Table of Contents

James Butler Stoney

V12 Volume 12

• DEVOTEDNESS TO CHRIST - TWOFOLD
• THE HOME OF THE HEART
• PROGRESS IS ALWAYS CHRISTWARD
• POSITION WITHOUT POWER
• THE POWER TO ACQUIRE THE WAYS OF CHRIST HERE
• SIN ONLY LEARNT IN GOD’S PRESENCE
• THE BLESSING MUST BE CONNECTED WITH THE SOURCE
• SUITABILITY TO CHRIST ONLY PRODUCED BY HIS COMPANY
• THE DAILY MARCH IN THE WILDERNESS
• JOY IN THE LORD IS OUTSIDE EVERYTHING HERE
• THE NEW STATE ON EARTH
• LEARNING IN SOLITUDE
• READING THE PSALMS FROM CHRIST’S SIDE OR FROM MAN’S SIDE
• READING THE WORD INTELLECTUALLY
• GLORY AND DEATH
• FAITH IN GOD
• ADMIRATION OF TRUTH
• PERFECTION, THE AIM OF DIVINE LOVE
• THE HIGHER WE ARE, THE SAFER WE ARE
• LEARNING THE LORD’S MIND
• THE DEATH OF CHRIST THE DOOR OUT OF ALL HERE
• SELF VIEWED FROM MY OWN SIDE AND FROM CHRIST’S SIDE
• WHAT PREPARES ME FOR ACTION
• EACH A PECULIAR PLANT IN A PECULIAR SPOT
• THE FIRST LESSONS OF THE NEWLY-BORN
• NATURE WOOS AN IDEAL. THE SPIRIT SATISFIES THE HEART WITH CHRIST
• DEPENDENCE ON GOD, NOT ON MERCIES
• THE SAINT AN EXOTIC
• LOVE GIVES CHARACTER TO GIFTS, NOT GIFTS TO LOVE
• NO SERVICE OR MORAL WEIGHT WITHOUT SEPARATION
• THE GOOD OF UNSUITED CIRCUMSTANCES
• RECOVERY THROUGH THE VALLEY OF ACHOR
• PRAYING FOR OTHERS
• PRESENT CONFESSION OF SINS AND THE JUDGMENT-SEAT
• WE NEED GUIDANCE TO SUIT OUR OBJECT, NOT TO FIND ONE
• GUIDANCE AS TO SECULAR BUSINESS
• THE LORD’S PURPOSE IN HIS DEALINGS WITH US
• THE INNER MAN AND THE SUFFERING BODY
• TESTING CONFIRMS FAITH AND ENSURES REST
• TRIBULATION DEEPENS
• SICKNESS AND SORROW
• THE FATHER’S DISCIPLINE
• FOLLOWING THE LORD
• THE CHART AND THE COMPASS
• THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING A MEMBER OF THE BODY OF CHRIST
• THE HINDRANCE SURMOUNTED PREPARES ONE FOR SERVICE
• REST IN CHRIST BEFORE SERVICE FOR HIM
• SERVICE TO CHRIST, AND SERVING HIM IN EARTHLY DUTIES
• THE WILDERNESS AND CANAAN
• THE RACE AND THE REST
• THE BRIGHTEST DAY SUCCEEDS THE DARKEST NIGHT
• THE NIPPING AND THE BUDDING
• THE DIFFICULTY INDICATES THE SUPPLY AT HAND
• THE DESERT AND THE HOME
• WINTER TIME - THE TEST OF GROWTH
• PURPOSE OF HEART TO PLEASE THE LORD
• PREVIOUS INFLUENCE COLOURS OUR SERVICE
• OUR FATHER’S PURPOSE
• WITHIN AND WITHOUT
• NO PLACE FOR FLESH IN THE GOSPEL
• BE FIRST WHAT YOU WOULD DO
• THE EFFECT OF BEHOLDING THE GLORY
• AS I ABHOR MYSELF BEFORE GOD, I CONFIDE IN HIM
• SUNRISE AND SUNSET, THE ETERNAL AND THE TEMPORAL
• THE DIFFERENCE OF BEING A GUEST WITH CHRIST AND BEING UNITED TO HIM
• STANDING AND STATE
• DEVOTEDNESS IS NOT EXPLOIT
• THE THREE CHARACTERISTICS OF DEVOTEDNESS IN A WOMAN
• THE MANIFESTATION OF THE LIFE OF JESUS IN OUR BODY
• NO REAL STRENGTH OR JOY FROM SERVICE EXCEPT IN THE LORD’S PRESENCE
• WHAT IS YOUR MISSION?
• EVER IN ARMOUR
• SUFFERING IN THE FLESH AND SUFFERING FOR CHRIST
• TRUTH HAS NO POWER UNLESS I SUBMIT TO ITS DEMANDS
• THE TRUE WAY TO DISCOVER MY OWN DEFICIENCY
• FRESH GRACE IS REQUIRED FOR EVERY FRESH STEP
• STAGES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
• DEPENDENCE ON GOD IS ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED WITH SELF-DENIAL
• THE WAY OF THE SATISFIED HEART AND THE UNSATISFIED
• GOD’S SUFFICIENCY LEARNED THROUGH DISCIPLINE
• THE GREATER THE NEED, THE GREATER THE SUPPLY
• LEGALITY AND SPIRITUALITY
• THE TWO EDIFICATIONS - MINISTRY AND LIFE
• THE DUTY OF A PHILADELPHIAN
• STORM WITHOUT AND REST WITHIN
• HIS HEART AND HIS HAND
• LIFE ABOVE AND DEATH HERE
• LIFE OUT OF DEATH
• THE WAY CHRIST IS KNOWN IN BEREAVEMENT
• LEARNING THROUGH SUFFERING
• EXERCISES OF THE WILDERNESS
• THE ORDER IN WHICH THE HEART LEARNS CHRIST
• DEPENDENCE LEARNED IN TWO WAYS
• SANCTIFICATION THROUGH HIS WAYS AND THROUGH HIS WORD
• FRUIT-BEARING
• REMEMBERING EGYPT
• CARE OF THE BODY
• “HE THAT IS SPIRITUAL JUDGETH ALL THINGS”
• HOW TO MAINTAIN MORAL SUPERIORITY
• THE DIVINE STANDARD
• VICISSITUDES, THEIR USE AND OBJECT
• THE INNER CIRCLE THE FIRST TO BE OVERCOME
• SELF-NEGATION: WHAT IS IT?
• HOW TO STUDY CHRIST
• DOUBLE RUIN OF MAN AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
• IS IT COMFORT IN A SCENE OF DEATH, OR ENTRANCE INTO A SCENE OF LIFE?
• NOTHING GAINED WITHOUT LABOUR
• A HOME ABOVE, AND A GRAVE HERE
• THE BODY FULL OF LIGHT
• THE GATHERING TIME AND THE STORING TIME
• BODILY WEAKNESS AND THE SYMPATHY OF CHRIST
• HOW WOULD AN OUT-OF-TUNE MEETING AFFECT THE SPIRITUAL?
• “TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL THINE HEART; AND LEAN NOT UNTO THINE OWN UNDERSTANDING”
• PERFECTION ALONE CAN SATISFY THE TRUE TASTE AND THE TRUE HEART
• IF YOU MINISTER TO THE NATURAL, YOU CANNOT HAVE THE SPIRITUAL
• CONSCIENCE AND SPIRITUAL TASTE
• SCHOOL - THE BEST PLACE FOR LEARNING
• LIGHT IS TO EMANCIPATE, NOT ONLY TO ENLIGHTEN
• SINS AFTER CONVERSION
• TO PREVENT LAMENESS
• NO GROWTH OR LEARNING WITHOUT EXERCISE
• “TAKE HEED ... HOW YE HEAR”
• DEATH IS MOST FELT WHERE IT IS HARDEST TO DIE
• THE HEART SATISFIED
• PEACE WITH GOD, AND THE PEACE OF GOD WITH ME
• ISOLATION (1)
• ISOLATION (2)
• “STRIVE LAWFULLY”
• THE DIVINE IDEA OF BEAUTY
• COMING FROM THE HOME
• PRAYER AND THE LIFE OF FAITH
• GUIDANCE (1)
• GUIDANCE (2)
• THE FIRST LESSON OF RESURRECTION LIFE
• THE STUDY OF SCRIPTURE: ITS EFFECT
• FOLLOW THOU ME
• OUR VALUE TO CHRIST
• SUMMER AND WINTER
• BE PREPARED FOR THE WINTER
• CHRIST MY LIFE
• WEANING
• WALKING IN THE LIGHT
• SEASONED WITH SALT
• “MY PEACE”
• ENTERING A NEW PATH
• SELF-JUDGMENT BEFORE SERVICE
• FEET-WASHING THE PRELUDE TO TESTIMONY
• ANSWER TO ‘HOW TO KNOW OUR SPECIAL LINE OF SERVICE?’
• THE HEART SETTLED
• SELF-DENIAL (1)
• SELF-DENIAL (2)
• THE WORK AND THE GIFT
• HOW OUR ASPIRATIONS ARE REALISED
• THE DEEPER THE EXERCISE, THE GREATER THE DELIVERANCE
• WHAT IS THE WILDERNESS?
• WISDOM AND FOLLY (1)
• WISDOM AND FOLLY (2)
• THE EFFECT OF THE PRACTICAL DENIAL OF THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
• CAN A BELIEVER WORSHIP IN PRIVATE? (1)
• CAN A BELIEVER WORSHIP IN PRIVATE? (2)
• MINISTRY, NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE
• MAINTAINING THE COLOURS (1)
• MAINTAINING THE COLOURS (2)
• MAINTAINING THE COLOURS (3)
• GOD’S CALLING AND OUR APPREHENSION OF IT
• FROM WINTER TO HARVEST
• PERSONAL ACQUAINTANCE WITH CHRIST
• SUBSTITUTION AND ADVOCACY
• WALK IN THE SPIRIT
• THE TWO LESSONS PREPARATORY TO SERVICE
• HOW TO WALK IN NEW CIRCUMSTANCES
• FELLOWSHIP IN GOD’S PURPOSE UNDER DISCIPLINE
• HOW TO PASS THROUGH TRIAL
• THE MARTHA SERVICE
• FAITH, NOT HABIT
• WHAT ARE YOU SET FOR?
• THE GOD OF JACOB
• “LOOK NOT THOU UPON THE WINE WHEN IT IS RED”
• SPIRITUAL SLEEP
• EXERCISE, A PREPARATION FOR MINISTRY
• THE THREEFOLD EXPERIENCE OF THE RISEN ONE
• TWO WAYS OF RELIEF FOR SORROW
• THE WILDERNESS HISTORY
• THREE ORDERS OF AFFLICTION
• BEREAVEMENT
• DEPENDENCE THE PROOF OF PROGRESS
• WHAT AM I LEARNING?
• THE PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST
• THE WALK OF FAITH
• WHERE AND HOW IS THE LOVE OF CHRIST MOST ENJOYED?
• THE USE OF HUMAN MEANS IN THE LORD’S WORK
• THE TWO EXPERIENCES CONSEQUENT ON ACCEPTING JORDAN
• THE EXTERNAL THE EXPRESSION OF THE INTERNAL
• THE ACTION OF THE WORD OF GOD
• REAL SERVICE, NOT HUMAN AMIABILITY
• SCHOOL-TIME
• SOWING AND REAPING
• GRACE AND PRACTICE
• THE EFFECT OF LOOKING UNTO THE LORD
• THE HUMAN AND THE DIVINE
• THE FATHER’S HOUSE
• CHRIST KNOWN IN GLORY
• SUFFERING PREPARATORY TO SERVICE
• SOW TO THE SPIRIT
• HOW TO PROMOTE DEVOTEDNESS
• TRUE DESIRES
• THE WILDERNESS MAN AND THE HEAVENLY MAN
• LEAVES AND FRUIT
• “HE SHALL TESTIFY OF ME”
• GOD’S HEART AND ETERNAL PURPOSE
• LIGHT AND CONSCIENCE
• HOW CHRIST IS SET FORTH ON EARTH
• WORLDLY ASSOCIATIONS
• PISGAH, OR POSSESSION?
• CONTEMPLATION OF CHRIST AND OF ONESELF
• WHAT SETS ASIDE SELF
• HOLDING THE HEAD
• THE CALLING AND THE SERVANT
• MINISTRY
• THE LORD’S SUPPER AND TABLE
• THE SCOPE OF GOD’S GRACE
• OUR NEW HISTORY
• ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES - IN CHRIST THE FATHER’S HOUSE, ETC.
• FAITH THE GIFT OF GOD
• THE CORN OF THE LAND AND THE MANNA
• CHRIST’S WORK ONE GREAT WHOLE - LEARNT IN PARTS
• THE COMPLETENESS OF THE WORK OF CHRIST
• THE HOUSE AND THE BODY
• COMMUNION OF CHRIST’S DEATH
• FAITH-HEALING
• VALOUR FOR THE TRUTH
• THE BODY OF CHRIST
• GOD’S LOVE THE ORIGIN OF THE GOSPEL
• THE EVANGELIST (1)
• THE EVANGELIST (2)
• CONVERTS AND WITNESSES
• “WATCHMAN, WHAT OF THE NIGHT?”
• THE TRUE PRIEST
• HOLINESS ESSENTIAL TO THE LORD’S SUPPORT
• TRUE SEAMANSHIP
• THE ACTS NOT A BOOK OF PRECEDENTS
• SIFTINGS
• THE MINISTER AN EXAMPLE
• “I SLEEP, BUT MY HEART WAKETH”
• THE STONE BEFORE THE WHEEL
• NEW CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRE NEW GRACE
• NO PROGRESS WITHOUT DISPLACEMENT
• OUR NEW PLACE
• THE ACTION OF LIGHT
• GROWTH - FRUIT-ROOTS AND WOOD-ROOTS
• PARTAKERS OF HIS HOLINESS
• WOMAN’S SERVICE
• THE SYMPATHY OF CHRIST
• GOOD INTENTIONS NOT POWER
• THE OUTSIDE INDICATES THE INSIDE
• DEPENDENCE AND WATCHING
• WEANING
• THE RULE OF THE SPIRIT
• THE HEART WON - TWOFOLD
• CHRIST THE MAGNET AND RESOURCE OF THE HEART
• JORDAN LEARNED PRACTICALLY
• FRUIT OR USEFULNESS
• TO PLEASE THE LORD - THE HIGHEST AIM
• THE TESTING OF FAITH
• LED ‘ROUND’
• “I WAS BROUGHT LOW, AND HE HELPED ME”
• THE NURTURE AND ADMONITION OF THE LORD
• TO LIVE CHRIST
• FREEDOM MUST PRECEDE DEVOTEDNESS
• LEARNING SELF IN GOD’S PRESENCE
• THE EXPERIENCE OF A CALEB
• JOY THE RESULT OF FELLOWSHIP WITH CHRIST
• THE JOURNEY AND THE HINDRANCES
• THE NEW BEING IN THE NEW STATE
• ATTAINMENT AND GIFT
• WHEN IN THE RIGHT ROAD I FIND HIS SUCCOUR
• THE QUALITY AND ORDER OF DIVINE LOVE
• RENUNCIATION BEFORE ENJOYMENT
• DISCIPLINE
• THE DIVINE PATH
• SORROW AND TRIAL (1)
• SORROW AND TRIAL (2)
• SORROW AND TRIAL (3)
• SORROW AND TRIAL (4)
• SORROW AND TRIAL (5)
• THE LIFE OF FAITH
• DEATH WITH CHRIST
• THE PHILISTINES
• SEEKING AND FINDING
• WALK IN THE SPIRIT
• KEPT IN THE LOVE OF GOD
• HEALING AND POWER
• THE LORD, OUR FIRST OBJECT
• BAPTISM
• SORROW
• THE LORD OUR ALL
• GROWTH FROM INFANCY
• THE LORD’S WILL
• PURPOSE TO SERVE
• YOUR STUDY AND YOUR AIM
• A STUDY
• REACHING FORWARD
• CHRIST’S DESIRES FOR HIS OWN
• LIGHT DRIVES OUT DARKNESS
• HOW TRUTH ADDRESSES ME
• GIVING
• THE SUPPLY OF THE SPIRIT
• PATIENCE IN MINISTRY
• DELIGHT IN THE LORD
• THE BEST ROBE
• THE BEGINNING OF SPRING
• JOINTS AND BANDS
• BEING IN THE TRUTH
• THE DIVINE OBJECT
• CHRIST WALKING ON THE WATER
• LOVE
• DAY DRILL
• PHILADELPHIA
• GROWTH THROUGH THE WORD
• GOOD AND EVIL
• COMMUNION
• SURRENDER
• FOR CHRIST
• THE RIVER JORDAN
• THE WISE AND FOOLISH VIRGINS
• A LITTLE STRENGTH
• BEGIN AT GOD’S HOUSE
• THE PATH
• THE EFFECT OF DISCIPLINE
• OUR RESOURCE
• LETTER ON THE OCCASION OF THREATENED BLINDNESS
• THE WAY OF THE LORD
• CONSOLATION FOR AN INVALID
• THE GOSPEL
• THE SERVANT
• THREE SPHERES
• SERVICE
• LETTER TO AN EVANGELIST
• THE EFFECT OF KNOWING THE LOVE OF CHRIST
• THE TWO VOLUMES IN JOHN’S GOSPEL
• THE EYE KEPT ON THE ONE GONE UP
• THE LORD KNOWN IN WEAKNESS
• THE LORD OUR REFUGE
• THE INNER MAN RENEWED
• WHO BY HIM DO BELIEVE IN GOD
• THREE CLASSES
• LEARNING HIM
• LETTER
• LETTER
• EVERYTHING NATURAL LEFT BEHIND
• APPROPRIATING WHAT IS STORED UP
• NOTHING HERE FOR THE MAN OF GOD
• KNOWING THE LORD HIMSELF
• NOTHING BUT CHRIST
• LEARNING HOW TO LEARN
• THE REST WHICH CHRIST GIVES
• AFFECTION DESIRES COMMUNION
• THE LEAVES TELL HOW THE ROOTS ARE
• COUNTING THE GAIN
• THE MIND OCCUPIED WITH CHRIST
• GOD’S GIFTS
• BALM AND SPICE
• ONE HEART AND ONE MIND
• THE HEART LISTENING
• THE YOKE OF LOVE
• JOY
• CARRIED INTO CAPTIVITY
• ALONE, YET NOT ALONE
• THE HEART
• ENERGY OF SOUL
• TRUE RELIEF
• A LETTER TO ALL CHRISTIANS
• PRAYER
• PRIVATE PRAYER, OR PRAYER FOR ONESELF
• PRAYER FOR OTHERS IN PRIVATE
• PRAYING IN PUBLIC
• A LETTER TO THE BRETHREN IN THE LORD, MEETING AT QUEEN’S ROAD, READING
• LETTER TO A SISTER ON HER MARRIAGE