INDEXES
I. PERSONS AND AUTHORITIES CITED
Aristotle,
on the “Blessed Life,” 18
on pity, 39
on the use of the drama, 39
Augustine, St.,
on the relation of Old and New Testaments, 1, 56
on the law and grace, 4
his prayer, 108
Bacon (Francis),
note-books illustrate Christ’s method, 12
his scientific method applied to prayer, 147
Bengel, on self-mortification, 70
Buddha,
on the “Blessed Life,” 18
on pity, 38–9
“Carton, Sidney,” 106
Cassian, on sorrow, 32
Chase (Bp.), on the Lord’s Prayer, 132, 135
Chichester, Dean of, on Christ under semi-false accusation, 88
Chrysostom, on the Beatitudes, 28
Didaché,
on reconciliation and communion, 65
on almsgiving, 100
on duty to neighbour, 181 n.
“Dream of Gerontius,” 44
Edward the Confessor, story of, 98–9
Esau and Jacob, essential difference between, 57
Franks, conversion of, low standard, 51
Gnostics, and the “Mysteries,” 174
Gospel, uncanonical, record of a word of Christ on prayer, 143
Hermas, on alms, 101
Hillel (Rabbi), on duty to neighbour, 181
Irenaeus, on Old and New Testament, 55
Jacob and Esau, essential difference between, 57
Jehoshaphat’s reforms, 62
Job,
his detachment (poverty of spirit), 25
“seeing God,” 43
Kant, on duty to neighbour, 182
Law (Wm.), indiscriminate charity, 102
Les Miserables, 99
Maurice (F. D.), and fasting, 123
Mill (J. S.), on Christ’s moral teaching, 8
Mohammedanism, 51–2
Mozley, on the imprecatory psalms, 103
Newman (J. H.), and the cardinalate, 119
Origen, on Ps. xii, and Christ’s teaching, 8
Pusey,
on Mill, 8
on fasting, 123
“Sidney Carton,” 106
Simeon (Chas.), and fasting, 123
Tale of Two Cities, 106
Trent, Council of, its catechism, 132
Wisdom, Book of, and the world, 22
Xavier’s hymn, 112
II. SUBJECTS
Act, sin of, 63
Advertisement, self-, 190
Altar, of new kingdom, 65
Answer to prayer, 177–8
Anxiety,
for health, 160
in holidays, 161
for success, 161
worldly, 157–60
Christ’s freedom from, 160
Appreciation, power of, necessary for reception of religious truth, 172–3, 175
Asceticism, 69
Christian, compared with Indian, 71
Atonement,
nature of true, 199
need for, 198
Bad motives, playing upon, 118
Beatitudes, order of, 20
Beggars, attitude to, 99–102
Benevolence, impartial, 175
Best thing in the world, 108
“Blessed Life,” 16–21
according to Buddha, 18
according to Aristotle, 18
Body not evil, 71–2
Body relation to spirit, 69–70
Brotherhood of Christians, 68
Burdens, bearing others’, 30
Carelessness, moral, 71
Character, 188–9
in the new kingdom, 16
of Christ’s teaching, 16
Christian, in the world, 47–53
of Christ, the best thing in the world, 108
of Pharisees, 164–5
CHRIST,
His authority, 60
bearing our burdens, 30
character of, the most precious thing in the world, 108
only foundation of life, 193
His freedom from anxiety, 160
His freedom illustrated by Ps. cxxvii, 160
gives principles, not laws, 109
Judge of all, 191–2
His methods, 92–4
His method to give principles, 64, 67, 109
parable of unmerciful servant, 41
Prince of Peace, 44
principle of interpretation of all laws, 64
use of proverbs, 92–3
was He revolutionary? 54
saying about prayer, an uncanonical, 143
His superiority over other teachers, 180
His teaching unique, 15, 16, 180
teaching of truthfulness, 81
under semi-false accusation, 89
the WORD, 6
His words the foundation of life, 193
His words the foundation of the Church, 193
Church, test of, 196–7
Conditions,
of power of reception of truth, 173–4, 175
of the offer of spiritual privileges, 174
Conduct,
social, principle of, 181
Conscience, 155–6
Conversation, 80
Courts of Law, Jewish, 62–3
Covenant, old, check on savage human instincts, 86
Criticism,
the temper of, 165–9
wrong, 167
right, 167
“Daily,” significance of the word in the Lord’s Prayer, 132
Dealing, laws of the Divine, 40–1, 54–5, 85, 134
“Detachment” = poverty of spirit, 25
“Detachment” of Christ in the Incarnation, 25
Devil, existence of, 136–7
Discipline, of self, 69
Divorce, 72–8
in law of the Church of England, 77
in the Eastern Church, 76
“innocent party” in, 76
Duty,
threefold, to God, neighbour, and self, 114–5
to self, fasting the expression of, 115
to self = making the best of ourselves, 115
Education, of man, God’s method of, 56
Enlightenment of conscience, 153–4
Fall of man, 179–80
Fasting,
expression of duty to self, 115
abuse of, 122–3
examples of practice, 123
Fictitious pity, 40
Forgiveness,
nature of, 133
for the past, by itself no real remedy, 199
Foundation,
of life, 193
of the Church, 193
Freedom, the end of self-discipline, 72
GOD,
centre of all in Christ’s teaching, 19
character of, 187
dealings with imperfection, 55
dealings with us, 40–1, 54–5, 85, 134
love of, how learned, 153
and mammon, 154
method of education, 56
nature of, 154–5
Name = His revelation, 129
not tied to His own ordinances, 191
Presence of, degrees of, 82
purpose, 55
seeing Him, 43–4
sole object of new righteousness, 111
and the world, 22
Gradation of crime in Jewish law, 62
Health and anxiety, 160
Heathen teaching in relation to Sermon on the Mount, 6–10
treasure in, 152
Hiding money, 151
Holidays and anxiety, 161
Holy Spirit, and good character, 191
Humility, 165
Hunger after righteousness, 36–7
illustrated by boat-race, 37
Hypocrisy, 189–90
English, 189
Imperfection, God’s dealing with, 55
Imprecatory psalms, 103–4
Impurity, antidote to, 42
Injustice, legal, resistance to, 96
Intention = sin, 68
Jewish
courts of law, 62–3
gradation of crime, 62
Judgement,
Christ’s coming to, 191
standards of, to be maintained, 48–9, 167–8
Justice, public, and private feeling, 89–90
Kindness to enemies, effect of, 105
Lambeth Conference, on divorce, 76
Law, old,
check on savage human instincts, 86
Lawful subjects of prayer, 149–50
“Letter,” of the Commandments, the meaning of, 3
Life of Blessedness, 16–21
Lord’s Prayer, 128–49
type and model of all prayer, 138
converging point of all ancient liturgies, 138
in Morning and Evening Prayer, 139
paraphrased, 145–8
Lost, and saved, number of, 186–7
Love
of self, a true, 113
of God, how learned, 153
Mammon, and God, 154
Man, fallen state of, 179
Matthew, record of the Sermon on the Mount, his, 14
Maxims, of the world, 24, 28, 33
Meekness, 34
Mendicity, 99 et seq.
Mohammedanism, compared with Christianity, 51–2
Money, hiding of, 151
bad, playing upon, 118
of religious life, 151
Mourning,
for sin, 29
false, 32–3
of sympathy, 30
Name, God’s, His revelation of Himself, 129
“National Church,” idea of, danger of, 52
Oath,
defined, 79
accepted by Christ, 82
accepted by St. Paul, 82
Ordinances, God not tied to His own, 191
Peacemakers, 44–6
Perfection, to be striven after, 108
Pharisaic religion, 59–60
Pharisaism of the Publican, 66
Pharisees, character of, 59, 165
Pity, 38–42
Aristotle’s, 39
Buddha’s, 38–9
“dramatic,” 39
Poverty,
of spirit, 25–8
voluntary, 28
Prayer,
definition of, 147
answer to, 178
effective, 178
in the region of uncertainty, 149
= intercourse with God, 126–7
its reward, 118
lawful, 149–50
Lord’s, 128–49
and scientific method, 147
and selfishness, 144
spirit of, depends on idea of God, 129
uncanonical saying of Christ about, 143
wheels and flags (Buddhist), 125
Presence of God, degrees of, 82
Prevision, is not anxiety, 160
Pride, 42
Principle,
of safe life, applied to art, 70
of social conduct, 181
Principles,
of Commandments, 64
Christ’s method to give, 63, 65, 109
new, in Seventh Commandment, 69
Proverbs, Christ’s use of, 92–3
Psalms, imprecatory, 103–4
Public justice and private feeling, 89–90
Purity of heart, 42
Rates and taxes, 96
Reception of religious truth, condition of, 172–3, 175
Reciprocity in life, 171
Relief cases, how to deal with, 99–100
Religion,
Pharisaic, 59–60
Religious life,
true motive of, 151
orders, and voluntary poverty, 28
Remarriage
of “innocent party,” 78
Lambeth Conference of 1888 upon, 76
“Reserve”
in Christian teaching, 171–4
in early Church, 174–6
Resistance to legal injustice, 96
Revenge,
law of, 84
and public justice, 89–90
Righteousness, definition of, 36
Salvation, dependent on three great principles, 187
Sanhedrin, nature of, 62
Saved, and lost, number of, 186–7
“Seeing God,” 43–4
Self-discipline, 69
Self-love, true, 113
Sin,
nature of, 133
forgiveness of, 133
Sins
of act, 63
in intention, 68
of thought, 64
Social conduct, principle of, 181
Social law, for Christians, 109
Socialism and the Sermon on the Mount, 183
Sonship, of Christians, 142
Spirit, relation to body, 69–70, 124
Spiritual
fabrics, test of, 193–6
privileges, offer of, 174
Standard,
of Christianity, compared with Mohammedanism, 51–2
of judgement, to be maintained, 167–8
danger of lowering, 51–2
Story of the Confessor and the scullion thief, 98–9
Story of the Bishop and Jean Valjean, 99
Success and anxiety, 161
Sympathy, 30
Taxes, and rates, 96
Teaching,
discrimination in, 167–70
of Christ, universal, 16
Temper, critical, 165–9
Test,
of Christianity, 199
of the Church, 196–7
of spiritual fabrics, 193–6
Thought, sins of, 64
Transport service of the Empire, 97
Treasure in heaven, 152
Truth, religious, condition of reception of, 172–3, 175
Truthfulness,
as taught by Christ, 81
enjoined by Third Commandment, 81
Uncertainty, as to lawfulness of subjects for prayer, 149
Victory, final, of Christ’s kingdom, 198
Ways, the two, in life, 185–6
Westminster Abbey, old sculpture in, 98
Words v. character, 185
“World,”
definition of, 21
in Book of Wisdom, 22
in Old Testament, 24