Expositions of Holy Scripture: Second Kings (VIII–) to Ecclesiastes

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MacLaren's expositions

Text from Christian Classics Ethereal Library; in the public domain.

Contents

1. The Story of Hazael
2. Impure Zeal
3. Jehoiada and Joash
4. Methodical Liberality
5. The Spirit of Power
6. A Kingdom’s Epitaph
7. Divided Worship
8. Hezekiah, a Pattern of Devout Life
9. ‘He Uttered His Voice, the Earth Melted’
10. The Rediscovered Law and Its Effects
11. The End
12. The King’s Potters
13. David’s Choristers
14. Drill and Enthusiasm
15. David’s Prohibited Desire and Permitted Service
16. David’s Charge to Solomon
17. The Waves of Time
18. The Duty of Every Day
19. Contrasted Services
20. The Secret of Victory
21. Asa’s Reformation, and Consequent Peace and Victory
22. Asa’s Prayer
23. The Search that Always Finds
24. Jehoshaphat’s Reform
25. Amasiah
26. ‘A Mirror for Magistrates’
27. A Strange Battle
28. Holding Fast and Held Fast
29. Joash
30. Glad Givers and Faithful Workers
31. Prudence and Faith
32. Jotham
33. Costly and Fatal Help
34. A Godly Reformation
35. Sacrifice Renewed
36. A Loving Call to Reunion
37. A Strange Reward for Faithfulness
38. Manasseh’s Sin and Repentance
39. Josiah
40. Josiah and the Newly Found Law
41. The Fall of Judah
42. The Eve of the Restoration
43. Altar and Temple
44. Building in Troublous Times
45. The New Temple and its Worship
46. God the Joy-bringer
47. Heroic Faith
48. The Charge of the Pilgrim Priests
49. A Reformer’s Schooling
50. The Church and Social Evils
51. ‘Over Against His House’
52. Discouragements and Courage
53. An Ancient Nonconformist
54. Reading the Law with Tears and Joy
55. The Joy of the Lord
56. Sabbath Observance
57. The Net Spread
58. Esther’s Venture
59. Mordecai and Esther
60. The Net Broken
61. Sorrow that Worships
62. The Peaceable Fruits of Sorrows Rightly Borne
63. Two Kinds of Hope
64. Job’s Question, Jesus’ Answer
65. Knowledge and Peace
66. What Life May be Made
67. ‘The End of the Lord’
68. A Young Man’s Best Counsellor
69. Wisdom’s Call
70. The Secret of Well-being
71. The Gifts of Heavenly Wisdom
72. The Two Paths
73. Monotony and Crises
74. From Dawn to Noon
75. Keeping and Kept
76. The Cords of Sin
77. Wisdom’s Gift
78. Wisdom and Christ
79. The Two-fold Aspect of the Divine Working
80. The Many-sided Contrast of Wisdom and Folly
81. The Poor Rich and the Rich Poor
82. The Tillage of the Poor
83. Sin the Mocker
84. Hollow Laughter, Solid Joy
85. Satisfied From Self
86. What I Think of Myself and What God Thinks of Me
87. A Bundle of Proverbs
88. Two Fortresses
89. A String of Pearls
90. The Sluggard in Harvest
91. Bread and Gravel
92. A Condensed Guide for Life
93. The Afterwards and Our Hope
94. The Portrait of a Drunkard
95. The Crime of Negligence
96. The Sluggard’s Garden
97. An Unwalled City
98. The Weight of Sand
99. Portrait of a Matron
100. What Passes and What Abides
101. The Past and the Furture
102. Two Views of Life
103. ‘A Time to Plant’
104. Eternity in the Heart
105. Lessons for Worship and for Work
106. Naked or Clothed?
107. Finis Coronot Opus
108. Misused Respite
109. Fences and Serpents
110. The Way to the City
111. A New Years Sermon to the Young
112. The Conclusion of the Matter