty.
Chapter 15: The Grave of John, and Another Grave
Chapter 16: Yet Speaking.
Chapter 17: The Spirit and Power of Elias.
FOREWORD
Chapter 1: INTRODUCTORY
Chapter 2: EARLY DAYS IN THE MASTER'S COLLEGE
Chapter 3: THE SETTLEMENT AS TO THE SUPREME CONTROL
Chapter 4: A FISHER OF MEN
Chapter 5: PRIMER LESSONS
Chapter 6: THE SECOND PRIMER
Chapter 7: TO WHOM, IF NOT TO CHRIST?
Chapter 8: I GIVE UNTO THEE THE KEYS
Chapter 9: WITH HIM ON THE HOLY MOUNT
Chapter 10: FOR ME AND THEE
Chapter 11: THE SHEPHERD ON THE WATCH
Chapter 12: THE EVENING OF THE DENIAL
Chapter 13: LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED
Chapter 14: ". . . AND PETER"
Chapter 15: "HE WAS SEEN OF PETER"
Chapter 16: THE RENEWED COMMISSION
Chapter 17: A WITNESS OF THE RESURRECTION
Chapter 18: IN THE NAME
Chapter 19: YOU BUILDERS
Chapter 20: PETER'S DEEPENING EXPERIENCES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Chapter 21: THE DOOR OF FAITH UNTO THE GENTILES
Chapter 22: THE BREAKING OF THE YOKE
Chapter 23: I WILL GO WITH THEE TO PRISON
Chapter 24: MY DECEASE
Chapter 25: LIFE'S AFTERGLOW!
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1: PRE-NATAL GRACE
CHAPTER 2: “WHEN I WAS A CHILD”
CHAPTER 3: SEPARATED FROM THE BIRTH
CHAPTER 4: “THY MARTYR STEPHEN”
CHAPTER 5: A LIGHT FROM HEAVEN
CHAPTER 6: THE INNER REVELATION OF CHRIST
CHAPTER 7: THE EMERGENCE OF THE LIFE PURPOSE
CHAPTER 8: “ALWAYS LED IN TRIUMPH”
CHAPTER 9: THE APOSTLE OF THE GENTILES
CHAPTER 10: “FOURTEEN YEARS AGO”
CHAPTER 11: THE CONFLICT OF PAUL’S LIFE
CHAPTER 12: A LESSON OF GUIDANCE
CHAPTER 13: “YE PHILIPPIANS”
CHAPTER 14: FROM PHILIPPI TO ATHENS
CHAPTER 15: “IN WEAKNESS AND FEAR”
CHAPTER 16: MORE THAN A CONQUEROR
CHAPTER 17: GATHERING CLOUDS
CHAPTER 18: THE FURTHERANCE OF THE GOSPEL
CHAPTER 19: “MORE ABUNDANTLY THAN THEY ALL”
CHAPTER 20: “IN A STRAIT BETWIXT TWO”
CHAPTER 21: “HOW LARGE LETTERS”
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1: THE HOLE OF THE PIT
CHAPTER 2: THE DIVINE SUMMONS
CHAPTER 3: "HE OBEYED"
CHAPTER 4: THE FIRST OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS
CHAPTER 5: GONE DOWN INTO EGYPT
CHAPTER 6: SEPARATED FROM LOT
CHAPTER 7: THE TWO PATHS
CHAPTER 8: REFRESHMENT BETWEEN THE BATTLES
CHAPTER 9: MELCHIZEDEC
CHAPTER 10: THE FIRMNESS OF ABRAHAM'S FAITH
CHAPTER 11: WATCHING WITH GOD
CHAPTER 12: HAGAR, THE SLAVE GIRL
CHAPTER 13: "BE THOU PERFECT!"
CHAPTER 14: THE SIGN OF THE COVENANT
CHAPTER 15: THE DIVINE GUEST
CHAPTER 16: PLEADING FOR SODOM
CHAPTER 17: ANGEL WORK IN A BAD TOWN
CHAPTER 18: A BIT OF THE OLD NATURE
CHAPTER 19: HAGAR AND ISHMAEL CAST OUT
CHAPTER 20: A QUIET RESTING PLACE
CHAPTER 21: THE GREATEST TRIAL OF ALL
CHAPTER 22: MACHPELAH, AND ITS FIRST TENANT
CHAPTER 23: THE SOUL'S ANSWER TO THE DIVINE SUMMONS
CHAPTER 24: GATHERED TO HIS PEOPLE
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1: FIRST IMPRESSIONS
CHAPTER 2: THE SALE OF THE BIRTHRIGHT
CHAPTER 3: THE STOLEN BLESSING
CHAPTER 4: THE ANGEL-LADDER
CHAPTER 5: THE NOBLE RESOLVE
CHAPTER 6: THE EDUCATION OF HOME
CHAPTER 7: THE MID-PASSAGE OF LIFE
CHAPTER 8: THE STIRRING-UP OF THE NEST
CHAPTER 9: THE MIDNIGHT WRESTLE
CHAPTER 10: FAILURE
CHAPTER 11: BACK TO BETHEL
CHAPTER 12: THE SCHOOL OF SORROW
CHAPTER 13: GLIMPSES OF ISRAEL-NATURE
CHAPTER 14: REST, AND THE REST-GIVER
CHAPTER 15: HOME AT LAST
CHAPTER 16: THE GOD OF JACOB
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1: EARLY DAY'S
CHAPTER 2: THE PIT
CHAPTER 3: IN THE HOUSE OF POTIPHAR
CHAPTER 4: THE SECRET OF PURITY
CHAPTER 5: MISUNDERSTOOD AND IMPRISONED
CHAPTER 6: THE STEPS OF THE THRONE
CHAPTER 7: JOSEPH'S FIRST INTERVIEW WITH HIS BRETHREN.
CHAPTER 8: JOSEPH'S SECOND INTERVIEW WITH HIS BRETHREN
CHAPTER 9: JOSEPH MAKING HIMSELF KNOWN.
CHAPTER 10: JOSEPH'S ADMINISTRATION OF EGYPT.
CHAPTER 11: JOSEPH'S FATHER.
CHAPTER 12: JOSEPH AT THE DEATH BED OF JACOB
CHAPTER 13: THE SECRET OF FRUITFULNESS
CHAPTER 14: THE SECRET OF STRENGTH
CHAPTER 15: THE SECRET OF BLESSEDNESS
CHAPTER 16: JOSEPH'S LAST DAYS AND DEATH
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1: OUR STANDPOINT
CHAPTER 2: HIS MOTHER’S FAITH
CHAPTER 3: COME TO YEARS
CHAPTER 4: DELIVERANCE BY MAIN FORCE
CHAPTER 5: THE MARVELOUS COLLOQUY
CHAPTER 6: “TO EGYPT”
CHAPTER 7: FAILURE AND DISAPPOINTMENT
CHAPTER 8: THE LOVE OF GOD IN THE FIRST FOUR PLAGUES
CHAPTER 9: HOW THE CHARACTER OF MOSES GREW
CHAPTER 10: PREPARING FOR THE EXODUS
CHAPTER 11: THE PASSAGE OF THE RED SEA
CHAPTER 12: THE SONG OF VICTORY
CHAPTER 13: MARAH AND ELIM
CHAPTER 14: THE GIFT OF MANNA
CHAPTER 15: REPHIDIM
CHAPTER 16: THE GOD-WARD ASPECT
CHAPTER 17: AT THE FOOT OF SINAI
CHAPTER 18: THE VISION OF GOD AND ITS EFFECT
CHAPTER 19: THE BROKEN SENTENCE
CHAPTER 20: GOD’S PRESENCE OUR REST
CHAPTER 21: TABERNACLE BUILDING
CHAPTER 22: THE START FROM SINAI
CHAPTER 23: NOBLE TO THE CORE
CHAPTER 24: A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT
CHAPTER 25: FAITHFUL UNDER REPROACH
CHAPTER 26: HOW IT WENT ILL WITH HIM
CHAPTER 27: PREPARING FOR PISGAH
CHAPTER 28: THE DEATH OF MOSES
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1: THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
CHAPTER 2: THE DIVINE COMMISSION
CHAPTER 3: THREE DAYS PAUSE
CHAPTER 4: PASSING THE JORDAN
CHAPTER 5: THE STONES OF GILGAL
CHAPTER 6: THREE SUCCESSIVE DAYS
CHAPTER 7: THE WARRIOR Christ
CHAPTER 8: THE WALLS OF JERICHO
CHAPTER 9: ARREST AND DEFEAT
CHAPTER 10: THE VALLEY OF ACHOR
CHAPTER 11: EBAL AND GERIZIM
CHAPTER 12: THE WILES OF THE DEVIL
CHAPTER 13: A MEMORABLE DAY
CHAPTER 14: CLAIMING VICTORY
CHAPTER 15: REST IN THE HEAVENLIES
CHAPTER 16: LAND TO BE POSSESSED
CHAPTER 17: A VETERAN COMRADE
CHAPTER 18: RECEIVING AND REIGNING
CHAPTER 19: THE CONCLUSION OF THE TASK
CHAPTER 20: LIFE IN THE LAND
CHAPTER 21: TAKE HEED TO LOVE!
CHAPTER 22: EVENSONG
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1: AN AGE OF TRANSITION
CHAPTER 2: A WOMAN’S ANGUISH OF HEART
CHAPTER 3: THE YOUNG LEVITE
CHAPTER 4: THE VISION OF GOD
CHAPTER 5: MISFORTUNE ON MISFORTUNE
CHAPTER 6: THE WORK OF RECONSTRUCTION
CHAPTER 7: THE VICTORY OF FAITH
CHAPTER 8: THE STONE OF HELP
CHAPTER 9: A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT
CHAPTER 10: THE VOICE OF CIRCUMSTANCES
CHAPTER 11: AS OCCASION SERVES
CHAPTER 12: INNER AND OUTER CONFLICTS
CHAPTER 13: FORSAKEN? NEVER!
CHAPTER 14: NOT CEASING IN PRAYER
CHAPTER 15: THE CAUSE OF SAUL’S DOWNFALL
CHAPTER 16: “TWO PUTTING TEN THOUSAND TO FLIGHT”
CHAPTER 17: FAILURE UNDER THE SUPREME TEST
CHAPTER 18: A REMARKABLE COLLOQUY
CHAPTER 19: “AN EVIL SPIRIT FROM THE LORD”
CHAPTER 20: “SIN BRINGETH FORTH DEATH”
CHAPTER 21: THE SIN OF JEALOUSY
CHAPTER 22: “CRUEL AS THE GRAVE”
CHAPTER 23: A GREAT SUNSET
CHAPTER 24: ENDOR AND GILBOA
CHAPTER 25: AN EPILOGUE
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1: TAKEN FROM THE SHEEPCOTES
CHAPTER 2: “FROM THAT DAY FORWARD”
CHAPTER 3: SUMMONED TO THE PALACE
CHAPTER 4: A DARK BACKGROUND
CHAPTER 5: THE FAITH OF GOD’S ELECT
CHAPTER 6: “IN THE NAME OF THE LORD OF HOSTS”
CHAPTER 7: JONATHAN
CHAPTER 8: OUTSIDE THE HOUSE, AND IN
CHAPTER 9: THE MESSAGE OF THE ARROWS
CHAPTER 10: ALMOST GONE
CHAPTER 11: THE CAVE OF ADULLAM
CHAPTER 12: THE WHITE STONE
CHAPTER 13: SONGS BORN OF SORROW
CHAPTER 14: DAVID’S SELF-RESTRAINT
CHAPTER 15: CUSH - A BENJAMITE
CHAPTER 16: A COOL HAND ON A HOT HEAD
CHAPTER 17: A FIT OF MISTRUST
CHAPTER 18: THE MERCY OF GOD THAT LED TO REPENTANCE
CHAPTER 19: THRICE CROWNED
CHAPTER 20: OH FOR THE WATER OF THE WELL OF BETHLEHEM!
CHAPTER 21: JERUSALEM, THE HOLY CITY
CHAPTER 22: THE CONVEYANCE OF THE ARK TO MOUNT ZION
CHAPTER 23: “THOU DIDST WELL IN THAT IT WAS IN THINE HEART”
CHAPTER 24: “YET HAVE I SET MY KING”
CHAPTER 25: THE SIN OF HIS LIFE
CHAPTER 26: THE STRIPES OF THE CHILDREN OF MEN
CHAPTER 27: SUNSET AND EVENING STAR
PREFACE
Chapter 1 - The Source of Elijah's Strength
Chapter 2 - Beside the Drying Brook
Chapter 3 - Ordered to Zarephath
Chapter 4 - The Spirit and Power of Elijah
Chapter 5 - The Test of the Home-life
Chapter 6 - Obadiah - A Contrast
Chapter 7 - The Plan of Campaign
Chapter 8 - The Conflict on the Heights of Carmel
Chapter 9 - Rain at Last!
Chapter 10 - How the Mighty Fell!
Chapter 11 - Loving-kindness Better than Life
Chapter 12 - The "Still Small Voice"
Chapter 13 - "Go, Return!"
Chapter 14 - Naboth's Vineyard
Chapter 15 - The Old Courage Again
Chapter 16 - Evensong
Chapter 17 - The Translation
Chapter 18 - A Double Portion of Elijah's Spirit
Chapter 19 - The Transfiguration
Chapter 20 - "Filled with the Holy Spirit"
Preface:
Memorable Dates
Chapter 1: The Word of the Lord came unto me.
Chapter 2: I Formed Thee
Chapter 3: Cistern Making
Chapter 4: The Second Discourse
Chapter 5: At the Temple Gates
Chapter 6: The Soul's "Amen"
Chapter 7: The Swelling of Jordan
Chapter 8: The Drought.
Chapter 9: On the Potter's Wheel
Chapter 10: The Fire of Holy Impulse
Chapter 11: Afflictions, Distresses, Tumults
Chapter 12: The Indestructible Word
Chapter 13: The Rechabites
Chapter 14: Hidden, but Radiant!
Chapter 15: The Ministry of Destruction
Chapter 16: Jeremiah's Grandest Ode
Chapter 17: How a Reed Stood as a Pillar
Chapter 18: Into the Ground, to Die
Chapter 19: The Fall of Jerusalem
Chapter 20: A Clouded Sunset
BLESSED ARE YE: Talks on the Beatitudes
-----Biblical Biographies-----
PETER: FISHERMAN, DISCIPLE, APOSTLE
PAUL: A SERVANT OF JESUS CHRIST
ABRAHAM, OR THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH
JOSEPH: BELOVED, HATED, EXALTED
JOSHUA AND THE LAND OF PROMISE
DAVID: SHEPHERD, PSALMIST, KING