PREFACE

CHAPTER I.

CONTENTS.

Birth of Mr. Neale

The Pious Character of his Parents

Account of his Eldest Brother, Benjamin

Lines written by him on the Death of his Eldest

Brother

Brief Account of his Sister and his Second Brother,

and of their Deaths

Character of his Mother

Various Letters from her to her Youngest Son

Her Death

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CHAPTER II.

Account of his Early Days at School, by Mr. Grinfield

His Religious Training

Character at College

His Classical and Mathematical Talents

Delay in entering the Ministry.

His Marriage.

Extracts from his Letters to Mr. Grinfield

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CHAPTER III.

Account of his College Life, and Three Years after, by

Mr. Jowett

His own View of his Conversion

His Teachableness

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2

3

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21

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22-24

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6

8-14

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48

CHAPTER IV.—(Written by his Widow.)

From after his Marriage till his first Dangerous
Illness

Circumstances of his Conversion

He desires to enter the Ministry; Difficulties

He at length succeeds; his labours therein

His last Sickness, and various circumstances during
that period

Remark, by Mr. Grinfield

Epitaph on an unnamed Saint," written by his
Father-in-Law

CHAPTER V.--LETTERS TO VARIOUS FRIENDS.

1. To a Nephew, then only seven years of age, on the

Power of Early Habits

2. To the Rev. Walker Gray, an intimate College

Friend, on occasion of the great change in his

Views and Feelings

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57-67

67-72

72, 73

73-97

98

3. To a Friend: Desire to be personally useful to him

4. To the same: on practical Atheism

5. To the same: Acknowledgment of the kindness of

God towards him in the circumstances of his re-

cent illness

6. To the same: Faith in the Divine guidance

7. To his Wife: One thing needful

8. To the same: on one of the children being taken

suddenly ill

98,99

9. To a Nephew: on a young man's choosing his future

course in life

10. To Mrs. R.: The view of the irreligious world a

motive to gratitude and zeal

11. To a Friend: The will of God seen in disappoint-

ments

12. To Mrs. R.: Difficulty of preserving gentleness in

religious controversy

13. To his Wife: Faith in the presence and power of

God

14. To a Friend: On the death of his Sister

15. To a Relative: On the same occasion

16. To the same: Riches and Poverty

17. To a Friend: On the Doctrine of a particular

Providence

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18. To the same: On his Ministerial Labours

19. To Mrs. R.: on living on the Promises

20. To a Friend: the perfectness of Heavenly Com-

munion

21. To another Friend; on reading the Scriptures

with appropriating Faith

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22. To the same: Comfort under continued Affliction

23. To the same: on trusting God wholly

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24. To the same: Earnestness in Religion

25. To his Father-in-law: Anniversary of his recovery

125

from dangerous illness

126

26 To a former Pupil: written at the beginning of his

last Illness

128

27. To a Friend: his Peacefulness of Mind

28. To one of his Nephews: on Self-knowledge and

Self-government

29. To his Mother-in-law: on the "desire to depart "

30. To the same: Reasons for wishing to live

31. To the same: Resignation to the Divine Will

CHAPTER VI. CONCLUDING NOTICES AND REFLECTIONS.

1. On the Total Alienation of the Natural Heart from

God

2. Need of a Sense of Mercy through Christ

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3. The Sovereign Power of the Holy Spirit

4. Alacrity of Mind in serving God.

5. Hints to animate Parental Hopes, and to moderate

6. Benefit of Early and Sound Scriptural Education

7. Folly of envying Affluence or Eminent Talents

8. Advantages possessed by the Youngest in a Family

9. Faulty Shades of Character

10. The mysterious Wisdom of God in the early removal

of his Servants

III. The Sabbath, a Delight

IV. Types of Christ

V. The Christian Ministry

VI. God is Love

SERMON-NOTES:-

The Pure Joys of Piety

The Light of God's Word

The Reward of Christ's Sufferings

Legion cast out

The New Birth

Christ the Good Shepherd

Good Friday

ALLEGORIES:

The Pilgrim ready for departure

The Faith of Noah

Holiness

RECOLLECTIONS OF FAMILY-EXPOSITIONS

Jeremiah, ii. 5

Matthew, xiii. 24—30, and 36-43

Luke, xiv. 16, 17

Ephesians, i. 2

Hebrews, i.

Hebrews, ii.

EDUCATION :-

Visit to the Interpreter's House

POEMS

HYMNS IN PROSE:-

The Sabbath

The Bible

The Harvest

Hints on his Son's Education

Domestic Sketches

A Child's Morning Devotions

Bible-Conversations

Emblems for the Young "

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ERRATUM.

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