A

ABSOLUTION, in ancient offices, simply
a prayer, not a judicial act, 398.
Accidental, nothing is, 81.
Allusions, scriptural, instances, of, 395.
Ancient of days, who? 241; described
by Daniel, 242; described by John,
242; comes before the Millennium,
246; what follows revelation of,
246.

Ancient prophecy echoed by our Sa-
viour, 417.

Apostles refer to Book of Daniel, 22;

they all believed the Book of Daniel
inspired, 23.

Artaxerxes, third edict given by, in the
seventh year of his reign, 387.
Atonement, objections to, 329; nature
of 344; considered, 353; joyful news,
358; faith in, makes happy and safe,
359; we need none but Christ's to
be delivered from sin, 367.
Austria smitten second by the stone,
103.

Authenticity of Book of Daniel, 25.

B

Babylon, apostasy of the earth, to be
destroyed by Christ's kingdom, 114.
Babylon, description of, by Jeremiah,
chap. xxvii. 5-8, 61; Bible predic-
tions against, 61; description of
siege of, 65; modern travellers de-
scribe complete ruin of, 67; its pow-
er, duration of, 68; type of destruc-
tion of, described in the Apocalypse,
68.

Babylon, the king of, his likes and dis-
likes, 33; like the world, 33; his

wishes, 33; his reason for changing
the names of the Hebrew youths, 34;
his endeavours to convert the three
Hebrew youths, 34.

Baptism, not surely and always rege-
neration, 112.

Beast, wild, a symbol of a nation with-

out the gospel of Jesus, 226.
Belly and thighs of brass, the Græco-
Macedonian, or third universal king-
dom, 101.

Belshazzar, festival of, women present
at, 25; feast of, 166; not necessa-
rily sinful, 166; the sin that charac-
terized it, 167; its accompaniments,
170.

Bible, the truth of, nothing insignifi-
cant which establishes it, 26; change
in all, except, 84; reasons for cloav-
ing to it, 235; should be possessed in
our hearts, 236; the secret of a coun-
try's safety, 364.

Body, the, kings may control, 122.
Breast and arms of silver, the Medo-
Persian, or second universal king-
dom, 101.
Business, adopt that which requires no
sacrifice of principle, 53.

C

Ceremonies and forms evanescent, 105.
Channing, Dr., remarks on his creed,
343.

Charlemagne, 56.

Children, hearts of, tender, 31; undu-
tiful, one reason why they are so,
54; should be accustomed to self-
sacrifice, 218; should be taught to
pray, 218; should have heart as well
as head education, 219.

Chrism, meaning of, 373.
Christ, the stone cut out without hands,
92; his kingdom is secondly a king-
dom of persons, 112; coming of,
description of, 244; comes with the
speed of lightning, 245; his death
expiatory, 328; voluntary, 329; ac-
companiments of, peculiar, 330; ac-
companied by miracles, 331; leading
descriptions of, 332; appellatives of,
332; commercial appellatives of, 335;
sacrificial appellatives of, 336; na-
ture of, objective and occasional, 338;
nature of, remote relation or final
decision, 340; nature of, expressive
of divine action, 342; his mission,
one end of it to seal up the vision
and prophecy, 371; the Holy One
of God, 372; anointing of, what is
meant by, 372; is the Key to unlock
the Psalms, 374; cut off in the midst
of the last seventy weeks, 390; his
preaching eminently popular, 390;
the true Melchisedec, the King of
righteousness, 397; every action and
word of, bear the stamp and super-
scription of Messiah the Prince, 397;
to add to his laws is treason, 397;
his law, and law of Cæsar, come
sometimes into collision, 397; as
King, bestows forgiveness, 398; can
alone absolve, 398; as King, sends
forth ministers of the gospel, 399;
the King, gives the Holy Spirit, 400;
in his kingly office, will decide at
the judgment-day, 400; his kingly
office intransferable, 402; Prince of
Peace, 403; his kingdom, the en-
trance into it, 406; his kingdom,
comes quietly, 406.

Christian, a, does not live to himself,
209.

Christians, real, need not to be con-
vinced of inspiration of Daniel, 23;
many like Naaman, 43.
Christianity,

inward, the church's

strength, 106.
Christmas, Christ not born on, but be-
fore it, 389.

Church government, not the main
thing, 52.

Church of God, captive in Babylon,

58.

Church of Rome, constructed on the
ruins of the Roman empire, 77; what
she depends on for her power, 121;

secures the homage of all the senses,

121.

Church, the, Christ has been with from
the beginning of the world, 132; de-
scription of, 132; Tekel applied to,
191; a Christian, when, 203.
Coming of Christ, passages which an-
nounce it, 241.

Commands of God, never hesitate to
comply with, 130.
Condemnation, the greatest, a neg-
lected gospel, a rejected Saviour,
375.

Conduct, a Christian's, estimated by the
world, 194.

Confession, two sorts, 303; true, is full
and explicit, 303; of Daniel, specific,
304;
of sins, must be to God himself,

305.
Congregations, all should have schools,

39.

Conscience, sin in the, awful power of,
210.
Corruption, the greatest when it is
the corruption of that which is pure,

119.

Covenant, one only confirmed by Christ,
the New Covenant predicted in Jer.
xxxi. 31, 390; Heb. x. 15-18, 390;
the New Testament dispensation,
390.

Crucifix, the true, 237.

D

Daniel, exposition of, 19; figures of,
20; Jews' objections to Book of, 20;
the author of Book of, 20; the au-
thor, evidence of, 20; contemporary
of Ezekiel, 21; the Book of, receiv-
ed by the Jews as authentic, 21; the
Book of, translated by Alexandrian
Jews, 21; the Book of, in Septua-
gint, 21; the Book of, written partly
in Chaldee, 21; New Testament, al-
lusions to, 22; allusion to, in 2 Thess.
iii. 22; the Book of, alluded to in
Heb. xi. 33, 23; Book of, its distinc-
tive features, 26; Book of, great ob-
ject of it to depress all that is human
and exalt all that is divine, 27; pro-
phecy of, partly fulfilled, 27; the
Book of, a duty to study, 28; very
young when made a captive, 29;

called a child, 29; his reason for
refusing to eat and drink the king's
moat and wine, 30; reason of his
firmness, 30; had a religious edu-
cation, 30; education of, under God,
the means of his preservation, 30;
of noble birth, 31; a scholar, 31;
skilled in all the learning of his
times, 32; a Hebrew, 32; his ac-
quaintance with all branches of
knowledge, 33; not like many mo-
dern Christians, 36; his adherence
to truth at all times, 36; invitation
to study him, 36; date of the writ-
ing of, proved, 39; remark about,
39; sought duty rather than smile
of kings, 42; his conduct teaches a
lesson, 42; faithfulness of, gives a
tone to his whole life, 44; trusted in
goodness of his cause, 47; his gen-
tleness and courtesy, 47; not a loser
by adherence to principle, 48; ex-
plains the vision of the king, 58;
explains what the image represent-
ed, 58; the reason why he consented
to be the head of the astrologers,
175; reason why he prayed at an
open window, 203; prayer sustained
the inner life of, 204; his nearness
to God, in private that made him
consistent in public, 204; his life in-
strumental, in God's hand, in con-
version of Darius, 208; educated in
the gospel, 217; self-sacrifice a result
of his education, 217; a sketch of,
by an ancient writer, 221; intensity
of his prayer, 315; the time he
prayed, 323; his religion and ours
the same, 420.

Darius, his decree, 215; edict of, se-
cond period, recorded in Ezra vi.,
382.

Death not a natural thing, 207; the
Christian victorious over, 207; only
the removal to life in the case of a
Christian, 207.

Deity, pictures of, objectionable, 242.
Dream of Nebuchadnezzar, 135.
Dreams, conclusions to be come to re-
specting them, 69.

Duties of to-day best preparation for
to-morrow's trials, 50.

Duty not a thing of longitude and lati-
tude, 41; the same everywhere, 41;
manner in which Daniel discharged
his, 201.

E

Early martyrs, Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abed-nego, 117.

Earthly grandeur treated in Scripture
as fading grass, 76; minds, charac-
teristics of, 188.

Edict, fourth, given to Nehemiah in
the 20th year of Artaxerxes, 386.
Education, Christian, a blessing, 39.
Elliot, Mr., his belief drawn from Scrip-
ture, 104.

Empire of head of gold, 61; of Cyrus
described by Xenophon and Hero-
dotus, 74; silver, overthrown by
Alexander, 75; Roman, much said
of it by Daniel, 76; fourth univer-
sal, further proved by Gibbon, 78;
the iron, 87.

Empires, the four, their names, 59;
Medo-Persian and Græco-Macedo-
nian, 72; four universal only, 101.
Eucharist not a fast but a feast, 360.
Events often turning-points in one's
character, 43.

Evidence conclusive that Jesus is the
Messiah, 377.

F

Facts recorded in the Bible are attest-
ed by heathen historians, 120; tend-
ing to prove that the heavens do
rule, 161; a repetition of, before
stated, 223.

Faith not our Saviour, 360.
False religion only a corruption of the
true, 119.

Fasting considered, 271; true, the na-
ture of, 274; the end of, 275; to be
observed in the spirit and not in the
letter, 277; advocated by Jerome,
280.

Feast of Belshazzar, not necessarily
sinful, 166; the sin that character-
ized it, 167.

France smitten by the stone, 103.

G

Gates frequently referred to in the Bi-
ble, 118.

Gentile law of God's worship, 201.

Heathens note a purer life sooner than
a pure creed, 196.

Heaven, we must be fitted for it by the
Holy Spirit, 367.

Hebrew youths, circumstances of, 39;

the beautiful answer of, to Nebu-
chadnezzar, 124; felt duty to God
greater than loyalty to an earthly
king, 129; their faith in God's pro-
mises, 131.

Herodotus, Babylon described by, 61;
describes siege of Babylon, 66; de-
scribes empire of Cyrus, 74.
Hesitation wrong in matters of reli-
gion, 132.

High-Priest, Jesus is the, of his church,
395.

History, the echo of truth in the pro-

phecies of God, 56; unconscious
echo of God's prophecy, 79.
History and historians attest the truth
of God's word, 421.

Hooker, a passage from, 221.
Horn, little, 225; the Papal power now
reigning at Rome, 227; prophecy of,
fulfilled, 228; another feature to
identify it with Papal power, 230;
wasting away of, 238; what meant

Jerome advocated fasting and monke-
ry, 280.
Jerusalem, Daniel's prayer for, appro-
priate to present times, 313; com-
mand to rebuild it, the commencing
period of the seventy weeks, 379;
its destruction, 409; temple of, only
possible remains, a stone, 410; what
Christ says in predicting its ruin,
410; God's anger to it has a limit,
415.

Jesus Christ, refers to Book of Daniel,
22; his greatness in minute affairs
of this life, 45; his faithfulness in
great as well as in little things, 45;
works of, contrasted with those of.
Mohammed, 261; grand characteris-
tics of death of, 376; results of death
of, embodied in Dan. ix. 24, 376; the
Messiah, irresistible evidence that he
is, 393; the object and hope of all
true believers, 395.

Jews, their objections to Book of Da-
niel, 20; the gathering to their own
land, 114; reason why they always
looked to Jerusalem when they
prayed, 203; law of their worship,
204.

Josephus asserts authenticity of Da-
niel, 46; his comments on Daniel,
49; some account of, 49; like our
modern philosophers, 49; a fact re-
lated by, 212.

Judgment-day, description of, 400.

K

Kingdom, fourth, strong as iron, 73.
Kingdom, Christ's first, is a kingdom
of principles, 105.

Kingdom of God, main elements of,
107.

Kingdom of Christ, external charac-
teristics of, 112; a catholic kingdom,
113; united kingdom, 113; a holy
kingdom, 113; to destroy all other
kingdoms, and cover the earth, 114;
comes speedily, 115; saints only will
occupy, 247; description of, 247.
Kingdoms, universal, four, 55.
Kingdoms, part of, now severed from
the pope, 103.

Kings should be prayed for, that they
may have grace not to set up any
idols, 120.

Knowledge, secular, not to be discou-
raged, 50.

Koran, Gibbon's description of, 259.

L

Law, by deeds of, none can be justified,
184.

Layard, his disclosures, 60.
Learning, man's, a great aid in proving
the inspiration of the Bible, 26.
Lessons, practical, 233.
Living religion, the great defence
against Puseyism and Popery, 236.

M

Malachi prophesies the downfall of the
Jews, 412.

Man, prayerless, is graceless, 205.
Marshal Massena, anecdote of, 200.
Martyrs, when required, receive from

God a martyr's spirit, 124.

Men, all weighed by God, 181; their
affairs God rules, 420.
Messiah, important offices of, 395.
Messiahship, pretenders to, no disproof
of claims of Jesus, 378.
Millennium, description of, 247.
Milton, a passage from, 231.
Minister, a, has no power to absolve
from sin, 399; none true but those
commissioned by Jesus, 399.

Mohammed, his mission, Gibbon testi-
fies to, 261; a finished hypocrite,
262.

Monkery opposed by Vigilantius, 280.
Moses predicted the downfall of the
Jews, 412.

Mother, a, her lessons, 39.
Motives, all weighed by God, 180.
Music, Nebuchadnezzar knew the charm
of, 121.

N

Name, Christian, a beautiful thing, 40.
Napoleon, 56.

Nation, a, its duties, 190.
Nation, Jewish, great end and purpose
of, 392.

Nations, Tekel may be applied to, 190.
Nebuchadnezzar tried an artful plan
to convert the three Hebrew youths,
40, 41; his conduct quite Popish,
118; the image that appeared to,
120; his dream and the interpreta-
tion, 135; the epistle of, pervaded by
missionary feeling, 137; his dream
expatiated on, 138; his experience
teaches the blessings of affliction,
143.

Newton, Sir Isaac, on Daniel, 19.
Newton, Bishop, 19.

Newton, John, remark about, 39.
Nineveh, its destruction, 60.

0

Offering and oblation ceased six months
before and eighteen months after
Christ's death, 392.
Oratorios, remarks on, 169.

Р

Palestine, present state of, fulfils the
prediction, 413; Chateaubriand de-
picts present state of, 414.
Parents spoken to, 51.

Pastor, his office not kingly, 402.
Peace, the consequence of justifica-
tion by faith, 107; Christianity gives
perfect, 201; confidence in God gives
perfect, 201; the Christian enjoys
even in suffering, 207; true way