CONTENTS A DISSERTATION ON LIFE. SECTION I. HAPPINESS IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE. I. What Happiness is, and how it is Sought: 21 II. How Happiness has been Lost, and how it may be Regained 33 III. The Knowledge of God's Will needed in order to Regain Happiness 45 IV. The Power needed in order to Regain Happiness 58 V. The Blessedness of Happiness Regained 71 SECTION II. HELPS AND HINDRANCES IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE. I. The Places of Drawing Water 85 II. The Wells of Salvation 98 III. The Devil, the Foe of the Soul 110 IV. The World, the Foe of the Soul 122 V. The Flesh, the Foe of the Soul 135 HAPPINESS IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE. SECTION III. RESOLUTIONS OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE. I. The Attentive Ear 149 II. The Thoughtful Mind 162 III. The Thankful Heart 177 IV. The Hopeful Spirit 188 V. The Loyal Will 199 SECTION IV. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE. I. Responsibility with Regard to Ourselves 215 II. Responsibility with Regard to Others 228 III. Responsibility with Regard to our Work 242 IV. Responsibility with Regard to our Calling 257 V. Responsibility with Regard to the Grace offered to us 269 SECTION V. A SCRIPTURAL EXAMPLE OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE. I. The Vocation and the Gift 285 II. The Desire and the Preparation for God's Presence 298 III. The Acceptance of Suffering, a Fruit of Repentance 312 IV. The True Principle of Offering 326 V. The Death of the Man After God's Own Heart 337 Digitized by Google.

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