[JOHN McDONOUGH][ 9]
[MARY AND HER DRAWER][14]
[“IT IS I!”][18]
[THE ORPHAN][22]
[THE RECORDING ANGEL][26]
[THOMAS WARD][29]
[THE ROSE][34]
[THE LANTERN][38]
[THE DECISIVE MOMENT][43]
[THE ALARM WATCH][46]
[“CONDEMNED”][51]
[“I WANT TO BE A MINISTER”][55]
[RUFUS TAYLOR][60]
[JAMES JONES][63]
[GERTRUDE MASON][68]
[THE DEAF SHOEMAKER][71]
[NORMAN HALL][77]
[“DELAY NOT”][80]
[THE SAVIOUR][85]
[AUTUMN][89]
[NERO][94]
[THE RAILROAD][100]
[A TRUE SKETCH][104]
[“THE LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON”][108]
[HUGH MILLER AND THE PRECIPICE][112]
[THE HOME OF ST. PAUL][116]
[HOME][121]
[TO MY SABBATH-SCHOOL CLASS][128]
[HALF AN HOUR IN BAD COMPANY][131]
[THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW YEAR][134]
[THE YOUNG MAN WHO WENT TO SLEEP IN CHURCH][138]
[MARGARET WILSON][140]
[GILBERT HUNT][145]
[SKETCHES FOR YOUNG MEN][155]
[The Lamp and the Lantern, No. 1][157]
[” ” No. 2][159]
[” ” No. 3][164]
[“Who Shall Be the Greatest?” No. 1][169]
[” ” No. 2][172]
[” ” No. 3][174]
[The Poor Consumptive][181]
[“What I Live for”][184]
[The Last Sermon of the Season][186]
[“Will Nobody Save Me?”][188]
[A Sabbath in the Country][190]
[The Young Christian’s Death-Chamber][196]
[What Prayer Does][202]
[“Pray Without Ceasing”][204]
[APPENDIX][207]

JOHN McDONOUGH.

“Jesus, lover of my soul,

Let me to Thy bosom fly,

While the raging billows roll,

While the tempest still is high.

“Hide me, O my Saviour, hide,

Till the storm of life is past

Safe into the haven guide;