The Desire of Ages [1]
EVER-PRESENT AND HELPFUL COMPANION, THE PRINCE OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID, THE SHIELD OF HIS PEOPLE, THE PRINCE OF PEACE, THE COMING KING, THE EVERLASTING FATHER, THE CULMINATION AND FRUITION OF THE DESIRES AND HOPES OF ALL THE AGES.
UNDER THE BLESSING OF GOD THIS BOOK IS GIVEN TO THE WORLD WITH THE PRAYER THAT THE LORD BY HIS SPIRIT WILL MAKE THE WORDS OF THIS BOOK WORDS OF LIFE TO MANY SOULS WHOSE LONGINGS AND DESIRES ARE YET UNSATISFIED; THAT THEY "MAY KNOW HIM, AND THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION, AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SUFFERINGS," AND FINALLY, THROUGHOUT A BLESSED ETERNITY, AT HIS RIGHT HAND, SHARE IN "THAT FULLNESS OF JOY," AND "PLEASURES FOREVERMORE," WHICH WILL BE THE RIPENED FRUITAGE OF ALL THOSE WHO FIND IN HIM THE ALL IN ALL, "THE CHIEFEST AMONG TEN THOUSAND," AND "THE ONE ALTOGETHER LOVELY."
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1. "God With Us" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2. The Chosen People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 3. "The Fullness of the Time" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 4. Unto You a Saviour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 5. The Dedication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 6. "We Have Seen His Star" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 7. As a Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 8. The Passover Visit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 9. Days of Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 10. The Voice in the Wilderness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 11. The Baptism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 12. The Temptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 13. The Victory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 14. "We Have Found the Messias" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 15. At the Marriage Feast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 16. In His Temple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 17. Nicodemus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 18. "He Must Increase" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 19. At Jacob's Well . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 20. "Except Ye See Signs and Wonders" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 21. Bethesda and the Sanhedrin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 22. Imprisonment and Death of John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 23. "The Kingdom of God Is at Hand" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 24. "Is Not This the Carpenter's Son?" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 25. The Call by the Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 26. At Capernaum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 27. "Thou Canst Make Me Clean" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 28. Levi-Matthew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 29. The Sabbath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 30. "He Ordained Twelve" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 31. The Sermon on the Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 32. The Centurion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 33. Who Are My Brethren? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 34. The Invitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 35. "Peace, Be Still" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 36. The Touch of Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 37. The First Evangelists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 38. Come Rest Awhile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 39. "Give Ye Them to Eat" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 40. A Night on the Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 41. The Crisis in Galilee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 42. Tradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395 43. Barriers Broken Down . . . . . .
UNDER THE BLESSING OF GOD THIS BOOK IS GIVEN TO THE WORLD WITH THE PRAYER THAT THE LORD BY HIS SPIRIT WILL MAKE THE WORDS OF THIS BOOK WORDS OF LIFE TO MANY SOULS WHOSE LONGINGS AND DESIRES ARE YET UNSATISFIED; THAT THEY "MAY KNOW HIM, AND THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION, AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SUFFERINGS," AND FINALLY, THROUGHOUT A BLESSED ETERNITY, AT HIS RIGHT HAND, SHARE IN "THAT FULLNESS OF JOY," AND "PLEASURES FOREVERMORE," WHICH WILL BE THE RIPENED FRUITAGE OF ALL THOSE WHO FIND IN HIM THE ALL IN ALL, "THE CHIEFEST AMONG TEN THOUSAND," AND "THE ONE ALTOGETHER LOVELY."
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1. "God With Us" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2. The Chosen People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 3. "The Fullness of the Time" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 4. Unto You a Saviour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 5. The Dedication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 6. "We Have Seen His Star" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 7. As a Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 8. The Passover Visit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 9. Days of Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 10. The Voice in the Wilderness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 11. The Baptism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 12. The Temptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 13. The Victory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 14. "We Have Found the Messias" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 15. At the Marriage Feast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 16. In His Temple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 17. Nicodemus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 18. "He Must Increase" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 19. At Jacob's Well . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 20. "Except Ye See Signs and Wonders" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 21. Bethesda and the Sanhedrin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 22. Imprisonment and Death of John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 23. "The Kingdom of God Is at Hand" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 24. "Is Not This the Carpenter's Son?" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 25. The Call by the Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 26. At Capernaum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 27. "Thou Canst Make Me Clean" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 28. Levi-Matthew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 29. The Sabbath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 30. "He Ordained Twelve" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 31. The Sermon on the Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 32. The Centurion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 33. Who Are My Brethren? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 34. The Invitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 35. "Peace, Be Still" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 36. The Touch of Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 37. The First Evangelists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 38. Come Rest Awhile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 39. "Give Ye Them to Eat" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 40. A Night on the Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 41. The Crisis in Galilee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 42. Tradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395 43. Barriers Broken Down . . . . . .