THE

MINISTRY OF HOME;

OR

BRIEF EXPOSITORY LECTURES
ON DIVINE TRUTH.

DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILY AND PRIVATE READING.

BY
OCTAVIUS WINSLOW, D.D.

"I know him, that he will command his children and his household after
him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord." - Genesis xviii. 19.

FIRST SERIES.

LONDON:
WILLIAM HUNT AND COMPANY,
HOLLES STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE.
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MDCCCLXVII.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents:

• Preface
   
• The Christian Family
  
  "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." - Joshua xxiv. 15.
  
  
• The Desire to See Jesus
  
  "Sir, we would see Jesus." - John xii. 21.
  
  
• The Heart Opened
  
  "Whose heart the Lord opened." - Acts xvi. 14.
  
  
• The Lord's Time of Love
  
  "Thy time was the time of love." - Ezekiel xvi. 8.
  
  
• Christ Not Hidden
  
  "But He could not be hid." - Mark vii. 24.
  
  
• The Woman That Left Her Waterpot
  
  "The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?" - John iv. 28, 29.
  
  
• The Power of the Tongue
  
  "Death and life are in the power of the tongue." - Proverbs xviii. 21.
  
  
• The Gift of Suffering
  
  "For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for His sake." - Philippians 1. 29.
  
  
• The Bereaved Home
  
  "Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died." - John xi. 21.
  
  
• Christian Companionship
  
  "He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed." - Proverbs xiii. 20.
  
  
• Gracious Surprisals
  
  "Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Ammi-nadib." - Song of Solomon vi. 12.
  
  
• Beginning the Year with Jesus
  
  "And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: and if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: and ye shall keep it up until the fourteeth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it." - Exodus xii. 1-7.
  
  
• Christ's Law of Christian Experience
  
  "Freely ye have received, freely give." - Matthew x. 8.
  
  
• Spritual Diligence
  
  "The soul of the diligent shall be made fat." - Proverbs xiii. 4.
  
  
• Gathered Fragments
  
  "He said unto His disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost." - John vi. 12.
  
  
• The Punishment of the Wicked
  
  "What wilt thou say when He shall punish thee?" - Jeremiah xiii. 3.
  
  
• The New Song of Heaven
  
  "And they sung as it were a new song before the throne." - Revelation xiv. 3.
  
  
• The Church of God a Garden
  
  "Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out." - Song of Solomon iv. 16.
  
  
• The Fregrance of Christ's Name
  
  "Thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee." - Song of Solomon 1. 3.
  
  
• The Burden Cast Upon God
  
  "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee." - Psalm lv. 22.

 

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